Sedona Schnebly Station
Day 10 - some time in Sedona
We decided (on my parents’ suggestion) to take a Pink Jeep Tour. It sounded fun - and was. We took the Diamondback Gulch and Ancient Ruins combo tour, since my parents had been on both and liked each one for different reasons, but also because it was the only morning tour with open spots left. The Gulch part was kind of scary - wondering if the jeep is really going to make it up the hill or not. The Ruins part included an up-close walking tour - we were close enough to touch the actual ruins, but didn’t - as with most old things trying to be preserved, the oils in your hands will destroy them.
After the Jeep tour, we had a quick lunch, and took a shower to get all the red dirt off of us. I feel kind of bad that our nice fluffy white towels at our place are red now. Speaking of our place, it’s this fabulous Bed and Breakfast called The Graham Inn. We decided to treat ourselves to a nice place after all the mediocre motels and camping - sort of like a vacation within our vacation. I can’t describe how wonderful this place is.
And Arizona - although hot (you’re going to hate me for this!), it’s dry too, so it doesn’t seem like it’s 97 degrees (at 5pm yesterday). The land is beautiful (after the boring plains and dry uncolored parts of Texas and New Mexico especially). It gets nice and comfortably cool at night. I think it’s definitely going to warrant further visits (since we will be close).
We’ll take some time tomorrow to enjoy the Grand Canyon, and continue our trip, but I’m really happy we took some time to relax and enjoy ourselves here in Sedona. We made up new lyrics for the Route 66 song, too - instead of “Don’t forget Winona” it should now be “Don’t forget Sedona.”
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