Travels with Nicky: Verda Valley/Sedona, AZ 2015

How are all of you? Hopefully spring is about to bloom where you are. Everything is blooming here and it is quite warm.

We finished our stay in Menifee, CA and then went over to Winerhaven, CA where Lee completed dental work. From there we went to Apache Junction, AZ to get together with Jim and Tracy so that together we could put together our spring and summer itinerary. We were there 6 days and we spent a lot of time working on that and then some time playing pickle ball.

We went to church together on Easter morning and then had a really nice dinner together. It was nice to get to meet some of Jim and Tracy's family who live very close by. Jim and Tracy rent this space in Mesa year round so this is their home port. It is a lovely park with lots to do.

We left Jim and Tracy and went to the Verde Valley campground outside of Sedona.

This is the Smith family and we feel hopelessly in love with them. They were parked next to us in Menifee. From left to right we have Vivian, Maddy, Meagan, Anne (mom) Aristotle, family picture and Mason. Some of the finest young people I have ever met. We hope to continue a long relationship with them.

Visit with Jim and Tracy above and some shots of their home park. That's Bailey guarding her food so that Nicky does not come in and eat it all.

We went to the Passion play at the Mormon Tabernacle with Jim and Tracy. The grounds there are incredible. and the play is free to the public.

Nicky likes to sit on my lap going down the road --he can see more. He has found if he wears my visor it keeps the sun out of his eyes.

Aren't they beautiful?? The desert is in full bloom.

We had a very nice visit with Will and Ella Tatum before we left Yuma area. They were able to show us around the resort that they have been workcampers in. It is just lovely, I can see why they like it.

We left southern AZ and headed up to northern AZ . We are staying at Verde Valley Thousand Trails campground. The cows above just kind of hang by the entrance wall in the evening. The Verde River below was taken on one of my walks with Nicky.

The collage above are some of the sights in Jerome an old copper mining town. It is now a lovely tourist attraction with lots of interesting shoppes and good eating places.

In the resale shop above I found a lovely scarf for Nicky. The pool table is in the oldest Saloon in Arizona. I had to take a picture of this van. For those of you who have seen my brother's truck this van gives him some stiff competition. All the above pictures were also taken in Jerome.

View from Jerome. Isn't this beautiful?

One of the things we did not do the last time we were here is take the Verde Canyon Train ride. This is a beautiful 4 hour train ride through the Verde Canyon along the Verde River which stretches for 160 miles.