On Saturday morning we awoke to rain - lots of it! We managed to take camp down without getting (too) soaked and then took refuge at Denny's while we came up with a game plan. A kindly waitress named Bunny took good care of us as we tried to plan our day.
The weather was not budging so after breaky we made a bold move and hit the laundromat - exciting, I know! By about mid afternoon, the weather had cleared up and we were able to return to Mt Lemmon for some more climbing & a wiener roast. We stayed up at Molino Basin on Mt Lemmon that night - temps dropped down to close to freezing but we stayed cozy in good ol Mildred. Sunday, we had a picnic with the Murray's and then hit the road - we were sad to leave the area behind (plus the sun had returned!) but excited to check out Sedona as it had come highly recommended from just about everyone we'd asked about it. We pulled in around dusk and were amazed at how beautiful the area was - sadly things went downhill from there! The only camping spot we could find in town was $56 a night ( forget it!) and the girl at tourist info was dismally unhelpful(she shrugged every time we asked her a question). Finally we found a camping spot way up high - about 5500 feet - and surprise, there was snow!
I think everyone knows how fun it is to set up camp in the dark when you are hungry and tired and frustrated - the snow was just an added bonus. But we sucked it up. After a nice glass of extra chilled wine, my mood had improved! We've decided to skip Sedona (wah)and head to Grand Canyon today - not worth it to stay when it is too chilly to do anything. A bit disappointed, but excited to see what's around the next corner.
Too bad about Sedona-- but excited for you guys to hit the Grand Canyon!
ReplyDeleteHave lots of fun. It feels like you've been gone FOREVER!