Good Morning! Ben and I started our day with a nice little walk around our hotel. I like the desert – cool crisp mornings, warm days, 
and weird trees 
We worked up an appetite and hit the hotel’s complimentary breakfast as soon as we got back. Hotel breakfasts are impressive these days! There was a waffle maker, oatmeal, many bread options, yogurt, juice, coffee, fruit and cereal. 
Ben hit up the waffle bar and I started with oatmeal. I love oatmeal made in bulk for some reason.
I topped the oats with a little sugar, cereal and PB
I paired it with an egg for protein staying power and a little more granola and fruit. 
My feast (I got full so I’m saving the apple for later).
And I scored a bite of Ben’s waffle.
Now we’re hitting up the race expo and exploring Phoenix! See ya later!
My cousin owed me for setting him up with the awesomest girl ever (they ended up marrying) and said he’d give me ANYTHING I wanted in return. So I asked for a button that would make pancakes appear out of thin air. He never delivered. But Holiday Inn Express did. We went down for free breakfast in the AM and they had a pancake machine. You set your plate on one end and push a button and 30 seconds later a pancake falls on your plate. I couldn’t fit it in my luggage or it would’ve been mine.
I’ve never seen a pancake machine!
I love bulk oatmeal too!! It could possibly be why I have four kids now. Bulk oatmeal all the time. hahaha
Good luck tomorrow!! I will be down there cheering you all on!
I think I’m staying at the same hotel! Tomorrow’s race will be my first full, so nervous!
Good luck!
Is that hotel in the parking lot of a shopping center? If you get a chance you should stop at the Ostrich farm. OMG, they have the most beautiful birds and and fun. Only 5 bucks to get in.
Have so much fun! I think I’ll love expos no matter how many times I go 🙂 and a hotel with complimentary breakfast is like a mandatory thing for me, i love it!
I love those waffles!
I was in Scottsdale last month and loved it! We ate at the Herb Box in Scottsdale – I would definitely recommend it. Enjoy your trip!
Love making my own waffle at those hotels!!!