So, I know this is a little late, but I wanted to include you all on our latest Sedona trip (there will be at least 2 more). This place is just sooo beautiful, we had to return! Okay so 2 weeks ago, Hayley and I decided since we had 2 days off in a row, we should take another trip together! We asked everyone at work where to go, and got lots of suggestions. We decided on Out of Africa Wildlife Park, Montezuma's Castle, and of course SEDONA! We pricelined (actually hotel.com'ed) this amazing golf resort in Sedona, and were able to book it at half price!!!! So exciting when you get a great deal like that. Okay, so anyway we began planning our trip. We are more of spontaneous trip planners, so there really wasn't much that went into it.
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| Feeding the giraffe a carrot |
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| Tiger Splash |
So, Tuesday April 12, we left our apt late (as usual) and headed up north. Our first stop was the Out of Africa Wildlife park. This place was soo cool! We got there just in time to head out on a safari! Our first and best stop was to fee the Giraffes. That guy weighed over 1500 lbs, was over 12 ft tall, and had the longest black tongue I have EVER seen! Other animals we saw included an ostrich, camels, lions, white bangal tigers, black bears, water buffaloes, zebras, and antelopes. We had a very tasty hot dog for lunch while we watched the Tiger Splash show. It was not nearly as cool as we thought it might be. Basically two guys ran around in this fenced in area with toys, and tried to get the tiger to jump into the pool and swim. The tiger wasn't having it, and so it took about 15 minutes for it to even jump in. Anyway, finally it jumped in and I got a few good shots of the tiger in the water and in the air.
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| Mufasa!! |
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| Montezuma's Castle |
Next it was on to see Montezuma's Castle. Now, we thought this was going to be really cool and get to actually go inside it, but instead we had to pay $5 to see a house built into the side of a mountain out of limestone. I guess it was cool, but I would never go out of my way to bring someone there to see it. We walked around about 20-30 minutes to get our money's worth, then left and headed to Sedona, AZ for the 2nd time :)
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| sunset |
We made it to Sedona, and went straight to our hotel. It was a Golf Resort that we had gotten for half price. When we went to check in, we got some crazy looks b/c if was very obvious we didn't belong there. We put our stuff in our room, and then headed to downtown Sedona to look at all of the shops. While we were on our way, we talked with our friend Dee, who had just gotten back to Phoenix from a visit to Louisiana, and convinced her to come up for the night! It didn't take much arm twisting, and she was on her way. Hayley and I walked around for a while, got some nachos at a local restaurant, and bought some t-shirts (one being for Grayson, my friend Hope's son). Once Dee was almost there, we told her to meet us at a lookout spot and watch the sunset from there. The rest of the night was pretty boring. We went back to the hotel and rested, then went to eat, and apparently the restaurant we walked into was having a retirement party. I swear, the older adults can be louder then young adults! We ate our dinner and then headed back to the hotel to get some shut eye.
The following day, Hayley and I showed Dee around Sedona (as if we live there). We took her to Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock, and through downtown. We also drove up to Oak Creek Canyon. Along our drive, we passed through snow. Once we got to the Canyon, I decided to make a little snowman, as seen above. Then we were on our way home. It was about a 2 1/2 hour drive home and boy were we glad to get out of the car! Till next time!
Hayley and Elizabeth
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