Sunday, May 25, 2008

Slidin' Through Sedona

We had another early morning in Jerome today. Got up and finished up a bit of shopping (yesterday was the thought of purchase...today was the purchase) and then met up with the youngin's from Mandy's wedding for breakfast at 11. What a great little town full of fun people, and a great place for Mandy to be! She fits so well here!
Celia and I grabbed our rental car and headed out for a bit of a road trip up through Sedona (LOVED the red rocks-breathtaking!) and then on to a national historic landmark called Montezuma's Castle. Not a castle, and not built by Montezuma (though purposed to by back in the day) it's actually a old Native American dwelling in the rock. Quite amazing really, they used ladders to climb up, and at one point several hundred people from the Sinagua tribe lived her.At one point they all mysteriously disappeared...very interesting! I loved it! Getttin' back to my roots today. :)

We finished up our day at a ranch resort called Carefree and it was spectacular- a huge pool, fancy dining room (I spilled my watermelon margarita all over it!) cacti, a fire pit, activities, and comfy beds that didn't bow towards the middle at the foot and the head or squeak loudly if rolling over like the bed Cel and I shared in Jerome. Charming, that one was, but these were nice and singular.

Dinner was very nice, watching out over the Arizona sunset. Later we got som'ores and headed to the fire pit and shared stories with the other resorters. It was like camping with really nice beds! As it grew darker, the guy working there, Lance, a Hopi tribe member told us about how last night the people at the fire had played around with glow sticks because he'd been waiting for people to go glow-disc-golfing. My ears perked right up and upon request he went and got his disks and glow sticks and we played 9 holes of frisbee golf right there on the resort grounds! 9 holes already built in! Love it! I managed to run into 2, count them 2 cactus and had several spears sticking out of my legs at one point. It was awesome. Those plants know how to protect themselves! Glow disc golfing is my new favorite sport by the way.


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