Saturday, June 16 (Pat)
We woke up to the morning light about 6am. Showered and enjoyed some coffee and juice sitting on our deck. Due to the angle of the cottage the deck is shaded in the morning and a large pine next to it shades it for most of the afternoon. About 8:15 we walked a short ways to the restaurant for the introductory breakfast. Juice, cereal, and some breads and pastries. Various vendors talked about their tours and in between Peggy – the concierge and Jake the RCI rep had raffle drawings for various gifts. Our number came up for a Sedona calendar so we are off to a good start! After breakfast we go over to the “big” building for our “update” talk. Jake is our sales person. Turns out he is a retired banker, owns a nearby cattle ranch and does timeshare sales for fun. He chatted with us for a while before going into the sales room. He was non-pressure, looking to see if there was something to enhance our timeshare situation and we found a fit. No starting high and wearing us down with new deals. We decided the time was right and the opportunity right to trade in the Oak Plantation week towards 33,000 RCI points every other year based on the Sedona Pines Resort and the sister resort soon to be completed. We also were enrolled in the points program so we can choose to get points for the Mayan Palace week and the Marina del Rey week. We should have more flexibility now and some bonus time in Sedona!
It was about 1pm when we wound up the paperwork. We headed into town and had lunch at Picazzo’s. We sat outside in the shade and enjoyed a salad and lunch combo (pizza and salad). A stop at the UPS store and Safeway for a cooler and off to Tlaquelpaque! We checked out a few galleries I knew about, got some ice cream and headed for the Oak Creek Brewery for a couple of beers. Back to the cottage to relax and read for a while, catch up on e-mail – the resort has WiFi.
After 7pm we got out to check out the Red Rock loop and Red Rocks Crossing – the picturesque view of Cathedral Rock from Oak Creek. The sun was going down faster than we anticipated so we stopped at a couple of view point stops off the upper Red Rock loop and took some photos. Cathedral Rock was glowing red in the setting sunlight and the rising shadow of the hills we were on moved up the base. Very scenic. Also some nice views across the way as well. It was almost 8pm when we got to the Red Rock Crossing Park so we decided not to stop and continued around the loop. I noticed a nice view of Cathedral Rock showing each rock spire separately at a new house-lot location. We stopped and got out to enjoy the view in the fading sunlight. It was a nice lot with big pine trees framing the rocks. Every few minutes the appearance would change subtly as the light faded. It was quiet and peaceful. A few bats flitted around for insects. We opened our champagne bottles from the morning congratulations to new members and toasted Sedona. As the light faded we completed the loop and headed into town for some dinner. We thought we would have a beer and dinner at the West Sedona Oak Creek Brewery. We found the place and went in and sat outside in the beer garden. The ‘live’ music was some cross between ‘new age’ and jazz – not very entertaining. No food either! We had a beer each and decided to call it a night. We stopped at McDonald’s and I got a salad and back to the cottage. We had our light dinner and off to bed.
We woke up to the morning light about 6am. Showered and enjoyed some coffee and juice sitting on our deck. Due to the angle of the cottage the deck is shaded in the morning and a large pine next to it shades it for most of the afternoon. About 8:15 we walked a short ways to the restaurant for the introductory breakfast. Juice, cereal, and some breads and pastries. Various vendors talked about their tours and in between Peggy – the concierge and Jake the RCI rep had raffle drawings for various gifts. Our number came up for a Sedona calendar so we are off to a good start! After breakfast we go over to the “big” building for our “update” talk. Jake is our sales person. Turns out he is a retired banker, owns a nearby cattle ranch and does timeshare sales for fun. He chatted with us for a while before going into the sales room. He was non-pressure, looking to see if there was something to enhance our timeshare situation and we found a fit. No starting high and wearing us down with new deals. We decided the time was right and the opportunity right to trade in the Oak Plantation week towards 33,000 RCI points every other year based on the Sedona Pines Resort and the sister resort soon to be completed. We also were enrolled in the points program so we can choose to get points for the Mayan Palace week and the Marina del Rey week. We should have more flexibility now and some bonus time in Sedona!
It was about 1pm when we wound up the paperwork. We headed into town and had lunch at Picazzo’s. We sat outside in the shade and enjoyed a salad and lunch combo (pizza and salad). A stop at the UPS store and Safeway for a cooler and off to Tlaquelpaque! We checked out a few galleries I knew about, got some ice cream and headed for the Oak Creek Brewery for a couple of beers. Back to the cottage to relax and read for a while, catch up on e-mail – the resort has WiFi.
After 7pm we got out to check out the Red Rock loop and Red Rocks Crossing – the picturesque view of Cathedral Rock from Oak Creek. The sun was going down faster than we anticipated so we stopped at a couple of view point stops off the upper Red Rock loop and took some photos. Cathedral Rock was glowing red in the setting sunlight and the rising shadow of the hills we were on moved up the base. Very scenic. Also some nice views across the way as well. It was almost 8pm when we got to the Red Rock Crossing Park so we decided not to stop and continued around the loop. I noticed a nice view of Cathedral Rock showing each rock spire separately at a new house-lot location. We stopped and got out to enjoy the view in the fading sunlight. It was a nice lot with big pine trees framing the rocks. Every few minutes the appearance would change subtly as the light faded. It was quiet and peaceful. A few bats flitted around for insects. We opened our champagne bottles from the morning congratulations to new members and toasted Sedona. As the light faded we completed the loop and headed into town for some dinner. We thought we would have a beer and dinner at the West Sedona Oak Creek Brewery. We found the place and went in and sat outside in the beer garden. The ‘live’ music was some cross between ‘new age’ and jazz – not very entertaining. No food either! We had a beer each and decided to call it a night. We stopped at McDonald’s and I got a salad and back to the cottage. We had our light dinner and off to bed.
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