From Apache Junction we headed to Sedona. That place is awesome!!!! I can NOT afford to live there in any way shape or form. Median home is priced at $1.5 million. Just a little out of my price range. So we were typical tourists in a very touristy place.
We camped at the Dead Horse State Park in Cottonwood. The story behind the name of the state park was: the Ireys family came to Arizona from Minnesota looking to buy a ranch in the late 1940s. At one of the ranches they discovered a large dead horse lying by the road. After two days of viewing ranches, Dad Ireys asked the kids which ranch they liked the best. The kids said, "the one with the dead horse." the Ireys family chose the name Dead Horse Ranch. In 1973, when Arizona State Parks acquired the ranch, The Ireys made retaining the name a condition of sale. (How is that for your history lesson for today.)
There was only one thing in Sedona that was a must do on our list.....Pink Jeep Tour!!!!
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| The Jeeps really were Pink!!!!! |
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| Jim rode up front on the first half of the tour. |
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| Did a little rock crawling! |
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| One of the trails we came down. |
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| Our driver said this was the Flintstones house!!! |
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| Our drives said the top was Flintstones house, the next one down was a space ship and the one in the foreground was a whale. Do you see them? |
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| The one in the middle of the trees looked like a space ship. And I thought I was out in the desert to long!!!! |
And then there is the scenery:
ONE LAST ROCK FORMATION:
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| See Snoopy? |
We had an excellent time. I think we are in our second childhood....and it is so much fun!!!
We were able to see things that you just don't get to see from the paved highway (Deb, you were right!!).
This was one of life experiences that will stay with us for a long while!!
Experiencing Life,
Jim and Barb
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