Jerry and Diane arrived on the 22nd of Sept. so we
could celebrate our birthday's together. Her's was the
24th and mine the 25th. What a great week we had~
The only down side was it went too fast!
Enjoy our travels in Arizona together with us!
On, Friday the 23rd we headed off to Montezuma's Castle!
This was awesome~
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| Can you believe that there is five floors to these cliff dwellings. They had to have terrific balance~ |
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| Dave and Jerry looking up at this National Monument! |
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| The Motley Crew! What a day we had! |
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| Could you handle living in this? ~NOT~ |
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| Diane, Dave and Jerry reading the history of the area~ |
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| Cave to the left had a huge active behive hanging on the top! |
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| Beautiful desert flowers! |
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| This is a model of what the inside looked like~ |
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| Just another view! |
Now we got in the car and worked our way to the
Montezuma's Well. This is a natural springs and
there was cliff dwellings here as well.
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| Jerry looking down on the well after a 1/4 mile hike up! |
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| Diane taking a picture of it all! |
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| This is Montezuma's Well! Look at the back drop~ aren't the mountains great! |
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| This is the cliff dwellings above the well! |
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| This was the view from the top of the well! |
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| More cliff dwellings |
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| Then we headed on scenic highway 179 toward Sedona |
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| Every corner we turned it just got better! Mountains Majesty! Here they are! |
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| Sharon, Dave, Diane & Jerry at the ranger station before Belle Rock on the left! |
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| Belle Rock on the left and the beautiful Red Rock Mountains |
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| Diane & Jerry outside of Jose' Cafe This is where we had lunch and they had all kinds of food. It was great! |
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| And here is Sharon & Dave outside of Jose' Cafe~ Oh that would be us! |
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| Unbelievable Views enjoy the ride up 179 to 89A |
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| Chapel of the Holy Cross built right in the mountain! |
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| View from behind the chapel |
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| At the chapel garden |
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| Walking up to the chapel |
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| Diane standing to the side of the chapel! Look at the awesome view! |
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| Another view from around the chapel |
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| Dave and Jerry admiring the view across from where they are sitting! The rock just had so many layers~ Simply amazing~ |
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| Coming down from the chapel |
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| On the way back home! |
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| And yet another color of the mountains! |
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| Closer to home these are the amazing! |
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| How much better can it get! |
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| This is on the way to the campground! |
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| Almost there~ What an awesome day we had today! |
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| Another great view.. |
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| Then we are home and right out the window this little hummingbird welcomed us home! |
Everyday the mountains look different depending
on the light that hits at a certain time of the day.
They are ever changing and just as
beautiful as the day before!
Nature is just awesome here in Arizona!
