Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon Country

Jack and I left Quail Run Thursday morning heading towards the Sedona area. We dropped Brandy off at the Casa Grande Animal Clinic. She wasn't too excited when we dropped her off but I took her blanket and toy so she would feel more at home.

We got on I-10 and headed North. I had seen in the newspaper about a month ago a restaurant that was at Exit 242 that sounded like a great place to have lunch. So it worked out that it was the right time to stop. Boy, did we pick the right restaurant!! Jack said it was the best food he had had since coming to Arizona - that was it was his type of food - home cooking! It is at the Rock Springs exit and it is called Rock Springs Cafe. They are known for their home baked "pies" and of course we had to try one of those. We would definitely recommend this cafe to anyone.

We came into Sedona on Highway 179 and was definitely impressed with all the beautiful scenery. Sedona is surrounded by all these massive red rock formations. We definitely don't have anything like this in Missouri. They are beautiful! We drove out on the North side of Sedona along the Oak Creek Canyon and the Coconino National Forest. Jack 50 pictures at least of all this area. Here are a few:

After we drove around this area, we went back into the town of Sedona. We stopped, got out and shopped around. They have some beautiful galleries and unique things. Here was a horse statue that was just on the sidewalk.

Went to the hotel and checked in for the night. We were pretty tired so just "vegged" out for the night.

Next morning we headed out to see some sites on the way out of Sedona. We decided to come out a different route. We took the West Highway 89A out of Sedona towards the town of Cottonwood. This was a nice drive but soon ran out of the red rock area. This area is called the Verde Valley area.

I had seen an outlet center on the way up so of course we had to check this out on the way back (right DeAnn). Then we headed on back to Casa Grande. It took us over an hour to get through Phoenix yesterday. I guess since it was Good Friday there were a lot of people off work and the kids out of school so they were all on the road. We got back to Quail Run around 4:00 p.m. after picking up Brandy. She was very excited to see us. This was a great trip. So glad we decided to do it before we left Arizona.