Day 27 - Sedona, AZ

Well today I decided to go native, that's me in the cowgirl hat. Today we took a pink jeep tour for an archeological adventure! We explored a 700 yr old Sinaguan cliff dwelling. We climbed 3/4 of a mile up a rocky trail and came to these interesting cliff dwellings. You haven't hiked until you climb to 4200 feet on loose rock but we did it and then were glad we did. It was so hot - temp 93 degrees in the sun. When we climbed down and got back to town Ken and I went for something cold to drink.

Tomorrow will be a quiet day, beacause on Wednesday, yes we decided to stay an extra day, we're going to the Grand Canyon. We've decided to take a sky safari tour. We'll fly into the Grand Canyon Airport, then travel to the bottom of the canyon via helicopter. Then take a narrated tour on the Colorado River in a pontoon boat. We'll return to the airport via helicopter, then view the Grand Canyon from 4,000 feet above the river. Have lunch prepared by the Hualapai Tribe, while enjoying the view of the Grand Canyon. We will then fly back to Sedona. It sounds like an amazing trip, voted number 1 tour in AZ. Oh, also we'll be able to go on the Grand Canyon Skywalk taking this trip. We researched touring the Grand Canyon and found the Skywalk is on the western side on Indian land this is the only way to get to see it. S

The Indian ruins were really interesting, but I was watching out for rattle snakes on the whole trail. Fortunately, they were taking a day off. I can understand how the glyphs that were carved into the rocks have survived all these years, but it amazes me how the painted glyphs can last over 700 years and we have to re-paint our house every 5 years or so...

Nice ride over roads that you definitely needed a Jeep in lieu of a Corvette to traverse. Such beautiful buttes and rock formations. Back to Sedona and back to the airport to check on flights to the Grand Canyon. After flying in a helicopter yesterday, this sure seems like a greater adventure than driving up to the Canyon and back to Sedona in a day in the Vette.

After dusty roads in the pink Jeep, it was sure good to be able to jump in the pool at the motel this evening. We ate at the airport cafe and we tried fried cactus as an appetizer and it was delicious. Someone on the Jeep tour mentioned fried cactus, so we decided to try it and we weren't disappointed at all.

Don't know if we mentioned it yesterday, but when we checked into the Comfort Inn, we were surprised it wasn't called "Barney's Inn", as it is painted purple. A nice motel, but purple???

Looking forward to the flight to the Grand Canyon, and then "The Great Adventure" continues. Think after we leave here, we will be driving a few looooong days to get to some of our scheduled spots in Texas. Looking forward to tomorrow to just cool our jets a little bit before our Canyon adventure. Still trying to figure out where we're going to put the geode book ends Sheila picked up the other day during one of her shopping adventures, but they are such a pretty blue color we just couldn't pass them up. K