Well today we got off to a pretty good start this morning. I had pretty much finished loading everything into the rig yesterday; my clothes, pantry items and items from the refrigerator and freezer. So today it was stowing everything for travel.
We got under way around 8:30. Its a 5.5 hour trip to Sedona so that should put us there around 2 pm.
We stopped once in White Hills, AZ for potty and Subway. While we were there Rancho Sedona called Rob and said we were all confirmed and our spot was ready. Nice.
Back on the road. I was seriously suffering from nap attacks. I don't know why. I slept pretty well last night. That night before was tough, so maybe it's left over from then. Anyway. We have walkie-talkies (Oh, we are in two separate vehicles again, Im driving the Jeep and Rob is driving the truck pulling the Seville). I told Rob he had something hanging under the Rig, also, I needed fuel, so we pulled into a Chevron truck stop.
The hanger for the dump tube had come off so Rob had to fix that, also a crawl space door was hanging down so he had to fix that as well. Minor repairs thank goodness.
And back under way.
We pulled in at about 3:30 and easily set up. It's pretty
warm, about 100
Rob went for a run and I went for a nap.
We grilled a steak and asparagus and sliced up some of our yummy home-grown tomatoes, played some cards and went to bed.
All in all a pretty successful first day. It's nice here. Behind the RVs across the way is a big creek where everyone goes to swim. The pathway entrances are marked by the red flags. It's pretty chilly water, but was quite refreshing for Rob after his run.
Friday, June 12
It's warm this morning. We sat outside and enjoyed our coffee. It isn't totally peaceful here. there are huge trees in this park and there are Blue Herron nests in them. The babies cry constantly because they are either hungry or feeding. They sound like a turbine fan that is squeaking and needs oiling. We can see them from the ground. They have grown considerably since we were here in May.
We decided to go on a hike. We decided on the Bruins Mesa Trail
We continued on through some gnarly stuff and then out to Chicken point. I Think it might be called that because you drive out there and it’s flat with drop offs and you just aren’t sure where the edge is and in my case you finally say “OK. That’s far enough!
We continued on to a place that we could see other jeeps crawling along on from Submarine Rock. We literally had to get out and walk to see which way we needed to go.
There were some crazy areas where it looked like the trail was going to drop away,
We got under way around 8:30. Its a 5.5 hour trip to Sedona so that should put us there around 2 pm.
We stopped once in White Hills, AZ for potty and Subway. While we were there Rancho Sedona called Rob and said we were all confirmed and our spot was ready. Nice.
Back on the road. I was seriously suffering from nap attacks. I don't know why. I slept pretty well last night. That night before was tough, so maybe it's left over from then. Anyway. We have walkie-talkies (Oh, we are in two separate vehicles again, Im driving the Jeep and Rob is driving the truck pulling the Seville). I told Rob he had something hanging under the Rig, also, I needed fuel, so we pulled into a Chevron truck stop.
The hanger for the dump tube had come off so Rob had to fix that, also a crawl space door was hanging down so he had to fix that as well. Minor repairs thank goodness.
And back under way.
We pulled in at about 3:30 and easily set up. It's pretty
warm, about 100
We grilled a steak and asparagus and sliced up some of our yummy home-grown tomatoes, played some cards and went to bed.
All in all a pretty successful first day. It's nice here. Behind the RVs across the way is a big creek where everyone goes to swim. The pathway entrances are marked by the red flags. It's pretty chilly water, but was quite refreshing for Rob after his run.
Friday, June 12
It's warm this morning. We sat outside and enjoyed our coffee. It isn't totally peaceful here. there are huge trees in this park and there are Blue Herron nests in them. The babies cry constantly because they are either hungry or feeding. They sound like a turbine fan that is squeaking and needs oiling. We can see them from the ground. They have grown considerably since we were here in May.
We decided to go on a hike. We decided on the Bruins Mesa Trail
It was a 4.5 mile out and back. It was a bit rugged and hot.
The views wow amazing, as just about any place in Sedona is
At the 2 mile point Bella and I were pretty hot and tired and decided to sit in the shade under a tree and rest. Rob went on for the last point .25 miles. I told him to take pictures, we would wait. He did.
