It's that time of year. We were in Houston for two days for Rodney's fourth annual follow-up on his neck surgery.
We then flew to Phoenix and drove up to the Red Rock Mountains of Sedona for a week of relaxing and sightseeing.
As we usually do, we tried to see and explore as much of the landscape as possible. We also dig into the local culture, it's always interesting how others' lives are different from our own.
We visited Jerome, a mountain side mining town that was booming until the 30's when the mining stopped. Now a ghost town except for the tourist, who come to see what is not there any longer. We explored north through Flagstaff, to the Grand Canyon, the Painted Desert and back to Sedona.
We also went offroading with the popular Pink Jeep Tours (www.pinkjeep.com) and on our last day we spent some time enjoying the cool 64 degree water of Oak Creek rushing through Slide Rock State Park.
The old mansions of Galveston withstood "Ike" in 2008.
We were there 2 days before his arrival.
Giant Cactuses near Phoenix
Our condo at "Sedona Summit", typical area architecture
View from our patio
"Chapel of the Holy Cross" is built into the landscape in Sedona
One of Sedona's many shopping areas
White stones piled in the shape of J, makes Jerome visible from miles away.
