We Learned a New Word
Sunday, we woke up in a wigwam in Holbrook, AZ; went to bed in a 100+ year old timber lodge, El Tovar, at the Grand Canyon. In between we saw increasingly spectacular landscape. First the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, Arizona's own "badlands". We had to make a stop in Winslow so we could "stand on a corner in Winslow Arizona". There was a 4 mile stretch of Route 66 which they really made the most of. A beautiful old hotel that has been restored, LaPosada, turned out to be a great choice for a lunch break.
We decided to take a detour to Sedona before heading to the Grand Canyon. What a pleasant surprise when we drove into Oak Creek Canyon. We dropped almost 2,000 feet on a two lane, hairpin road before reaching Sedona. The drive was awesome! We can't believe a place as magnificient as Oak Creek Canyon is not more widely known. We're so glad we "stumbled upon it". A friend of our son, Mark, told us we would experience viewgasms as we headed west. You know you're having a viewgasm when you yell...."Oh wow, look at that!"
We made it to the eastern end of the Grand Canyon in time to experience a beautiful sunset and happily settled into what will be our home for 2 nights. We saw 4 Corvettes today and drove 365.8 miles....that bed sure is looking good!
Sunday, we woke up in a wigwam in Holbrook, AZ; went to bed in a 100+ year old timber lodge, El Tovar, at the Grand Canyon. In between we saw increasingly spectacular landscape. First the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest, Arizona's own "badlands". We had to make a stop in Winslow so we could "stand on a corner in Winslow Arizona". There was a 4 mile stretch of Route 66 which they really made the most of. A beautiful old hotel that has been restored, LaPosada, turned out to be a great choice for a lunch break. 
We decided to take a detour to Sedona before heading to the Grand Canyon. What a pleasant surprise when we drove into Oak Creek Canyon. We dropped almost 2,000 feet on a two lane, hairpin road before reaching Sedona. The drive was awesome! We can't believe a place as magnificient as Oak Creek Canyon is not more widely known. We're so glad we "stumbled upon it". A friend of our son, Mark, told us we would experience viewgasms as we headed west. You know you're having a viewgasm when you yell...."Oh wow, look at that!" 
We made it to the eastern end of the Grand Canyon in time to experience a beautiful sunset and happily settled into what will be our home for 2 nights. We saw 4 Corvettes today and drove 365.8 miles....that bed sure is looking good!
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