Our trip to Sedona

I had 4 days and 3 nights in Sedona, AZ with my husband, my Best Friend and her wonderful Fiancé. It was so great.
We had fabulous accommodations, The Adobe Grand Villas. I can't say enough good things about this place. It is quite literally the nicest place I have yet to stay.
We rented Rubicon Jeeps (Thanks to David) and did LOTS of off-roading. We didn't want to give the Jeeps back after our allotted 24 hours. Of course, we conquered all the most challenging trails. The first time around we were all very cautious, but by the end of the second day, we were going over rocks and down gullies as if they were sticks and mud puddles. YEE HA! I am very proud of my BF, Nicole. She was very nervous, but she rallied and even drove a few times!



We also visited several National Parks. The first was the Palatki Ruins National Park. The area has been occupied for at least 800 hundreds years, though originally occupied by Indians. We checked out the Indian artwork on the rocks, and we also walked through old Indian dwellings. Fun facts: The Indians were very short and only lived to be 25 or 30.



The second was Coconino National Forest, the coolest thing about it was winding our way up the side of a Mountain. The GPS just had a bunch of squiggly lines in one spot.
I have to say our descent was very different from our ascent. Don "Safety Saves" Haney drove up at a casual 30 miles per hour. Our resident Racecar Driver, David, raced down. I think David really believed the Mountain, elevation 7000 and no shoulder, would make a great racetrack. He actually said, "She (our rental car) has a lot more in her. The tires aren't even squealing." OH, MY GOSH!

The third park was on the way to the Grand Canyon, the Wupatki and Sunset Crater Volcano National Park. We saw, get this, snow on lava in 65-degree weather...oxy moron, huh? We also got a great view of the Painted Desert.


Last, we did the Grand Canyon. It is just beautiful. Seeing from the top was great, but we NEED to go back soon so we can raft and hike through it.








There is so much more that filled in the gaps of the above story! I loved our picnic on the rocks, our private Chefs dinner, our 4-wheel-drive donuts, and even though the food sucked, our night at El Tovar with reconstituted water.
"Moving on..."