Jingle Bells

What a trip!  We had the BEST time.  Travel days were long, but smooth and the sites were worth every bit of the hassle.  I read 2 self-help books (more on those another day), watched a good plane movie (The Wife - with Glenn Close) to occupy the long flights.  On Sunday, hubby wanted to listen to football on the drive back from the Grand Canyon so I hit up some new podcasts (more on that another time too).

The weather was spot-on ... cold, crisp with not one cloud.  Hikes were beautiful and I did my meditation on the mountain - on an energy vortex (discretely - I'm still not "that" person).  We went to a local place for breakfast every morning and I had corn beef hash EVERY DAY!  We only ate out for dinner once at a local Mexican/Southwestern spot.  People line up at 4:30 for the 5pm opening -- we got one of the last tables for the initial seating and we were there at 4:45.  The first night we stopped at In And Out Burger (did I spell that right?).  I got a bun-less burger - hubby loves that place.  Sunday we stopped at Whole Foods and ate from their food bar.  This trip wasn't about the food (which is unusual for us).

The hotel in Sedona (Courtyard by Marriott) was the prettiest - rooftop observation for sunrise (another meditation spot), fire place and the room was the most thoughtful layout we've stayed in - never wanting for a plug, a light, a place to set something.  The workout room had great equipment, clean, never busy.  Well done Marriott!

Today is FULL.  Ran hubby to car rental this morning, frantically unpacking, doing wash, fixing house (22 year old all alone - it needs some work), heading to boxing all BEFORE ... the ring pickup today!!  Woo hoo!  I'm also picking up Aspen from the far, far, far away vet.  PHB call tonight.  Whew - it's a busy one.  On that note ... here are some pictures.  I'm glad we took this trip - glad to be home too.  Later gators.

Out of order - dang pictures are giving me grief since latest computer upgrade.  I think January is an Apple girl phone call again!!

Grand Canyon! We did the South Rim Trail walk.
Beautiful, cold, snow and PERFECT!
Mathers Outlook.

Sedona 2nd hike.  That's hubby up the rocks.

Love this picture - my mountain man LOL.
Grand Canyon.

Sedona 3rd hike to the Energy Vortex.
Quad workout from hell.

First hike up-and-around trail.
We hiked it on accident because we thought it was another trail.
Oops.  But it was excellent too!

Grand Canyon

Sunrise beginning.
The BLUES were amazing.

We watched it every morning.

I mean, come on!!

BREAKFAST!