Sedona!!

On Wednesday Steve and I left early for Minneapolis to catch a flight to Phoenix and then rented a car and drove up to Sedona. Steve has a conference that he's attending here. I'm along to enjoy a little break and some warm weather. I'm feeling a little guilty because it is rainy and cold back home and sunny and 80 degrees here! But I'm over it!

The scenery around here is unbelievable!! The red rocks are gorgeous! This isn't a great picture, but you get the idea. We're going on a long hike today, so I will try and get some better shots. (This one was taken out of our car window!)





Yesterday we went to Montezuma's castle. It is a dwelling that was built by the Sinaqua Indians into the face of this rock formation. It's hard to imagine living in a dwelling like that! It makes me thankful that I was born in century I was!!








Of course one of the highlights is eating out. There are some AMAZING restaurants to eat at. The problem is being here too short a time to get them all in!! Steve really wanted to go to Shugrues, which is a place we had eaten at when we were here four years ago for this same conference. There was a sandwich that he really wanted to have again!! We sat out on the balconey and enjoyed an incredible view of Sedona!




I ordered a soft shell crab sandwich, which was delicious, but a little strange! I had a little trouble with the legs of the crab that stuck out over the edge of my sandwich. Kind of grossed me out. I kept trying to tuck them in under the bread!! I wouldn't say I'm a convert to soft shell crabs, but it was tasty!







The sandwich Steve ordered was a Ahi Tuna sandwich, served raw on roasted vegetables over a slice of bread. He raves about it, but I was having a hard enough time with my cooked crab legs to think about sampling his raw tunafish!! But overall it was a wonderful lunch.

Our other meals have also been incredible and I think we have mapped out the rest of our meals. It's some sort of food mentality that we have acquired over the years!!!



One last look at the castle and then I'm heading out to try and find some breakfast. Steve is in his meeting until 1:00 and then we'll head out on another adventure.














Back home, Sumo and Sophie are being well taken care of. A neighbor watched them for the first couple of days (Thanks M!) and now they are enjoying having A home from college taking care of them until we get back Sunday. And I just know that A is enjoying it as well. (Maybe not the 7:00 a.m. wake up time to let Sophie out and walk her around the field.....) Probably doesn't help that it is cold and rainy as well. But as we all know, it builds character!!




Until Next Time....