Sedona

Sedona, Arizona is beautiful. I'd wanted to visit ever since Rachel Ray featured the town on her "$40 a Day" food travel show. They call it red rock country, because, well.....

the rocks are all red. Very red.

See, red? Many different shades and formations. And hues. And when the light changes on them, wow! (But I don't have any good pictures of that.)

I stayed in a small motel near Uptown called The Rose Tree Inn. (I got a great deal, because apparently the desert's not so popular in high summer. Go figure.)

My very favorite thing about Sedona was the Chapel of the Holy Cross. It's one of the most beautiful buildings I've ever seen. And I can prove it:

One last thing: a lot of people in Sedona are rich. Check out this guy's house:

Although truthfully, if I were that rich, I don't know if I'd build somewhere so close to a tourist site. I think more people were taking pictures of this mansion than of the chapel.

So that's Sedona. People talk about the energy vortices. That wasn't really my thing. The drive through Oak Creek Canyon to get to Sedona makes the trip worth it. I don't have pictures because I was busy driving, but if you're near the Grand Canyon and have a spare day, spend it driving through the canyon to Sedona. So worth it.

Pics of the Day(s): July 23-26

July 23, 2011- I've totally given up on one photo per day-it's definitely two now! This first shot is the Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona, AZ. So beautiful. The second is the watch tower at Desert View in Grand Canyon National Park.

July 24- Two shots from the Grand Canyon. The first was taken at Yavapai Point in the morning and the second is a sunset shot from Pima Point on the Hermit's Rest road.

July 25-Kind of a random day today. Drove through Lake Havasu City in Arizona to see the London Bridge. No joke. Some zillionaire guy actually bought the bridge, had it dismantled, shipped across the Atlantic and reassembled in the desert. The other shot is a Joshua tree, which I've been obsessed with seeing in person since the U2 album came out.

July 26- Sunset over Huntington Beach, CA, where I enjoyed a yummy dinner from the deli at Bristol Farms and a cupcake from the famous (well, if you watch Food Network anyway) Sprinkles.