Drew 

an energetic bunch at 1:30 am 

Half the crew crashed in our living room for our BBQ pool party - post Mean Girls.  

Me and Brandon at dinner  

the other side of the party table - (L to R: Katie's brother Matt, Brad, Dustin, Drew, and Katie B) 

Katy Power's birthday dinner at P.F. Chang's (L to R: Brandon, Katy, Kallie, Jordan) 

more rocks... 

Brandon found a horn covered lizard thing... we still don't know exactly what it is. 

Hiking along - it wasn't even that hot either at 93 degrees.  

Tounge on Rock a la Northern Arizona 

Group shot at the edge of Brins Mesa 

The gorgeous easy trail up 3 miles to the mesa 

My attempt at an artistic shot... we wanted to try the pickly pear fruit but didnt' get up the guts... plus it was a little past season.  

We went for a hike in Red Rock up to Brins Mesa 

Brandon and I by Midgely Bridgely  

Jordan and Kallie by, I'm not joking, "Midgely Bridgely" 

Sedona is amazingly beautiful, and I took about 100 pictures on one set of road trying to get one that wasn't totally obscured by trees as we rocketed through the valley.  

Our campsite, surrounded by REAL trees and a creek with REAL water that was actually running and it even got cold enough to put on fleeces - it was awesome! 

Jordan the next morning at 8 am devilishly nursing breakfast... mmm Dr. Pepper. 

Camping Excitement...

Jordan taking a big, delicious, juicy, savory bite of RAW bratwurst... it 's hard to tell if they're cooked by just the glow of the fire and considering we didn't bring headlamps or flashlights, well... it was all sort of taste test guesswork.

We found a campsite up Oak Creek at Cave Springs Campground where we got out all of our raw meat and firewood and realized we had no matches so Jordan and Kallie took a perilous journey to the camp store to buy matches by the dim glow of cell phones. 

Our first glimpse of Red Rock Wilderness as evening sets in - taken at 65 mph through the sun roof.  

In Brandon's car driving to the chilly north and Sedona!  

My brother Alex (right) with Hillary Clinton in Washington D.C. 

and I was thinking?