I'm sure I'll see you around the Scottsdale campus eventually! There are so many things to do in and around Phoenix. Lots of hiking when the weather is nice (a couple of favorites are the trails through the Phoenix Mtn Preserve/Piestewa peak. There is an easily accessible trail head at 40th St. & Shea Blvd), and plenty of things to do to cool off as well in the summer. If you haven't spent much time in Arizona, then I definitely recommend you take a day or weekend trip up to Sedona and Flagstaff. I used to live in Flagstaff and it is such a nice escape from the city/heat in summer, not to mention it's relatively close to the Grand Canyon, so if you haven't been there before, it makes it a bit easier to do it all at once. Flagstaff is extremely dog friendly as well, so we always take our dog with us up there when we visit.