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Afternoon at the Lazy River
Sep. 27th, 2025 05:39 pmPhoenix Getaway travelog #11
Hilton Resort · Mon, 22 Sep 2025. 6:30pm
Being out in the sun and the heat (high in the 90s today) at the pool takes a lot out of us. Even if we're mostly lounging on lounge chairs and floating in the lazy river. Oh, and riding the water slide after lunch. We did the lazy river and the lounge chairs for another few hours and then went back to our room for a while. We were tired! But also, Hawk wanted to go shopping. 🤣
After some shopping, which started with a gem shop but then extended to visiting the hoity-toity AJ's supermarket to buy sushi for dinner, we were hungry. We started eating our take-home dinner even though it was before 5. But then we started to wonder, "Is this it? Are we 'done' for the day?" I pressed for No, we're not! We put down our sushi after eating lightly, put back on our swimsuits, and headed out for a late-afternoon round at the pool at 5:15.
After 5 the sun's already starting to set in Phoenix. Remember, Arizona doesn't do Daylight Saving Time. And since today's the autumnal equinox, sunset is around 6pm. But we decided to make the most of the last 45 minutes of daylight at the waterpark.
And by "make the most" I mean we floated loops around the lazy river until closing.
We did our now-usual tandem arrangement. Hawk grabbed a double float so she could protect her foot (the one with a broken toe) in it, while I said in a single raft behind her and hooked on. Occasionally I switched positions between sitting up (as above) and floating on my belly (as below).
Just before 6 the staff started doing rounds telling everybody it's time to get out of the pool. That was when I realized I'd lost my refillable water bottle. ...The one that, this time, I had refilled with white wine. 😆 Yeah, it was fun floating around in the late afternoon shade with two glasses worth of wine in my belly.
It was also kind of fun going looking for the refillable bottle. I put up my raft and went walking through the lazy river. Doing a swift, even in the direction of the slow current, is quite a cardio workout! I walked a full lap around the river and caught up to my bottle just as it was reaching the pull-out point. I could've just stood there for a few minutes and caught it! But hey, the cardio was a good way to cap off the day.
Hilton Resort · Mon, 22 Sep 2025. 6:30pm
Being out in the sun and the heat (high in the 90s today) at the pool takes a lot out of us. Even if we're mostly lounging on lounge chairs and floating in the lazy river. Oh, and riding the water slide after lunch. We did the lazy river and the lounge chairs for another few hours and then went back to our room for a while. We were tired! But also, Hawk wanted to go shopping. 🤣
After some shopping, which started with a gem shop but then extended to visiting the hoity-toity AJ's supermarket to buy sushi for dinner, we were hungry. We started eating our take-home dinner even though it was before 5. But then we started to wonder, "Is this it? Are we 'done' for the day?" I pressed for No, we're not! We put down our sushi after eating lightly, put back on our swimsuits, and headed out for a late-afternoon round at the pool at 5:15.
After 5 the sun's already starting to set in Phoenix. Remember, Arizona doesn't do Daylight Saving Time. And since today's the autumnal equinox, sunset is around 6pm. But we decided to make the most of the last 45 minutes of daylight at the waterpark.
And by "make the most" I mean we floated loops around the lazy river until closing.
We did our now-usual tandem arrangement. Hawk grabbed a double float so she could protect her foot (the one with a broken toe) in it, while I said in a single raft behind her and hooked on. Occasionally I switched positions between sitting up (as above) and floating on my belly (as below).
Just before 6 the staff started doing rounds telling everybody it's time to get out of the pool. That was when I realized I'd lost my refillable water bottle. ...The one that, this time, I had refilled with white wine. 😆 Yeah, it was fun floating around in the late afternoon shade with two glasses worth of wine in my belly.
It was also kind of fun going looking for the refillable bottle. I put up my raft and went walking through the lazy river. Doing a swift, even in the direction of the slow current, is quite a cardio workout! I walked a full lap around the river and caught up to my bottle just as it was reaching the pull-out point. I could've just stood there for a few minutes and caught it! But hey, the cardio was a good way to cap off the day.
