June 29, 2011
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| I got up early and
made a solo-flight -- Lynnette doesn't like that kind of flying.
There was another RV on the ramp besides mine. |
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First I flew over by Mystery
Valley. The red arrow points to where we had lunch yesterday. |
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air was a little misty and there was a big cloud formation blocking the
sun, so conditions for taking aerial photographs were not
good. |
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The Totem Pole from the air. |
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| The sun poked out
to the west of
Monument Valley so I was able to get a fairly decent shot of this butte;
however, it is not really in Monument Valley. |
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| What a difference
the sun makes! |
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| Walking back to the
lodge from the
airfield, the sun trying to come out made for a nice picture. |
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Lynnette and I had breakfast in the
Lodge restaurant -- usually I have no problem putting away a breakfast but
not this one. Althought the food was delicious, there was just too
much.
We loaded up the plane, took off and
headed southwest towards Sedona. On the way we passed this meteor
crater. |
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| Turning from base
to final at Sedona. |
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Short final. |
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| I didn't really
know much about Sedona and wasn't prepared for how scenic it is.
This picture is from an overlook just near the airport. |
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| I had arranged for
a rental car from the airport office. |
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| We drove down to
Red Rock State Park to do some hiking and see Cathedral Rock. |
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Oak Creek runs through the park.
In fact, runs through the city. |
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| It was nice being
around some water after the last two days of desert. |
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The red rock of Sedona |
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| We left Red Rock
State Park and headed northeast to check out Slide Rock on Oak
Creek. But the park was full so we ended up just picnicking by the
river which was nice. |
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| Some kids were
having fun jumping off the rocks into the river. |
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| Back on the road |
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| We drove south of
town to see the Chapel of the
Holy Cross which was very impressive. |
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This is the view from the
church. |
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| Lynnette on the
walkway leading up to the church. |
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| Looking down from
the church was this private residence which has to be one of the most
amazing houses I've ever seen. |
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| Another view from
the church. |
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A cactus garden |
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| A little further
down the road was Courthouse Butte |
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| We were staying at
the Sky Ranch Lodge which is just a little ways away from the
airport. |
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The Lodge rooms and ground were very
nice. We enjoyed swimming in the pool (left side of the
picture). |
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| I splurged a little
and got a "View" room. This was the view from the patio outside our
room! |
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Lynnette writing postcards on the
patio. |
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| We drove downtown
in the evening, walked around, and had a nice dinner outside while the sun
set amongst the red rock cliffs. Very nice. I had Buffalo
meatloaf and Lynnette had a Buffalo burger for dinner. |
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