It’s been a week and now I have a little time to recap my trip to Phoenix. The worst part of the trip was forgetting my laptop at home. I wasn’t able to get any work or updates done because I had to do everything on my BlackBerry and it’s just not worth the effort.
Planning
Once we decided to go to Phoenix for our mini-vacation, I realized, “Crap, it’s going to be hot.” Checking the weather reports I knew it was going to be blazing hot. My reports were saying 115 degree.
The first thing I did was look for things to do in the heat, basically anything indoors. I went to www.bing.com and searched “things to do in Phoenix”. Then I modified my search for “indoor things” and “things for toddlers”.
During my research I realized that there’s not a lot of stuff to do in Phoenix. Most of the phone things are outdoors and there just is not an abundance of amusement activities. So basically we had to manufacture fun and we did.
Here are the results of our survey: Science museum, Zoo, BBQ Restaurants, Indoor amusement parks, Shopping Malls.
We found that the Phoenix Zoo had an evening event called Starry Safari with lots of stuff for toddlers to do and see. Friday night, bingo, booked.
I then went to Restaurant.com and started looking for dining opportunities. I found a few, but had to pass it by the wife and then forgetting my laptop meant that I couldn’t do it. We did wind up dining at one of the places I found.
Finally we needed a room. I went to good old reliable www.HotWire.com and found a great resort for only $39 a night. I think the resort was offering the great rate because no one visits golf course resorts. We wound up staying at the Millennium Resort Scottsdale McCormick Ranch. 4 Star Resort for basically $90. Great deal.
I will continue my trip report in my next blog.
