Thanksgiving in Arizona
I was fortunate last week to have had the chance to visit my older brother in Phoenix Arizona for Thanksgiving. At the very least, the weather would be much more comfortable there and this would also be the best time to visit the deserts of AZ. Summer there would hit as high as 118F… yeah sure, it’s dry heat but still!
I knew AZ is a desert but I didn’t expect that there would be cactus plants along the road! I definitely thought that was interesting.
It was also my first thanksgiving. My brother prepared the turkey, his first time to do so and it tasted great! That all-night marinade paid off.
Right after dinner, we prepared for 
what apparently has become one of the US traditions… planning for the next day.. BLACK FRIDAY! The day when all stores have ridiculously great deals and open much earlier that Friday morning! Using the newspaper that thanksgiving day, we had the catalog of items on sale from all stores which we used to plan for the next day. Yes, we woke up at 4:30am and we were at Best Buy,Circuit City and Stables at 5am! It was a crazy scene as everybody else seems to be up early for the sale! The nearest thing in Manila to black friday is Midnight Madness sales but here it has become a yearly ritual!
More pictures at http://new.photos.yahoo.com/sqlocarinas/album/576460762359530697
