Heritage House Motel Prescott

... It's Arizona's gift to the capital and it made a tour thru the state on its way to DC . We got to sign the side of the truck and had the opportunity to take a peek and a pic. Everybodys Hometown ( Prescotts slogan) was well represented. It's quite an honor for the state to send the tree and school kids from all over the state made the decorations.
Lots of fun stuff, more to come. Maybe I'll have snow pic's next time!
I'm feeling very thankful

Plan to leave friday afterrnoon returning Sunday. We will stay at Planet holloywood as we have been staying at Excalibur the last 15 years and want to try somehing new. Planet holloywood has the shoe Americas got Talent and across the st the new Aria hotel the one wih all the glass has a new show viva Elvis a cirque de sol show

... a big hairy spider on one of my hikes, a tarantula I presume.
It was cool when I stopped in the shade, almost too cool. The views were once again spectacular, but I could also hear a faint rumble from civilization far below me. The leaves are all dropped now, the forest bare except for the pines. I still take pictures of the carved trees. Carved by time, wind, fires and I got pretty ...

One of the most interesting aspects of the hiking in this area and of the Hiking Spree specifically is meeting other hikers on the trail. Of course, you know by now that I prefer hiking alone. It is, however, pretty cool to talk to other hikers, even briefly about their impressions of the hike. Sometimes, I meet them on their way back, and sometimes on mine. Many bring their dogs with them, some hike ...

... with lots of those changing aspens. Rock cairns mark the way every 50 ft or so through the golden trees.
This afternoon is pretty warm but it will cool off soon!

I've been here a full 6 months now and of course, would not have made it without the love and support of family and friends! Thank you all - I wonder what will happen in the next 6 months!
As always, I look forward to my mysterious future.

So I took a day to go see Sedona AZ, which is only about an hours drive away. And what a drive it was! We, (that would be me and the travel pup, Freddy) went up this narrow windy road through the mountains to the little town of Jerome. It is perched on the mountain side, desperately clinging for dear life. My esthetic side said, wow, how beautiful, how amazing ...

... Asylum in the Grand Hotel for dinner (ex-hospital now turned into hotel and restaurant) so Anne could have Maple Leaf Duck. www.theasylum.biz . It was pretty cool and very hospitaly based but funky and has won lots of awards. Back down the hill to the village to check out the local bars, caught a band called 'Dog of the Moon' and who's 'Greatest Hit's' CD we were given - we listened to the CD in the car and ...

... have caught up on our movies, ate fantastic food (thanks Chef Oldani), and rested up. Tomorrow we depart Phoenix @ 10:15pm on JetBlue and reach JFK airport @ 5:45am. Tris has some extra credit card points so we have booked a hotel room close to the airport for a bit of rest and showers before we head back out @ 5:20pm...destination Jo'Burg. We'll try and keep this updated as much as possible. Enjoy! Bon Voyage!

... the cabin and seeing a golf course. We thought we were out in this primitive area and here it butts up to a modern attraction. We were hoping to see some wildlife and we did - two squirrels. One century (agave) plant had sent up a 6 to 7 foot stem that will have a beautiful yellow blossom, throw out it's seeds and then die. These plants will bloom once in 40 to 100 years of growth. It was named the century plant ...

... my reality is what they need it to be for them. I can only lose if I lose site of what I want to make up, the trip I am creating as I go. I felt very happy walking today. I also felt variously lonely, sad, scared and joyful during the day. Here's some magic. On the shuttle taking us out to the trail head, I was talking with two young men about my trip when a man sitting in front of us turned in his seat and told me that some friends of his had recently walked "the Camino". He related ...