Sunday in the Park

After our beautiful sunrise and delicious

Pancake Breakfast prepared by yours truly,

we hit the trail again and went into Fountain Hills to

do a little more exploring.

I found a trail that leaves fountain park (this time I had the small camera)

and climbs a small 300' hill providing a nice view of the park and 

surrounding town.

At the top I stood on the trail, snapping photos as I turned 360 degrees,

and before I started this blog I stitched them all together into one

panaroma.  Below is the result.

Along the way I was taunted by dozens of Road Runners...

I kid you not - the Doodles were flushing them out like the awesome

bird dogs that they are...

As quick as I would lift that little camera and try to see the image in

the lcd viewfinder, the little buggers would disappear into the brush.

This went on and on....

The end result was a ton of blurry pictures of branches but sadly....

No Birds.

We did see this red crested cactus eater along the way however.

Further down the trail I was able to spot our campground - about 7 miles distant.

After I got back I was able to enlarge the photo and pick out our home

so I've marked it on the photo.

Eventually we made the full circuit and arrived back down in the park.

Here is the fountain blowing its top.

Our daily self portrait.

(we should have picked up the doodles and included them...  bad parents!)

Here are some of the homes overlooking the park.

Condos (on left w/orange trim) 

and Homes (on right further up the hill)

After a few circuits of the lake we had a good 5 miles on the Doodle Paws

and it was time to take them home.

The past several days they have put on about 15 miles or so...

They are sleeping like logs as I write.