Grand Canyon

To describe the Grand Canyon it is beyond words. The vastness and the depth and the changing scenery is unbelievable!!!! You really have to see it to understand. We were mesmerized by the views. We saw a bit on Friday and today after breakfast we headed to the Grand Canyon Visitors Center and we could not of picked 2 perfect days yesterday and today was sunny and not a cloud in the sky. In the summertime there are so many visitors they close a lot of the park to vehicles and only shuttle buses take you around which by the way is free of charge. Since they were not running we were able to follow the south rim from the south entrance to the west rim at Hermits Rest. It took us 3 1/2 hrs to see all the overlooks and we stopped at all 11. We even saw Big Horn Sheep on the side of the cliff...See picture. There were 5 of them.. I hope the pictures I will post will give you a idea of what we are talking about but I have to say as the expression goes: "Seeing is believing" It was an amazing day and we headed to Kingsman overnighting at the Days Inn before heading to Vegas tomorrow morning

Montezuma Castle and Sedona

Friday Jan 28 we headed towards Grand Canyon and stopped at Montezuma Castle which is built into the side of the mountain and it was 4 stories high. Amazing to see. They called it Montezuma after the Mayan King but it was actually inhabited by the Sinagua Indians....

We headed to Sedona and for anyone who has been to Banff it looks exactly like the town of Banff...Very picturesque...It is also the home to the red rock walls of Oak Creek Canyon as you can see by the pictures we had an awesome day before we headed to Grand Canyon. We took 89 north and entered the Canyon on the East end and stayed at Red Feather Lodge in Grand Canyon Village. We had prime rib at Best Western....Unbelievable....if you are ever in the area, please try it out...

Fred & Marilyn Scottsdale

We spent 10 days in the Maritimes as I was working the travel shows and did some training. Fred and Marilyn flew back with us for a visit on Jan 24 and today we took them to Pinnacle Peak's Patio. We planned in advance and told Fred that he had to wear a tie so Marilyn bought his old tie because if you wear a tie they cut it off. The look on Fred's face was priceless and Gary wore one of his old ties so Fred would not suspect...Also, Fred ordered well-done Wrangler Steak and they brought an old wrangler boot on a plate. Hilarous!!!!! Marilyn also retired her business card there as well. We had a great time and well worth the trip to Scottsdale....