What A Week!

The Grand Canyon, Sedona, Montezuma Castle, Montezuma Well, V-V Petrographs

After driving from Las Vegas through high winds, and having to change the fuel filter on the motorhome, we had a great time at the Grand Canyon. We rode the train from Williams, AZ, stayed 3 hours on the rim, then rode the train back to Williams. On the way up we saw a pronged horn antelope ("oh give me a home where the antelope roam...") and condors flying over the Canyon. It was a beautiful day. From Williams, we drove to Cottonwood, AZ which is south of Sedona. What a great community! The red rocks are beautiful, Oak Creek canyon diverse and the town full of lots of art. Tlaquepaque is a small shopping area with great restaurants, shops and galleries. It's named and built after a community outside of Guadalajara, Mexico and since I lived there in the 80's, it was a little walk down memory lane. The food here in Sedona was fabulous!

Montezuma Castle & Well are great reminders of past inhabitants of the area. To build a home in the caves took a lot of effort and to see them still preserved is amazing. The well is a hot spring and a beautiful oasis in the desert. The  petrographs were amazing and some believe they are a calendar with shadows falling on important days during the year.

We've gone from low 30's at night in Williams to highs in the 80's here in Cottonwood. We still need to go see Jerome, Tuzigoot Ruins and Prescott before we leave on Thursday. We're looking forward to seeing friends in Morro Bay and we look forward to seeing you on the blog. Ken is getting into retirement mode more each day and finally relaxing and sleeping. What a nice change. We are meeting lots of great people everywhere we go and learning from others the ins and outs of RV life. We taught another couple how to play Mexican Train - you can't be an RVer without knowing how to play and that was a fun evening.