(Sorry highlight people, but the vacation vote was 8 to 3 in favor of details and minutia. If that’s not your thing? Check back with me in a month. Maybe longer… it was a helluva trip!)
We started out at zero dead thirty.
Yes, that’s 12 minutes after 2 in the morning…. not my finest hour. I’m a chronic insomniac and usually don’t fall asleep before 1:00, so you can imagine how pretty I was leaving for the airport.
Delta did their best to make me feel special, but all I felt like was a zombie. (Probably looked like one too.) Did I mention I went for a slight trim before the trip and came back minus 10 inches of hair?
It used to be halfway down my back, so on what planet is this a trim? No more ponytail bad hair days for me. Anyway…
I’m one of those annoying fliers who has to sit by the window and gawk at our world from on high. It never ceases to amaze me…
Soaring above big fluffy clouds…
And little puffy clouds…
And mountains that look like crumpled paper… it never gets old. Airplane magazines however, do. I have to say I never realized their target audience was bald people.
Every other ad seemed to be about regrowing hair.
Sure, my hair can go to the gym… just leave the rest of me home on the couch and we’ll be fine.
We landed in Atlanta, which is always a zoo…. and I had to laugh at this hotel that was right on the runway.
Hell, I complain when I hear cars in the parking lot below my room… who needs a disembarking 747?
I’ve never been out west before and was oddly fascinated with the patchwork topography.
Crop circles? Or giant Pac Mans…?
The mountains meeting the desert was pretty impressive.
Phoenix? Not so much. Sorry, but I hate your airport. It’s not laid out well and the fact that your rental cars are miles away which force me to slog my giant stone filled luggage aboard a shuttle bus and sit like a stuffed sardine in cramped seats with a driver who takes pleasure in turning too tightly and seeing all his passengers flung from side to side is not my idea of a good time.
But I did get a kick out of Arizona cowboys…
Who apparently wear two hats at a time.
Driving out of Phoenix was a traffic nightmare and again, sorry Phoenix… but ugly. Brown, flat and boring. Though they did try to perk it up with some interesting highway rock art.
The overpasses were painted as well…
So kudos for the beautification attempt Phoenix. Leaving the city made me smile because I spotted my first cactus…
I was giddy!
For a Yankee girl like me, this is exotic stuff!
There were veritable cactus forests springing up alongside the road. Squeeeeee!! This is what I think of when I envision the southwest.
That, and scary badass road names.
All too soon the cactus disappeared and things turned brown again.
But then…
They started to turn red….
And I knew we were getting close to Sedona.
River's world..... 
Thanks for the pics, it looks wonderful. I believe those giant pac mans are sod farms since grass in the west/southwest is kind of rare people sell sod to those who prefer green to the brown landscape, lol. I really hope you enjoyed your trip!
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That makes sense… not as interesting as alien crop circles, but more sense.
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Were those rain clouds? I don’t really think of Arizona and rain in the same breath. I loved the double hat cowboy! LOL! Mona
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I don’t think so… but since we were above them and not getting wet, it’s hard to tell!
And oddly enough it rained quite a bit when we were there. Who knew?
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Did you buy a souvenir cactus to take home?
Or a cowboy hat to wear on bad hair days?
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Cactus are hard to pack… or carry, so sadly no.
As for the cowboy hat? Damn! Why didn’t I think of that…?
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I bought a small barrel cactus when I went out west for the first time. It was no bigger than a teacup.
So cute . . . but with a prickly personality. 😉
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As you would expect…
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Can I change my vote?:) Interesting to see how many places I will know from when I was driving all around there..
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No, you may not!!! Sit back and enjoy the cloud drivel…
😉
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We drove almost a thousand miles while we were there! You’re sure to recognize a lot ….
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I shall wait. Here. Might move over there later.
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🙂 did you go to pepes? What about that Indian place on top of the hill? Or was that a dream I just had ?
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We went to quite a few Indian places but I don’t remember a Pepe. We also climbed a lot of hills. I’m going to need more details…
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It began with T
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We went to Tlaquepaque…
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Oh, were you on a trip? Did you eat? I’ll wait for those pictures–I’ve been to and seen Arizona, where the old folks live!!
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We did. We did! And surprisingly, we didn’t see many flocks of old folks….
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When we flew into Phoenix it was 118*F. talk about TURBULENCE…..
Does this slideshow provide Mojitos? Since it’s not the Readers Digest Condensed version? OH, and popcorn too. please.
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Yeah, you can have that crap. I’ll only go in the winter where temps are 60-70. Perfect!
No Mojitos… but I can promise prickly pear margaritas and caipirinhas!
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SOLD!!
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Ohhh, this was fun (although I am sorry about your hair). By the way, I LOVE that clock! I’m one of those people who think we should be A M A Z E D every time we fly and look out the window at the amazing scenery. Your photos are topnotch. And your commentary is fun/funny.
Two hats on one head, huh? He must think he had a big head, or that he’s two-headed at times.
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Thanks… I’m glad you liked them. I’m a bit of a flying geek. I love the view from up there and as long as there’s something to look at outside… I will. Makes me want to shake all the brain dead fools who have their faces stuck in phones and ipads. There’s a big wide world out there folks… take a look before it’s gone!
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At first glance I thought the Delta bag said “The world is better without you in it” and JoJo wanted to know why I was laughing so hard. LOL Only I would think an insult of that caliber is worth choking to death on laughter over.
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Well… your way would have been much more amusing!
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Sorry Phoenix disappointed you. You really have to hang out in it to appreciate it I guess. I am an airplane-window-gawker too. I love the way the landscape looks from way above.
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To be fair, we never fully explored Phoenix…. I’m sure it has wonderful places as well.
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I never got to gawk out an airplane window before. On my only plane trip I was stuck in the middle seat there and back. I think the magazines were trying to convince you to get that ten inches back…
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I suppose that’s helpful as well…
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Welcome back! Beautiful eyes…Are your eyes green? Or is it the camera?
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Thanks!
And no, the green is all me.
😊
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I’m so fascinated with people who have green eyes because it’s so rare. My husband has green eyes and it makes me melt everytime. 😊
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On my birth certificate it says hazel, but they usually look green.
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They obviously got it wrong.
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Sorry about the hair. I hate that. I have a good & trustworthy person now and before her, basically 2 years of trimming my own long hairs.
I prefer to see the desert in photos, so thank you.
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My regular stylish left the salon and moved to parts unknown… I am desperately… and not successfully, searching for her replacement.
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It’s very difficult. I know. My last one, I watched someone’s hair for about six months and then let her person trim me. Then I committed.
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Lovely post your pictures speak more than words. Wanted to make it to Arizona one day.
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If you do, go to Sedona. It was gorgeous!
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I shall for sure thanks
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