This weekend escape our from Winslow was Sedona, where we did a little hiking, wine tasting and a lot of eating!
It was too early to check into our hotel when we got to Sedona, so (big surprise here!) we went for a little hike.The main highlight (although I'm not sure that's the right word for it) was BJ being the luckiest puppy in the whole wide world-let me explain.
After a couple minutes on the trail we heard some movement in the woods-my immediate thought of Bear!! was wrong but it was a HUGE skunk-needless to say we got the heck out of it's way and oblivious BJ had no idea what was going on. We round the next bend and what's there-another HUGE skunk and this time BJ notices it and takes off running after it-oh dear lord NO! We try to call him back but he keeps pursuing. Keith realizes that he needs to just go drag BJ away from the skunk, by the time Keith pulls BJ away BJ has had his nose directly in the skunks butt and made it away without being sprayed! My only guess is that the skunk was having a confused Pepe Le Lew moment and thought this stinky black thing must just be an amorous skunk-and I'm sorry there are no pics I couldn't get a shot of two black animals running around in the woods (Keith is very disappointed by this!)!
Sedona is very beautiful and has some great restaurants, but it is also full of
old people tourists so we did what we could to stay out of the downtown area. We were planning of spending Saturday wine tasting, but our day didn't last as long as we thought it would. The first place we went to
Page Springs Vineyard had some really great wines but kind of a weird set up-at least for us Oregonians- for $ 10 ($10 !?!?!) we got to taste a preselected flight of five wines (they had a number of flights-no mixing and matching) and while they were good and we did buy a bottle it would have been a massive amount more fun and we probably would have bought more wine if we got to pick what we tasted and didn't have a ridiculous fee that was not refunded with the purchase of a bottle (unheard of in Oregon!). The second place we went to was
Oak Creek Vineyard-this place was a little better at only $5 for 4 tastes and the wine was surprisingly really great. The third place was Javelina Leap Vineyard-all we needed to see what 4 tastes for $12 before we walked out-do these people think this is Napa-it's Arizona!!
What to do for the rest of the day? Go to Jerome, AZ "the largest ghost town in America"-on Halloween:)
It was really just a cute (and of course touristy) little town and unfortunately there were no encounters with ghosts-although if we ever go back we should stay at the
Jerome Grand Hotel that is obviously haunted and you can get the ghost hunting hotel package-awesome!!
Since Sunday is 'Punishing Hike Day' for our little clan, we were on our way up Wilson Mountain right after breakfast. It was a hot and beautiful day and the hike promised great views of Sedona and the surrounding areas and it did not disappoint!
It was such a pretty day, but the hike was pretty hard, so we had to take lots of breaks in the shade-which BJ did not mind at all!
BJ and I both need a nap!
Gorgeous Sedona pics!! Glad you're finding some escapes from Winslow :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Shelby!! At least we're close to cool places! Hopefully we'll be getting to Vegas soon!
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