Thursday, March 19, 1981
Ranch to Sedona & Oak Creek Canyon & back 8 AM-10PM 256 miles.
Overcast Day, but that’s all that was gloomy. Jackye, Wilda & I had an “Everyplace we go is Fun” day. I had been up Yarnell Hill before but not over White Spar Highway way to Prescott. Took us to 6,00′ among pines – one with a Kaibab Squirrel perched on it. Coffee at Prescott & a quick drive past Victorian Heritage. Jerome still mostly vacant houses – as large as Virginia City, Nev. but not as restored. Glimpses of the snow capped San Francisco Peaks over the “lesser” ranges nearer. High meadows with clumps of Nolina. Surely no town has a more beautiful setting than Sedona – Towering red buttes of fantastic shapes. Shopped at Flaquepaque – Nice but looking Old Mexico. Lunch at Renio – crepes pompadour. On up the canyon – Little water in creek – Turned around mile 130 & view cliff. Picked Bobbie up in Prescott. Dinner at Prescott Mining Co. Back through mts. by cloudy moonlight. Home 10:00.