For the next few days we traveled a few hours north to Sedona, AZ. We got a little less than expected at our 'resort' but hey, it's all what you make it!
We had a hard time deciding what to do for our adventure. There was hiking, horseback riding, offroad Jeep tours, downtown Segway tours, helicopter rides and ATV rentals. We looked into all of them and finally went with the side-by-side ATV rental.
IT.WAS.AWESOME.
As usual, Paul is a natural while I am look like a goober. Trumped again!
I blame my Ray Bans... too much air whizzing by while going 40 mph to be able to see.
Photo op.
The people with the ATV rentals said that all these trails and private sites were included in the rental. The individual ruin sites said it was indeed not part of the package. Good thing we found this out AFTER visiting a few of them.
Some of the ruins that were found butted up next to the huge rocks of Sedona. Didn't learn much about them because we didn't know there was a tour (probably because we were trespassing).
All the individual family rooms were cool.
People always want to write their names on stuff. I remember saying, "1925... wow, that was a long time ago!" Yeeeeeaaahhhhh.... Jessica... these are RUINS for crying out loud.
Much older than 87 years.
Look, even they wanted a place to show off their trinkets!
See the petroglyphs?
A little lizard friend on a warm and sunny day.
I forget what the guy said this kind of cactus was. Colorful though.
Paul with said cactus.
At every opportunity.
If you look really close you can see the purpleish flower bud on the cactus. This is called a prickly pear cactus. I was asking the guy at the information booth about edible cactus. He directed us to a restaurant in Sedona that served prickly pear fries and margaritas. When all done here, we decided a margarita was in order. It was tasty, indeed!
At the second ruin site a rather large snake made an appearance about 3 feet in front of me on the path. Guess that's why Paul always makes me go first, eh?
Caught up with a tour already in progress. He was explaining how they made the drawings on the rocks. They paint the shapes on the rock wall in animal fat, then burn a fire close to the wall so the soot is caught by the animal fat, then the fat melts onto the rock making it permanent.
The tour guide said this was one of the most intact petroglyphs in the area. It is the story of "Mother Earth." At the top of the drawing, there is a woman's figure squatting... giving birth. Surrounding her are all of the animals she has already given birth to.
The "Grotto" where the story goes that all the single girls would hang out. I don't make this up! The reason they knew this was because the Native Americans depicted single girls as a women's figure with large bows in their hair. Hmmm... maybe Hefner is onto something.
Wish I had more than just my little pocket camera. But the memories are way better anyways. It was positively breathtaking to stand on the ledge and feel the wind blow through your hair.
Gahl dang...
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