Saturday, November 05, 2005

Prescott

We had a great Saturday. Started off by Alex's kickball game at 9:00, we headed straight from there to Prescott and to the Gurley St. Grill to have lunch with my friends from my Sierra Club trip, Cat and Ralph. Very good food ... I recommend the lettuce wraps.

But the true highlight of the day was the opportunity presented to us by Cat's husband, Hal, to go flying. Hal has been flying since he was 14 and owns a couple of his own planes. We took off from the Prescott airport in their Beechcraft:


We flew north to Chino Valley and Paulden and then headed east to Sedona:


Anyone that has been to Sedona realizes how beautiful it is there ... but you do not realize how much you are missing. Flying over the red cliffs at about 1000 feet gives you an even greater appreciation and allows you to see views that you just cannot get driving.

Alex had a blast but all the excitement eventually caught up with him:


Many thanks to Hal and Cat for taking us up.

3 comments:

Eric said...

wow - that's awesome. And to think, all those rock formations have been formed in the last 6000 years, you know, since the flood and all.

hope ya had a good weekend. ttyl

CyberKitten said...

It looks like Alex had a great time...!

dbackdad said...

Eric: He-he. No doubt. Morons that still believe that are now even bucking the Vatican:

Faithful Should Listen to Science

CK: Alex did have a pretty good time up until the point he fell asleep. We were worried he'd be afraid, but he was fine.