And Back to Albuquerque

 He loves me! I knew that, did you?

 Last evening we watched the sun go down, then star-gazed, and now of course, we got up at 5:15am to watch the sunrise over the canyon. We kept bumping into the same people at these natural wonders.

 Like i said, this place is exquisite. In areas that God created and that man added to.

 One of my motives of getting up each morning is coffee. Sharing it at 6am , quietly, with Dave is a bonus! An extra credit type of thing. Having a cranberry scone to share is just about more than i can bare. I'll possibly burst. I love our kids, but they don't like early mornings or coffee. I have a monopoly on this alone time with Dave. But eventually we realized we must go back to the cabin and wake them to head on down the road.......

 Yup, there's our road! It was long and straight at times, and almost boring except that the 6 of us were together in a car. How boring is that?!

After our lunch in Flagstaff, we veered off the most direct route to see what is at Slide Rock State Park.

 It was the sweetest playground you ever did see. Our Creator delights in delighting us. 

 100's of people were gathered here on a Monday afternoon, but there was plenty of room for all.

 The rocks were slippery and the water just swift enough to send you thru the shoots.

 And at certain places it was deep enough to jump off rock ledges. There's my Jumping Jos again!

 The 5 of them started at the upper edge and scooted, shooted, slipped, jumped, and swam their way down to the end of this unique park. We stayed for only an hour. As we left the park we talked about the fact that we have no such places in the East. But if we did, they'd be roped off and posted as 'Dangerous'! Out here everything is labeled: " Your safety is your responsibility."

We still have 6 hrs to home and must keep moving! E-man, Marcy, and family are joining us in Albuquerque today.

 Stopped in Sedona for gas.

Ahh! Almost 'home'. We put 1333 miles on that rental and now we look forward to relaxing and spending time with our friends here in Albu.