Blogs from Sedona, Arizona, United States, North America - page 3

Geo: 34.8408, -111.776DH was just beginning to accept that the Birthday Tour was over and the Killer B's had indeed left us and gone home, and she was stuck with me for her daily entertainment and warm hugs. Apparently that prospect left her a little down in the dumps so she was in desperate need of a cosmic, spiritual, or psychic boost. Sedona, Arizona is a city of outstanding natural beauty, famous for its red sandstone rock formations - buttes, blue skies, and canyons, and more importantly it's also home to "vortexes"- mysterious areas of concentrated energy to which seekers of enlightenment are drawn.But before strapping on her tinfoil meditation hat, DH wanted to stand at a street corner in Winslow Arizona in order to channel her inner 70's rock n roll chick. She leaned up ... read more

It stormed overnight in Amarillo,saving R the labor of scrubbing the windshield to clear it of bug splatter. Cheryl, my friend from Stubbs Elem. in Lubbock,TX stopped at the hotel in the morning for 20 mins. before going in to sub for a teacher for 4 weeks. It was great to see her and catch up on family doings. She told me that Stubbs is closed now! We set off 20 mins past our set departure time at a cool 55 degree F in contrast to 99 yesterday and 78 at sundown. Destination: Sedona, AZ. In the mid 80s R hiked down to Phantom Ranch in the Grand Canyon across the Colorado River with a couple of his buddies from Texas Tech Univ. At that time they visited Sedona, and R fell in love with the ... read more

From Billy the Kid to Wyatt Earp, General Custer to Geronimo, the American West was filled with legendary characters. Novelists and short story writers blended fact and fiction to create bigger than life characters and made them famous in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. Thousands of young and old readers living on the East Coast of the United States followed the stories of the daring men and women who tamed a frontier seemingly filled with danger and adventure around every corner. The cattle ranches were immense, the women were beautiful and the native people were both respected for their traditions and feared for their warrior-like aggression. According to the writers, the men who settled the west had to be brave, strong, wise and probably quick with a gun. They walked a little taller and talked ... read more

In 2012 Margo and I spent a month at Sedona, a beautiful small town in north central Arizona. Blessed with an incomparable setting surrounded by red rocks and mountains, it’s an artist’s paradise, with energy vortices that impart a feeling of spirituality, serenity, and healing. All buildings are by law examples only of south-western architecture and colour. Street art abounds, most of it tasteful with western themes, and there are no parking meters!! There are dozens of galleries catering to the full range of tastes, from visitors seeking inexpensive souvenirs, to quality Indian handicrafts, all the way to world-class sculptures and paintings for the most discriminating collectors (no cameras allowed in those galleries!). It even incorporates within its boundaries “Tlaquepaque”, a unique very tasteful arts and crafts urban village with a pseudo-Mexican theme. While the Upto ... read more

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!!! Headed back north of Camp Verde today to do some hiking in Red Rock State Park. Started early when temperature was in high 70's because temps. have been up to 100+ the last few days. We started with the Kisva Trail followed by a portion of Eagle's Nest, Coyote Ridge, and Smoke Trail. Barbara and I enjoy riding forestry roads looking for wildlife, so I picked up a forestry road map and went exploring. Did not have much luck spotting any wildlife, and decided it might be due to the heat. We rode forestry roads from Red Rock to Montezuma Castle near Camp Verde, about 35 miles. Montezuma Castle is said to be the best preserved cliff dwelling in America. Built in a natural recess of a limestone cliff some 100 ft. ... read more