Thursday, March 5, 2009

Thursday February 19 Sedona to the Grand Canyon National Park

Patsy checked out her favourite Sedona clothing shop and bought a designer lace jacket at ”Dahling It’s You”. Early b irthday present for herself. Patsy has routinely indulged herself in purchasing at this shop whenever she visits Sedona.
We spent some hours visiting vortexes around Sedona. Vortexes are places on the planet of increased energy exceptional natural beauty and act as an amplifier of our physical, emotional and spiritual energy levels. Interesting that Sedona always provides an exhilarating feeling. Many different experiences have been recorded when visiting certain of these sites. We had the pleasure of visiting not only the Holy Cross but the Airport Mesa. In truth, we felt that every square foot of Sedona is energizing.
At the north end of the city is the stunning Oak Creek Canyon, a breathtaking view of red and white cliffs, parks and creeks that meander along the scenic drive. Then we travelled more north through Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon.

Upon Marilyn’s first view of the Grand Canyon, and distracted by the beauty, she fell on icy steps. The irony of the event was that she was cautioning others to be careful. Luckily she grabbed the railing and missed the chance to be another statistic...a three year old had just been rescued by her dad and an ambulance had arrived. Yes, there was snow and ice due to the altitude...made us miss Canada...lol...actually we’re much more empathetic.

Patsy’s lifelong dream was fulfilled when we spent the night in a room right on the rim with a full view of nature’s masterpiece in the historic El Tovar lodge. As the sun was setting in the West and we were walking the rim, an adorable creature crawled up the stone wall and sat there staring at us. It appeared to be a cross between a raccoon, weasel and a squirrel. Later we identified it as a Ringtail.

We lucked out when we went to the bar beside the restaurant to be entertained by Dave Hahn a great song writer and entertainer. He generously gave us his CD as he appreciated our dancing.

On returning from our delicious prime rib dinner and our dancing we saw several deer grazing within about six feet of us right beside the sidewalk. They ignored us completely as we desperately tried to get their picture in the dark.

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