MAKING MEMORIES: SOUTH MOUNTAIN PARK FUN
Family is great, but it’s also great to wake up to a day you get to spend with your husband, enjoying one of your favorite landscapes. This was our last day in Phoenix, but our flight was late enough that we could spend some time in the desert. Join us to enjoy an incredible landscape.
Snoozing Our Way Into South Mountain Park
Most everyone I know thinks the beach is their ultimate destination and beaches are fine, especially at sunset, but I’m usually bored out of my gourd. The landscape that does it for me is the desert. Just as my beach loving friends feel they could spend the rest of their lives staring out at the waves lapping on the shore, I feel my soul soars when I stare out across a pristine view of a desert. So I was excited about a day in the desert with my sweetheart.
I was pretty excited about having breakfast at Snooze, too. We discovered Snooze during a visit to Scottsdale back in 2020. Absolutely loved it, so I was eager to return. If you don’t know me, you might not realize that breakfast on the road is a tough nut to crack. I don’t do coffee and I’m iffy with eggs. Used to be that I could go the pancake or waffle route, but my still relatively new gluten free state adds challenges to ordering breakfast. Still, I had fond memories of Snooze and was hoping they could feed me well on this gf diet.
Oh my goodness!! Let me tell you about Habanero Pork Belly Breakfast Fried Rice!! As my eyes roved over the menu trying to find a gluten free breakfast I could get excited about, my eyes landed on this Tex-Mex, Soul Food, Chinese dish. I was more curious than excited, but I decided to give it a try. One of the BEST meals I’d had in a long while! Who would’ve thought! And while I was looking over the menu I discovered Snooze now has locations in Dallas and I’ve scoped out a few. I haven’t been yet, but when I do, it will be this Tex-Mex, Soul Food, Chinese dish.
On to the Desert
From Snooze we headed south to the mountains – glorious, desert mountains! God is with me all the time, but somehow He’s even more there when I spend time in the desert. Bill and I merely drove around South Mountain Park and visited a few other popular sites like Hole in the Rock, but it filled up my desert cup for the battles ahead.
I had done my research and had printed out a map of South Mountain Park. Some parts were closed for construction, but we headed up in the hills to Dobbin’s Lookout. The view was spectacular and you could easily see why he frequented the beautiful spot.
At one point we came to an intersection that offered a route back to Phoenix or on up to Gila Mountain Lookout. We continued to climb and we decided the lookout must be the highest land around, because that’s where all the antennas were. I could have spent hours hanging out at Dobbin’s or Gila Mountain Lookout. I felt as if my very bones were being strengthened, but Mr. Bill was just hot, so we did venture back towards the city, hitting a few well known spots like Hole in the Rock, which I would have been happy to climb to, but Bill wouldn’t even stop the car long enough for me to get out.
We hurried to the airport to make our flight, but had to wait, because the flight was over an hour late boarding. It was quite late when we got back to Dallas.
So what’s next. How about a “FREE” Caribbean Cruise? See you next week!
jane sadek 