Our weekend getaway...

Friday afternoon Daron calls and tells me he wants to go out of town for the weekend...so I raced home and we packed a bag and started driving north!   We stayed in Payson at the Majestic Mountain Inn!  We got cleaned up and decided to go to dinner and then to the Mazatzal Casino for just a little bit, since there wasn't a whole lot else to do at night.  I know I know, gambling is a no no, but we thought we'd just spend an hour and leave.  We started of playing a game called Keno.  You picked anywhere from 1 to 10 numbers and depending on how many numbers you picked and how many you matched, you would win anywhere from $3 to $50,000.  Well, on my very first game, I won $240! On my second I won $20!  We decided to go and play some of the other games, and so Daron played a poker game and I sat at the machine next to him and once again played Keno, where I won $190!  At the end of the night, we ended up winning $1,100!!!  It was crazy!  I can totally see how you can become addicted to gambling, and how easily it can take over your life! Thankfully we had our heads on straight and walked out while we were up! 

The next morning we got breakfast and ended up driving further north on the Mogian Rim in the Coconino National Forrest.  It was beautiful!  We got out and walked around a big...and ended up spending like 4 hours up there!  It was so nice to be away and not worry about anything with no cell phone reception!  It was in the mid-60's and BEAUTIFUL!  Here are some pictures:

Daron explaining to me how we would get down the hill and hike to the middle if we were skinnier!

A view from one of the forrest service roads we were driving on!

We had a great day.  We were thinking of staying another night up there, but ended up coming back home thinking we'd go to a nice fancy restaurant in the valley on Saturday night.  But...we were so tired we just ended up going to a Chinese buffet right by our house and coming home and crashing!   It was a much needed break!!!