Arizona cold? Never! apart from odd Wednesdays...

Today was another early start as we joined Prescott Sunrise Rotary Club. We made the most of sharing with new friends from our time in Prescott and presenting to the members of the largest club in town. Don't forget to put our flag out next week!

It was then off to Sedona with Don on board sharing the plans for District Conference. We hope many Rotarians will join us for this unique experience of the Canyon (and us) as well as an opportunity to get together with fellow Rotarians.

Jim our tireless coordinator and driver was taking us only so far and then Richard took over as we headed to the red rocks and busy roads of this tourist town. Richard took a little while to adjust to us Aussies after driving the Indian team. After identifying roadkill skunk and the accompanying scent he concentrated on the interstate drivers instead of helping us to read the road signs.
We did stop over at the National Park Forestry Centre. I personally was intrigued by the scat display which amused Richard and kept us inside away from the wind.
Those clouds looked ominous!
We all enjoyed our quick tour of Richard and Renata's fantastic home. The views were awesome ! Richard makes some wonderful iron art which we also admired.

Then onto Sedona Rotary club to share our presentation # two for the day. (We are getting pretty good at it now!). It is great to meet so many people who have travelled or know someone who has been to the country we love. Thank you for welcoming us.

The day grew colder but our adventure was only just beginning. Thanks to the generosity of John we took our seats in an open jeep to face the hills of Sedona and head up into the wilds. It was less than seven degrees before the wind chill.
So dangerous we had to sign a waiver, so cold our noses were running and so rough bras broke free in distress! David our fantastic driver did not stop sharing great stories, interesting facts and gave us the inside scoop on some celebrity gossip. It was another great G.S.E. experience and will be a great story for our return. At least laughing kept us a little warmer.

When we got back we had no time to waste- getting back into the van to head towards Montezuma's Well, a fantastic natural spring in the middle of nowhere the Indians had used hundreds of years ago. We had a quick walk, took photos and then back into the van to defrost.

We were pleased to see Jim and Don back at the rendezvous point for the trip home. Thank you to R and R for all their hard work in Sedona and thanks also for letting Lucy the sausage dog share our time too.

Tonight I have enjoyed artichokes for the first time and a great chat with my special hosts Walt and Pat. What a wonderful couple they are. It has been a great 'almost' week and I will be sad to hit the road tomorrow as we head toward Kingman and new adventures. Perhaps we will have double figure temperatures too. Lets hope the road isn't as rough...