It was pretty cool. Afterwards we stopped in at the Wild Flower Bread Company for a sandwich. It was a place recommended by our friend Liz Black. She lives in Ukia, CA, but told us to be sure to check it out while we were here. Actually, she was the one who recommended the hike we just did as well.
After lunch we went on a Jeep run. The Broken Arrow Run is one that Sedona is famous for. Rob had wanted to do it the last time we were here, but we didn’t get the chance. It was crazy fun.
It started off right away with a little jump up over some rocks. I was like oh man, here we go. Our Jeep is pretty cool though and amazes me at what it can climb up and over.
The scenery was amazing as well as the trail
There were other private jeeps, the Pink Jeep Tours, and other off road quads out there as well. It’s a popular run.
Our first stop was Submarine. It’s a huge rock out there that looks like you are standing on the deck of a submarine.
There were some crazy areas where it looked like the trail was going to drop away,
But the final was called the stairway. If we had taken a video of it inside and outside the Jeep you would have seen me clutching Bella tightly and heard me saying “It’s OK, It’s gonna be OK” and that’s only because I’ve seen videos of others doing it and knowing it can be done. We didn’t get pictures from the top, only from the bottom which don’t do justice to hoe scary it looked from the top.
Needless to say, we survived. And we completed the run.
We had tried to make reservations for another restaurant that Liz had recommended, but they had nothing available until way late both tonight and tomorrow night. But, since it was only 5 pm and we were both hungry we thought we’d just go there and see how long the wait was. It was Only 30 min so we put our names in and went to the bar. I had a couple Sea breezes while waiting. We chatted with a couple who were from Pennsylvania.
A tad disturbing, this restaurant did not seem to be following any of the Coronavirus protocols. None of the staff wore masks, all the tables were close together and at the bar we were close together with the other patrons. This could be our demise. I would truly prefer to dine “outside” and only at places that were concerned with the health and safety of their staff and customers.
The service was great, the food was good and I had two glasses of wine with dinner and the socializing with a couple from Dallas.
That was a bit more drinking than I’ve done in the past month or so. We went back to the rig and I passed out on the couch.
SAT JUNE 13
Well, I was not feeling as well as I could have. Just a little hung over I’m afraid. I confessed to Rob that I was not up for a mountain bike ride, so we decided on Golf instead.
We found a sweet little 9 hole course. Eight par threes and one par 4.
Our course in Pahrump also has foot golf, but we’ve never played it. The course was Fun and scenic,
But we had to wait on almost very hole for the people in front of us. That’s always a drag. On one hole there was a big pond with a huge fish in it. We believe it to be a cat fish.
After golf we decided to go visit Montezuma Castle. It was built by the Southern Sinagua who flourished in the Verde Valley hundreds of years ago. The Southern Sinagua farmers Built this five-story, 20 room dwelling sometime between1100 and 1300. It occupies a cliff recess 100 feet above the valley. Early American settlers marveled at the structure.. they assumed that it was Aztec in origin, hence the name Montezuma Castle. A short distance west, nudging a cliff base is Castle A. Now badly deteriorated, it was once an imposing five-story apartment like building with about 45 rooms. Occupants found reliable water in the creek and fertile land on the nearby terrace.
They had a pretty cool cut-away of the cliff dwelling with a narrative of what life was like and who did what in the community.
From Montezuma Castle we drove to Prescott, about an hour away. We went to Costco and picked up some supplies. On the way back we drove through the cute little mining town of Jerome. We visited it the last time we were in the area as well. It is up on a hillside, kind of in the middle of nowhere. We believed they mined copper. It is a cool place, but not one that either one of us would like to live. We headed back to Sedona and to our little home on wheels. I made us a nice Pork medallions with Peach sauce and broccoli for dinner. We watched the sun go down and went to bed. Tomorrow we leave Sedona for Monument Valley.
We got some disturbing news from Skip today. He is our coordinator for our Alaska Tour. They may not be opening the US/ Canadian border until the end of July. We need it to be opened by the 10th in order to reach our starting point on time. So, now we are really on hold to see what happens. Keeping our fingers crossed.
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