Day 5: Sedona This morning I learned something about myself. I learned that I have the get-away-from-the-edge gene. Sedona is said to be a very spiritual place with specific areas of concentrated energy. Such an area is a vortex. The maps of hiking trails in the area have these vortices labeled. So, of course, we [...]
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Day 4: Some Arizona National Parks We didn’t stick around Phoenix very long. We headed north and checked out some of the National Parks on the way to Sedona. Montezuma Castle National Monument: Neither Montezuma’s nor a castle…but it is a National Monument. Montezuma Castle is a Sinagua (think “sin agua” – without water) cliff [...]
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Day 3: Yuma to Phoenix It was out on the river again in the morning for most of the crew. Jade tried (and successfully did) wakesurfing. I had never heard of it before. In wakesurfing, you are on a special wakesurfing board (looks like a small surf board) and you surf the wake right behind [...]
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Day 2: Yuma, AZ More time on the Colorado River in the morning. Marlee and Casey were remarkable on their wakeboards, jumping and turning and just staying up! Jade got up on the wakeboard after just a few tries. She was very impressive! John did pretty well on the wakeboard, too. By the afternoon [...]
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Early flight to San Diego. After lunch with Grandma, we headed out to Yuma, AZ where John’s brother, Greg, has a river house, dubbed “Club Rio,” on the Colorado River. On the Plane We hit the river shortly after arriving. After Greg gave us a wakeboarding demonstration, Ryan and John [...]
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