Tuesday, September 25, 2012

CAMP VERDE AND FAREWELL FOR TOUR


The last stop on our tour was in Sedona and it was a busy one.  We started out with a full day bus trip that took us to some more Puebloan ruins at Montezuma's Castle and Tuzigoot which are both National monuments.  We then drove up to Jerome, an old mining town in the mountains above Sedona, for lunch and shopping and then through Sedona and Oak Creek Canyon.  The area is beautiful and, since it has more greenery, different than the parks of southern Uttah.
Our last full day together was a "free" day until our farewell dinner so several of us decided to do a "Pink Jeep Tour" of the Sedona area.  This is a tour that had been recommended by family (my sister Barbara) and friends (Paula and Nick) and it was as great as they had said.  Our guide was extremely knowledgeable about the flora and fauna of the area and went as far as saving a trantula from being run over by a jeep.  Being from the flatlands of Long Island, New Jersey and Floida, I was not experienced in off-road jeeping and had no idea that  jeeps can travel at 45 degree angles up and down rocks.  We had a great time!
So we got cleaned up and a bit more dressed up for our last dinner together.  I think we can safely say that we had a great trip and made some new friends.  We made promises to have a reunion and  will be traveling with several  in the future - some to the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque next week and some on later trips. 



RANGER TALK AT TUZIGOOT RUINS





PART OF THE RUINS

 







THE ROAD TO JEROME ALL SWITCHBACKS



THE THUMB


SPRING FLOWERS IN SEPTEMBER

BOB & JAN


89A RUNNING THROUGH OAK CREEK CANYON


 
HOME OF PINK JEEP TOURS 



BETTY, SHERRY AND PINK JAVELLINAS





THE START OF OUR TOUR

DEE AND KELVIN

TARANTULA
HE WAS IN THE ROAD AND THE GUIDE
STOPPED AND REMOVED HIM SO HE
WOULD NOT GET RUN OVER

OUR FIVESOME

JUST IN CASE YOU COULDN'T GUESS
 WE HAD A GREAT TIME
ON THE ROAD AGAIN




OUR GUIDE


SOME OF THE DESERT  FAUNA
 













THE TWO NUNS







ON TOP OF OLD BALDY

OOPS

SMOOTH ROAD AHEAD






THE SHERIFF OF SEDONA

THE FAREWELL DINNER
 


 

 
 
THE WHOLE GANG









 


MONKEY LOVES CHUCK AND SUSAN




GOOFEY'S HAD A ROUGH TOUR BUT GOING HOME WITH PETE AND HEDDA

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