Bisbee 1

We has a vacation last week. We went to Bisbee Arizona for a surprise birthday celebration for Barbara. We got up at 4:30 Wednesday morning, drove to Portland and then flew to Atlanta and then Tuscon and got a car to go to Bisbee. Alden was excited to go to the the airport. Flying on a plane is pretty cool for him, although the big draw is having Ilana and I entertain him while waiting for boarding. This usually involves many trips up and down elevators and escalators and maybe a spin on a moving sidewalk. Alden adores elevators.


Since Alden is over two we had to bring along a car seat to keep him contained. It was a drag to carry it around and Alden had a hard time sleeping in it (the trip took over eight hours). Alden got air sick on the landing, but otherwise was a good traveler.
We Met up with Ben and Cousin Ali at the airport car rental place. Ben rented his own car and stayed behind to pick up Uncle Rob and Aunt Kay. The rest of us rented a van and went off to find shoes for Alden. In our morning packing we took Alden straight to the car from his crib in his pajamas and forgot to get his footwear.

The next day we went to Chiricahua National Monument with a picnic lunch. The big plan was to surprise Barbara at the top of a hike. Aaron and Liz invited Barbara to visit them for her birthday, the rest of us she had not idea about. We got there an hour before the birthday girl and spent our time setting up the picnic, looking at lizards, and spelling out 'HAPPY B-DAY BARB' with stones we found.

The surprise worked like a charm... or Barbara was a really good actor. In any case she seemed very amazed to see us all at the top of the mountain.
There was an observation station at the top of the mountain so we were able to eat our picnic lunch in the shade.