We don’t call ourselves The Stupids for nothing.
It is the 25th Anniversary of our Stupids bicycle group. For a quarter century we have somehow managed an annual week-long bike trip. This year needed to be marked in a special way.
“We need to celebrate with a holiday. No cycling. Maybe some spas and lying around by a pool. Just take a break and reward ourselves for pulling off the impossible every year!”
There are many reasons we settled on Sedona, Arizona; huge house with pool, great hiking, spa options, river rides, etc.
A heat wave wasn’t one of those reasons.
Phoenix was 117 degrees F the day we arrived (but hey, it’s a dry heat!).
There are fires, tragic fires, engulging the state, people have lost everything, including their lives.
Yesterday we arrived in Sedona to our cool rambling ranch house. The weather was perfect. Still warm, but not scorching. A soft sage-scented breeze whispered over our shoulders. The rocky red mountains were a painted backdrop to the turquoise pool. We lolled in the water, rested on our chaise lounges and ordered in pizza while we drank our wine. The night turned indigo, a deep soft darkness pierced by crazy stars…
We toasted how lucky we are, and how, as it turns out, we are not stupid at all. In fact, we are very very smart.
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Friends of ours told us about Jerome so we included that one too … quite incredible how those buildings cling to the mountainside, and so many hairpin turns and so many changes in the weather on the way back to Phoenix. I recall our GPS took us miles and miles out of the way while I kept referring to the much shorter route indicated on the map.
Jerome was really spectacular. Loved all the artists’ galleries and funky buildings. Sounds like you had as much crazy weather coming off that hill as we did 🙂
Sedona, a dream of mine!! Inlet crabs soon!! Whatta life! Hi to Susan.
You’d love it here Judy. Better hook up Bambi and get driving 🙂 Looking forward to some of those Sechelt Inlet crabs! Susie says hey right back atchya.
Colleen, I loved our visit to Sedona two years ago, but it was in March when the temp was perfect in the high 70s.
We’d rented a 2 bedroom condo in Phoenix so Christine joined us for a couple of weeks. Our day trip to Sedona was memorable — esp the gorgeous rusty red Sedona Ridge and surrounding countryside. Sedona is a real tourist town with all those little shops and the scenic backdrop.
Martha, it really is so beautiful here. We’ve got a few hikes planned in the surrounding canyons and today after a tour around Sedona, we headed out to the funky little town of Jerome. Fabulous old mining town semi-falling off the hillside. Great artisans and wonderful original designs. And then, just to keep it interesting, thunder, lightning and a monsoon downpour with hail. Fires & Floods…can’t begin to guess what tomorrow will bring!