Girls' Trip!

My friend Heather needed to burn some vacation time and we decided that after she flew in from Texas we would hit the road and see the sights in Arizona.

Montezuma's Castle - We got the 5 minute tour as the park was closing up when we got there. You can't get any closer than this, so we didn't mind. Spent the night in Flagstaff then, after a delicious crepe breakfast at a little stand in downtown Flag, headed toward Sedona the next day. It was drizzling and foggy the whole day but that didn't dampen our spirits. It also made the scenery even prettier.

We stopped to walk around Slide Rock State Park and checked out the old homestead, cabins and the apple packinghouse. Some family made this their home about a hundred years ago and farmed apples. It's so remote, even now, but what an amazing backyard they had!
The river cutting through the red rock. There were a handful of people insane enough to be swimming in this. The air temp was at best in the low 60s.
Walking the trail above the river gave me an excellent view. Heather wouldn't go near the edge.
Loved the colors of the wet wood.
We also shopped at an Indian Trading Post (a real one, not a tourist trap building with plastic chachkis inside) and bought a couple pieces of handmade jewelry. Later we saw Jerome, an old mining town and had a late dinner at Carraba's before returning home to reality.