Just steps from our house

We are moved into our house!  Sort of.  One week in and there are still boxes everywhere.  And a depressing lack of places to sit.  But that hasn't stopped us from enjoying our new neighborhood.  And because we're homeschoolers, we have a reputation to protect.  So here we go!

The Phoenix Mountain Preserve is 390 steps from our front door.  (Those are my steps.  Both kids gave up counting because they kept losing count.)

At 491 steps, here is the scene (BYO kid):

 

590 steps:

 

761 steps:

 



 



 

798 steps:

   

852 steps:

     

It was very close to this place where (today) we saw four coyotes walking across near the top of the hill.

   

And finally at the nearby (accessible) peak, 1155 steps.  Marcus says, "We finally made it!"

 

Stuart says, "This is the kind of place where I could sit and write a story."  Not that he's even filling in his nature journal.

         

You can see part of our house in this picture, it you know where to look.