sedona, should actually been a two-hour drive from chandler but we decided to take the scenic route and passed by prescott (pronounced by the americans as pris'kuht) which was actually an old town that has a rich history attached to it. it was a quaint, laid-back town which added an appeal to it. that day, there was some activity going on at the park on a lot of people were hanging out with their kids. old folks were lazily hanging out under the shade of the trees. it was a perfect afternoon with the weather sunny, breeze slighly blowing and the temperature somewhere around 95deg F (about 10 deg lower than it was in chandler, yay!). we decided to take a long delayed lunch (it was around 2pm already) at The Palace which was supposedly arizona's most historic restaurant and saloon - something about wyatt earp, etc attached to this town. we had generous servings of sandwiches, me having a bacon cheeseburger while gizie having a meatloaf sandwich and larry a bbq burger sandwich. biting into a big burger with braces can be a bitch so despite looking weird dining on it with fork & knife in hand, it was decidedly the most logical thing to do.
we left prescott with renewed energy and excitedly took the road again to sedona. we did a few stopovers along the way just to take some souvenir shots. the pictures overlooking the red rocky mountains were breathtaking. just being able to see this vast piece of the world makes you feel fortunate. traveling is truly an enriching experience - there's nothing better than seeing it and being there for you to appreciate what you have and the differences that go with it. we went around for a while and had two scoops of ice cream with generous heaps of whipped cream, chocolate & caramel syrup and pecans (giz & i shared, ayt!) to cool it down. we stopped by the mountain rock chocolate factory where larry had (after a scoop of ice cream) a frozen cheesecake dipped in chocolate while gizie & i contented ourselves with a free morsel of chocolate. i must say the chocolate was heavenly - it was rich and had the perfect sweetness to it. while we were waiting to cross the streets, an old lady approached me and asked me what the tatoos on my arms meant and i dutifully told her it was chinese for "come" & "good fortune." and she asked me if indeed i had been lucky with it, and i said "yes." come to think of it, i have been extremely fortunate during the past years. so "thank you God!"
one of the real gems in sedona for me was seeing the church of the holy cross - the church was literally built into the rocks (as you can see from the picture). it was too bad we weren't able to go inside the church because the gates closed at 6pm (yes, it was 6pm when this picture was taken). we just missed it by a few minutes. we again took the scenic route going out of sedona - i didn't expect that scenic meant super rocky roads (and i always thought all roads in the US are paved hahaha) which hopefully the poor car's suspension managed to survive. we took some really great pictures overlooking the valley - now this is where elmer's dslr would probably have come handy and the pictures would have had better exposures, but hey, we do what we can with a point & shoot.the drive home was a long one and thankfully larry was up to the challenge of it. i dozed off for a few minutes a couple of times which made me realize that posing a lot and having your picture taken is also a tiring job. seeing the pictures though after and being able to capture it made the trip all worth while.
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