Good Morning People!

I’ve lost track of how many states and miles we have gone… I just know it’s a lot!

We just finished 3 nights in Sedona, AZ. What an amazing place! The rock formations are so beautiful and breathtaking. It’s hard to even capture the majesty in photos, although we tried.

The meal for Tony’s birthday was super good. Super expensive, and super good. We did the chef’s menu and wine pairing at L’auberge de Sedona. Truly fine dining.

Saturday was a mostly clear day and we headed out for a full day of activities. We started off with a Pink Jeep tour of the ancient ruins of the 12^th century natives, the Honanki. Even the ride out to the rocks was amazing with all of the mountains on full view from the comfort of our blankets in the jeep. Our guide was laid back and knowledgeable. He had gone to the liberal studies college in Petaluma so he was good to go in my books. We arrived at the trail head and walked out to the ruins, learning about the area on our way. Sedona is surrounded by 1.8 million acres of preserved wilderness. All of the hikes and campgrounds are public space and the town will never be allowed to grow any larger. It makes for a very pristine and open area. There are over 250 hiking trails in the area. The ruins were interesting and extremely well preserved. We arrived back at our hotel just in time to grab a quick bite and head out to hike Cathedral Rock. Hike is a bit of a misnomer as the trail to the (about a 700 foot extremely steep climb)top is almost all sheer rock face, but we got dug in and made it up- and that was so worth it! What a view. This particular hike crossed one of the 4 main Vortexes in Sedona. It was the Vortex of feminine energy and we made sure we stopped on the vortex and re-invigorated our feminine side.

There is isn’t a lot going on in Sedona at night but we managed to find a great barbeque joint and some fabulous ribs before calling it an early night.

Sunday was raining when we woke up. This really put a damper on our idea of a 9 mile hike. We waited for it to clear up, but it never did so we headed out anyway. We managed a really muddy 6 mile hike up to the fog line on the Brin’s Mesa Trail. It was really beautiful even though we couldn’t see much due to the weather. We spent the rest of the day enjoying the spa facilities at the Hyatt before grabbing a burger while watching the football(Tony was happy).

We are now headed to the Grand Canyon for 2 nights. I’m super excited as I have never been there, even though I’ve been to Vegas many times. More hiking awaits!!