Here's a shocker: it's been hot here.
So to escape the 110 degree weather my roommate, a friend from the ward, and I decided to escape north to Sedona and Slide Rock State Park last Saturday. Unfortunately there was a flaw in our little scheme: Labor Day. Everyone was trying to get out of the valley. Needless to say it took longer than we expected to get there and was completely packed when we finally made it.
So rather than contend with the masses, we found a nice little creek off of a nearby campground instead.
It was beautiful and COOL!! (92 degrees. Never thought the 90s would feel so good)
The creek was inhabited by creatures other than humans that day. It was also home to a few snakes. Yup. Snakes. One little girl thought they were particularly interesting and even captured one. She also released the poor thing right next to us. We pretty much evacuated the area shortly thereafter.
Garden snake? It has a big ole' fish in its mouth so I wasn't so sure. I am kind of ignorant about the different varieties of snake but we weren't about to take any chances.
Afterwards we went back to town and looked at a few shops. Sedona is known for red rock, shopping, and psychics. My roommate wanted a reading, but they were pretty expensive. We did find a beautiful shopping center fashioned after an old Mexican village. It was pretty cool.
The view was also spectacular. I had been missing mountains!
It was really nice to get out of town for the day!
I clicked on the picture of the snake and you really can see the fish in it's mouth. Yuk!! I am glad you were able to escape the heat. That is sad that 92 is a break in the heat for you. The scenery is beautiful! Love you and Miss you!
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