Day 24: Arizona is actually really pretty.

After a senior year of wanting nothing more than a change in scenery, I found myself missing the desert so much that I basically demanded that my best friends hike Camelback with me this week. (We're talking ridiculously persistent Heather despite the rain and conflicting schedules and such.) 

With all its brown, desert-y land and Saguaro cacti... Home ain't half bad, after all. 

Lesson learned: Arizona is actually really pretty.

We'll ignore the fact that I got so excited about taking this picture that my best friend had to tell the lady who took it, "Sorry, she hasn't been here in awhile." ......oops.