What a great President's Day Weekend! It rained alot on Friday and Saturday, so we took Ed out to the flooded green belt to run around. He had a blast splashing around in the puddles. He got absolutely filthy from digging muddy holes, so he got a bath afterwards.

Yesterday, Kelly, Kelly's Dad, Ed and I hiked up to Quartz Peak in the Sierre Estrellas just southwest of Phoenix. It's only a 3 mile hike, but the elevation increases 3000 ft in that distance. Quartz Peak is a pegmatite vein with huge tourmalines, micas, and some garnets. We brought back a bunch of samples, including a huge piece of white quartz with giant tourmalines in it. My back was so sore, but we soaked in the hot tub for a little bit at Kelly's house, so I'm not so sore today.