Yabba Dabba Doo!

My mouth dropped a foot when we came upon this scene that repeated itself for miles and miles on our way to the Grand Canyon. Acres and acres of wild flowers with the green pines behind took my breath away! John and I took a spur-of-the-moment trip to Flagstaff and to the Grand Canyon! We did a lot of "firsts" to add to my 55 new adventures list for my 55th birthday born in 1955!
Day 1=we drove up through Sedona and stopped to window shop. We were told to see a Church that is a real tourist attraction so we back-tracked to it and got some great pictures since it overlooks the southern side of the area and there is a lot of beauty to see with the red rock formations and the green valley.

In Flagstaff we went to the old downtown area to eat at a "green" hamburger joint called Diablos. We wandered around town and then went to a movie. (Eat, Pray, Love=C movie!)


Day 2=Going to the Grand Canyon and making a Pit Stop at Bedrock City! When Greg, Brian and Adam were little guys, we stopped here on the way to the Grand Canyon to take some pictures. We didn't know that there was a whole city that you had to pay a fee to see. That was 27 years ago and guess what...it is still there. This time we paid $5.00 each to go in and we had the whole place to ourselves! This is just a sampling of the "priceless" pictures we got!
The Bedrock Village had a grocery store, doctor's office, dentist, movie theater, garage, barber/hair salon, school, post office, police station, train, playground, Betty and Barney's house and Fred and Wilma's house. Each place was all decked out in Flintstone decor. I just loved it!

The canyon is magnificent and hasn't changed since we were there! But there is a ton of tourist attractions now and I really enjoyed looking at all the Indian crafts and jewelry. We ate a late lunch at Sophie's MExican food before heading back a differnt way that took us through the San Fanscisco Peaks. We drove up to see Snow Bowl, which was pretty much a beautiful drive through the pines a bathroom stop and then back down through the pines! I just have to say that I LOVE Arizona. Here we have every scenic vista that we could ask for. In two days we saw mountains, pines, canyons, red rock formations, mesas, lakes, cacti, wild flowers, and high deserts with grass and flowers as tall as a horses thighs!

John got caught with his finger in Fred's nose!

Here are some of the hair styles you might choose from when you go to the pre-histoic beauty salon!

Go Dino Go!

This slide looked pretty fun, but neither one of us dared to go on it!

The stairs go up from his front legs and the top of the slide is under the yellow awning.

This is Fred and Wilma's house.

My school teacher liked me!

Aaaa..... We got a little confused here!

Sorry about the jumbled up picture order. This is the Church of the Holy Cross that we went to in Sedona. (see lower post)

Day 3=heading home via the Meteror Crator and Winslow. (See other posts) We drove home through the mountains on highway 87 and I just couldn't get enough of the trees and the scenery. What a great trip it was!

Our Flagstaff get-a-way August 2010

The GRAND Canyon!

We got a kick out of this! Notice the pipe coming from under the porta-potty!

Here is the view from a tiny church (next post) in Sedona. I think the family could fit into this "home" for our next reunion!

The Church of the Holy Cross, Sedona

In Sedona there is a church high up on the eastern red hills. Since this little get-a-way was all about stopping to smell the roses, we took the chance to see this church, supposedly inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright. It is tiny and overlooks the house that we are going to rent next summer for our Barry family reunion!!!

A Blast in Flagstaff!

On our way to Winsow we stopped by to see the Meteor Crator that was made 50,000 years ago! It was part of our 'stopping to smell the roses" adventure!

Here we are in Winslow made famous by the Eagles. They are a band of yester year who sang, "Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona..." Also this is the town that Radiator Springs in the movie "Cars" is based on!

July Jubilee

Scottee's aunt and uncle own a beautiful cabin up at Panguitch Lake which they let us use for the week. We had a really memorable time there, but missed Adam and his family and Mindy and her family. Also Rich had to stay home for work. I loved every minute of being there with the family and the scenery and perfect weather!

Devin and Brooklynn were patient to fish for hours at Panguith Lake. Their patience paid off with two fish! Brian and Scottee took the kids fishing multiple times and got three fish, including one caught by Charlee!

We celebrated Ande's first birthday (again) by making her cupcakes. Here is Bastian enjoying Ande's cake after he had enjoyed his own!

Isn't this a cool picture of one of the rain storms we got to experience!

Brain and Jaxson, Scottee, Bastian and I drove up the bumpiest road I've ever been on to the summit of Lake Panguitch. The view of the valley was worth the bruised tailbone!

Cedar Breaks

Amazing Cedar Breaks with Nina, Brian, Oaklee, Scottee and Charlee.

Devin was the winner of the dance-off! He was also the only contestant!
Beautiful Panguitch Lake. I could live there all summer!

The porch went all around the cabin and that is where we spent the bulk of our time!

Treslee and baby Roo! Camilla is an angel!

Brooklynn mastered the quad!

Each afternoon it rained! YIP-EE! We got treated to a double rainbow on Thursday afternoon. Elle was so amazed by it. She said, "This is the first real rainbow I've ever seen in my whole life!"

Cedar Breaks is not far from where we were. Oh, the beauty of it all!

Here we are at Brian Head Ski Resort.

Off to fish! Brian and Scottee were patient beyond imagination to spend hours at Panguitch Lake with the kids!

S'more time!
Greg with his usual calm and sane face on!

The beuatiful cabin's living room with Allison, Brooklynn and Camilla.
Bastian and Nina having a blast playing Super Mario!

Scottee and Charlie doing homework! At the cabin!!!

This guy just continued eating when John and I drove up, rolled down the windows and proceeded to take pictures!

The kids playing in the stream right outside the cabin.

Devin having a moment of relaxation...that's about all he got!
He's even a good Grandpa to Ande's doll!

July Jubilee!

On our way to Utah, Herbie called to say that she and Steve were waiting at Lake Powell to take us out on the boat. They had been there for a week with their family. John and I had a blast with them, having lunch and touring the Lake!

Ande and Bastian had their birthday celebrations at our house in July. Bastian is four and now Ande is one- year old!

Bastian and I went to Toys-R-Us for him to choose a birthday gift. After filling a whole shopping cart with prizes he wanted, he chose a Mario video game!

Ande is loving her ride in the doll stroller powered by Sam.

Ashlyn's first dress-up play at our house. Adorable!

Sam's turn to ride and Ande's so excited because she can actually walk as long as she holds on to the stroller.