Happy New Year

For the second New Year's Day activity we rode the light rail to Phoenix. I was thinking this could be our "new tradition" but I am not so sure I can get anybody back on that train again. Last year we went on the 6th day it had opened. It was a very good experience - very clean, smelled very good and moderately busy. Today, it was probably clean enough but the first ride into Phoenix was rather smelly and we had to stand part of the way before we got seats. The ride back was not so crowded and we got seats right away with no smell. But, I still liked it and the kids seemed to like it too.

Our plan this year was to get off in downtown Phoenix and walk to "Cooperstown" which is just south of the Suns arena. Obviously this was Cooper's idea. It is a rather large sports bar with lots of local sports people honored throughout the building. It wasn't very busy; perhaps because of New Year's Day but also no sporting events happening either. In fact, the whole downtown area seemed like a ghost town. Just completely empty but still only a few places open.

We ate our early dinner and walked back to the train stop by Chase field and headed home. A four hour activity that I enjoyed and I hope everyone else did too.










The kids were absolutely wonderful children. Thanks, guys and girl!