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No more tomes about the size and shape of the earth or the volatility of cryptocurrency, OK, at least not for a couple of weeks. \u00a0I\u2019m happy to report that we recently left the house in the company of three other neighborhood couples, the Johnsons, the Pacellis and the Nelsons on a road trip to visit that big, huge, OK, it\u2019s a grand canyon in Arizona; hitting a few memorable and not-so-memorable spots along the way.<\/p>\n
With an early morning departure and a gourmet breakfast at the \u2018Golden Arches\u2019 <\/strong>we headed east and found on the map an off-the-beaten-path place in the Arizona desert to have lunch, the Kirkland Steakhouse & Bar<\/strong>. \u00a0It was indeed off-the-beaten-track, but sometimes those are the most interesting places.\u00a0 Not this time!\u00a0 We walked into this former \u2018house of ill repute\u2019<\/strong> and found a couple of guys at the bar having a beer and no one behind the bar.\u00a0 We found a table and sat down; still no one came, except a Camero car club of about 15 people, who poured through the front door.\u00a0 They immediately went up to the bar and out from the back of the bar came Ma & Pa Kettle<\/strong>, an elderly couple, who were the owners of the place. \u00a0We could see that it might be some time before our order was taken much less our food served, so we asked a member of the car club if the wait was worth it.\u00a0 A young lady turned to us and said, \u201cI have four words for you, DO NOT EAT HERE!\u201d<\/p>\n So, with stomachs growling, it was off to Prescott<\/strong> (it\u2019s PRESS-kit, don’t call me Pres-COTT) for lunch.\u00a0 Prescott was once the Worth a stop on your way from Prescott to Sedona<\/strong> is the \u2018ghost town\u2019 <\/strong>of Jerome<\/strong>, where in the 1890<\/strong> they were mining for copper and found gold.\u00a0 At its height there was a population of between 10,000 <\/strong>and 15,000<\/strong>, today around 400-500, but there\u2019s making up for it with the number of tourists roaming the streets.\u00a0 We strolled the main street (there\u2019s only one) and found plenty of tee shirts and coffee mugs for sale \u2013 another trend we found repeated throughout the trip.<\/p>\n Chapel of the Holy Cross<\/p><\/div>\n After a good night\u2019s rest in Sedona, the day was spent exploring the many facets of this mystic town.\u00a0 They\u2019ve made seeing the beauty of Sedona easy \u2013 you can hike, bike, car, Jeep, train or helicopter<\/strong> to visit the \u2018red rocks\u2019, that\u2019s aside from walking the main street and finding lots of coffee mugs and tee shirts.\u00a0 We opted for a hike with great views of the \u2018Bell Rock\u2019<\/strong>, the \u2018Courthouse\u2019<\/strong> and \u2018Snoopy\u2019<\/strong> \u2013 red rock formations resembling those items.\u00a0 We then took a kidney-jarring Pink Jeep<\/strong> ride to some other red rocks \u2013I wouldn\u2019t recommend our particular tour, although I did find out later that we\u2019d scheduled the \u2018senior citizen\u2019<\/strong> tour, so it was a little less adventurous than most.<\/p>\n One of the highlights of the day was a visit to the Chapel of the Holy Cross,<\/strong> which is carved out of a mountain and features a 90 foot iron cross and a spectacular view of the entire valley.\u00a0 I lit two candles in the chapel, one was in memory of our recently passed good friend and neighbor, Patrick Michael and the second as a thank you for continued good health of all cancer survivors.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next: Part 2 – on Thursday.\u00a0 The Mystic Side of Sedona and on to the Canyon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" by Bob Sparrow No more tomes about the size and shape of the earth or the volatility of cryptocurrency, OK, at least not for a couple of weeks. \u00a0I\u2019m happy to report that we recently left the house in the … read more![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Sedona.jpg\")
<\/a> capital of the Arizona Territory<\/strong>, until people kept mispronouncing its name, so they moved it to a place people couldn\u2019t spell – Feenicks.\u00a0 The Prescott town square was busier that Disneyland on the 4th<\/sup> of July<\/strong> \u2013 people were clearly tired of their house arrest and were breaking out!\u00a0 This was a trend that we would encounter throughout our trip.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fromabirdseyeview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Holy-Cross-225x300.jpg\")
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