Sedona, AZ Area

I really wish we had more time to spend here, it is such a beautiful place.  I could do without the touristy part of town, but the surroundings are awesome!  We are staying at a Thousand Trails park called Valley Verde RV Resort.  It's a nice park with all the amenities which we have not taken advantage of because we've been busy sightseeing.  We just haven't taken the time to just hang out at the RV, but I guess that's because we spent 6 1/2 months hanging out at home all the time while we were gate guarding.  Things will settle down soon or I'll need another vacation to get over my vacation! 

We did our own tour of the Red Rocks and then took a jeep tour to places that we just can't get to in the Miata.  The jeep tour was just ok.  It would have been great if our guide would have slowed down a little so we could have gotten better pictures.  We'll make sure we have a 4 wheel drive next time we come back and take our time to see all the things our guide rushed through.  I still have some great pictures...

Bell Rock

The Chapel by Frank Lloyd Wright

 

 



Sunset on the Red Rock

 

Red Rocks at Sunset

 

Sunset

 Montezuma Castle National Monument was pretty cool.  Of course it doesn't take long to see it since you can't go up in there.  But they have a nice Ranger that tells the history behind it and it's interesting how people lived back then.

Montezuma Castle Cliff Dwellings

 

We also went to Tuzigoot National Monument.  Some of the walls were still there, but no roofs except in one section.  Each room was only about 200 square feet, not much room for a family.  There was a little more to see so we spent a little more time there, gt my National Park Passport stamp and my souvenir magnet and off to the next stop!

You can see the separate rooms

One part of Tuzigoot that had walls and roof

The old mining town of Jerome was on my to do list.  It wasn't what I expected though.  I thought it was a ghost town and they call it that but it was anything but.  There were so many people there, it was very touristy.  We did enjoy the old buildings and such.  But we didn't spend much time there. 

Jerome, AZ

Another thing we really enjoyed was a drive we took out of Sedona to Flagstaff up 89A(Coconino National Forest), beautiful drive!  That was the last thing we did before coming home to get ready to pull out tomorrow.  Off to the Grand Canyon in the morning, we'll be there a week!  It is on top of my bucket list so I m very excited to be going there!