It does
snow in Arizona.There are worlds beyond Phoenix, Arizona beyond the
Valley of the Sun, up north, in the mountains, where it gets really
cold and snows.
There
was no sign of the elevator repairmen at work, again. Later, the
computers went HAL-9000 on me. I was really ready when Emily picked
me up and we headed for Sedona. Driving across Arizona at night looks
like space travel – a dark void, flowing lights, stars. If only the
roads we need aren't blocked. The motel room felt like a
decompression chamber . . .
Snow . .
. rain . . . breakfast at The Coffee Pot. Umm, buckwheat pancakes! We
forgot to pack my jeans, so we bought some at a nearby thrift store.
The red rock mountains with snow dusting are gorgeous – Sedona
looks like downtown Shangri-La.
Cruised
up Oak Creek canyon, through rain, into the snow until we started
slipping in the snow . . .
Places
we wanted to hike were closed and snow-covered. Finally we hiked, in
the rain, at Midgely Bridge.
Got my
boots and pants all muddy.
Had
burgers – with pastrami and flaming hot – at P.J.'s Pub &
Grill. Off season rainy/snowy Sedona was deserted, kinda
post-apocalyptic, just me, Em, and a gaggle of blonde girls on the
streets. A woman at a gem shop told us a snow storm was coming. We
got set up to ride it out in the motel.
It
snowed overnight! El Troque was covered with snow, including the
truck bed, and it just kept coming down!
Had
breakfast burritos at The Coffee Pot – a new favorite for me,
though Em prefers the huevos rancheros.
Also
took pics of the kachinas and a cowboy mural, and the snowflakes were
nice and fat, showing their crystalline structure.
When
they're wet, the colors of the red rocks become more intense. Clouds
brush the mountains – Shangri-La-ish. Cloudy with a chance of
yeti.
At Red
Rock State Park, after an informative tour from Bob the naturalist,
we finally got some serious hiking done, and even got hailed on. It
kept transitioning from rain to snow and back.
On the
ride back home, the sky was full of clouds like an armada of invading
airships.
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