Sedona, Arizona – June, 2007
Friday, June 15 (Ron)
We had packed the night before so all we had to do was get up, try to wake up, load up the van, and head out. Getting up was relatively easy, waking up at 3am was a little tough but knowing our destination and the beautiful clear blue skies and warm temperatures helped get us charged. It was raining as we drove to the airport but we left all that behind as we climbed up to 30,000 feet.
Great flight, got our bags and the rental car, a little Dodge Caliber, and got on the North-bound freeway. Lots of traffic but everybody moved along pretty good. We took the Hiway 179 exit to Sedona. Still a fair amount of traffic, Hiway 179 is a 4-lane hiway like a freeway, but everything went well until about twenty miles south of our exit. Traffic came to a stand-still. We inched along for about ten miles, huge backup. When we finally got to the site of the accident, we saw debris all over the road and a flat-bed tow truck off to the side. On the bed of the truck was what appeared to be a car, possibly a 4-door sedan, make impossible to tell. The back half was flattened and the front half was not much better. Don’t know what happened but it couldn’t have been good.
We came into Sedona from the east with towering red rock formations guiding our way. It’s pretty desolate country, but beautiful. Sedona is a small town, just one main road, running east and west. Our resort is on the west side, just outside the city limits so we saw most of the town on our way to the resort.
Sedona Pines Resort has about 125 individual units. The resort is sorta like a trailer park, similar layout, each unit separated from the next. Don’t think trailer-trash resort, this place is nothing like that. The landscaping is beautiful, large trees, immaculate grounds, adobe/stucco buildings. Each unit is similar to the rest but the resort does not have a cookie-cutter appearance. The units are about 400 square feet, living room/dining area, full kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. Outside is a deck with a table and two chairs. Just off the deck is a grill for cooking. Separating the rows of houses, opposite the street side is a man-made stream with a water feature at each end. Large trees and shrubs between each home. Very peaceful and relaxing.
We got settled in, went over to the resort restaurant for an early supper, relaxed a bit and went to bed.
Friday, June 15 (Ron)
We had packed the night before so all we had to do was get up, try to wake up, load up the van, and head out. Getting up was relatively easy, waking up at 3am was a little tough but knowing our destination and the beautiful clear blue skies and warm temperatures helped get us charged. It was raining as we drove to the airport but we left all that behind as we climbed up to 30,000 feet.
Great flight, got our bags and the rental car, a little Dodge Caliber, and got on the North-bound freeway. Lots of traffic but everybody moved along pretty good. We took the Hiway 179 exit to Sedona. Still a fair amount of traffic, Hiway 179 is a 4-lane hiway like a freeway, but everything went well until about twenty miles south of our exit. Traffic came to a stand-still. We inched along for about ten miles, huge backup. When we finally got to the site of the accident, we saw debris all over the road and a flat-bed tow truck off to the side. On the bed of the truck was what appeared to be a car, possibly a 4-door sedan, make impossible to tell. The back half was flattened and the front half was not much better. Don’t know what happened but it couldn’t have been good.
We came into Sedona from the east with towering red rock formations guiding our way. It’s pretty desolate country, but beautiful. Sedona is a small town, just one main road, running east and west. Our resort is on the west side, just outside the city limits so we saw most of the town on our way to the resort.
Sedona Pines Resort has about 125 individual units. The resort is sorta like a trailer park, similar layout, each unit separated from the next. Don’t think trailer-trash resort, this place is nothing like that. The landscaping is beautiful, large trees, immaculate grounds, adobe/stucco buildings. Each unit is similar to the rest but the resort does not have a cookie-cutter appearance. The units are about 400 square feet, living room/dining area, full kitchen, bathroom, and bedroom. Outside is a deck with a table and two chairs. Just off the deck is a grill for cooking. Separating the rows of houses, opposite the street side is a man-made stream with a water feature at each end. Large trees and shrubs between each home. Very peaceful and relaxing.
We got settled in, went over to the resort restaurant for an early supper, relaxed a bit and went to bed.
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