My in-laws rented their friend’s condo in Scottsdale for the entire month of January, and invited us to visit. We took a long weekend, and went down to spend our first trip with any significant time in Arizona. Plus we both got to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time!<\/p>\n
(The entire photoset is here on Flickr<\/a>.)<\/p>\n Read from the beginning below, or jump to each day:<\/p>\n My in-laws rented their friend’s condo in Scottsdale for the entire month of January, and invited us to visit. We took a long weekend, and went down to spend our first trip with any significant time in Arizona. Plus we both got to visit the Grand Canyon for the first time! 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