Recovered from the intense trip to America’s northeast and Rinku and Yagnesh’s extravagant wedding, it was time to reset things with a short drive north.

Jutta and I took this Wednesday after dropping Caroline at work to get in our little Kia Spectra 5, taking advantage of the cool weather and beautiful day.

Here we are at Upper Mary Lake shortly before arriving in Flagstaff, where my mother-in-law and I had lunch before heading down the 17 freeway to return to Phoenix and the heat of the desert.