4-18-09
We woke up at 6 am for our last full day of vacation. We had booked the 7 am jeep tour which is the most popular thing to do in Sedona. We booked the most popular tour – the Broken Arrow! Despite the early time, there were at least a couple dozen other people that had booked the same tour. We were in a jeep with our tour guide, Gary, and a family from Cleveland! The ride was great – and very bumpy! We were able to drive right up on some of the rocks and stopped a few times to get pictures of the wonderful scenery:
After the two hour tour we decided to stop for some breakfast. We were starving by this point, but were glad that we waited to eat until after we were done with the jeep ride! We stopped at the Orchard restaurant on the way back to our hotel. After filling up on french toast and waffles we went back to the room to rest for a bit before continuing on with our day! I (Mike) fell asleep for a bit while Jenn worked on the blog. We got going again around 10:30. We took a semi guided audio tour around ‘the loop’ in Sedona to see various sights:
Once we completed the loop it was lunchtime and we went back to the Cowboy Club since it was so good. After finishing up lunch we came back to the hotel and decided to take advantage of the pool and hot tub. We had been avoiding this because we didn’t want all the attention that comes along any time I go shirtless and show off my sculptured physique. We went anyway and within 20 minutes a group of people arrived and we couldn’t handle the attention and left.Unfortunately it was time to pack. We have been living out of the suitcases for more than a week, so it was a bit rough to reorganize and get everything to fit, while keeping the suitcases under the 50 pound weight limit. We were trying to decide what to do about our last sunset and decided to just watch it from the balcony of our room. And suprisingly we ended up with some of our favorite pics:
After sunset we got ready for our last dinner. We had an 8:15 reservation at Troia’s, which is an Italian restaurant which got very good reviews on trip advisor. The experience was great. One of the owners was actually our waitress and the service and food were excellent. Thoroughly stuffed, we headed back to the hotel, did a little more packing, and went to sleep.
Tags: Out West 2009
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Mike & Jenn,
I have really enjoyed reading about your trip and looking at all the photos along the way! Thanks for making me and I’m sure others feel like we got a little taste of being out West! love…Mom