Dead Horse Ranch State Park, Cottonwood, Arizona
So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you. Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge, teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you? ~ Proverbs 22:19-21
Time to start the day with a laugh! You ready???
“Mom always told me I’d never amount to anything lying on the sofa. Yet here I am, saving the world.” ~ from Bob Dyer’s column, Akron Beacon Journal.
I heard you laugh out loud! 😊 😊
This is the third time we’ve visited Sedona, Arizona. The first was about 12 years ago on vacation, the second was about 7 years ago, also on vacation. And as I’ve mentioned before, there were several things we were really looking forward to experiencing again – – and sharing with you.
Several of those things are currently closed to us, but some are still available, although we’re not sure why some and not others. One of those favorite places is called Doe Mountain. We recall that the first time we climbed this mountain it took us a lot longer. Most likely because we were considerably more out of shape than we are now. 😊 But we also remember that the views were astronomical! And we remember that we couldn’t find our way back down off the mountain. The trail wasn’t marked and we couldn’t see where to go down. Fortunately, as we searched, two ladies came up and we saw them as they exited the trail. Whew!! Otherwise, we might’ve been stuck up there for days!
We don’t remember anything remarkable about the second time, other than the views once again, and we made sure we knew where we came out on top. This time, there are a few trail markers!
Doe Mountain is a short (just .7 mile), but steep trail with numerous switchbacks. It’d be a lot shorter if you took out the switchbacks. 😊
We parked in the nearly empty parking lot (the others must have taken the Bear Trail across the street), and never saw a single, solitary soul the entire time we were here.
Starting their own Grand Canyon. : )
Don’t know what it is.
Pretty though!
Now wonder we had such a hard time finding it in the past!
In the background behind Blaine is Bear Mountain, we plan on hiking that trail in the future.
We don’t know where we’ll be for lunchtime yet. : )
Sure hope the people who put him/her here expected that to happen. . . .
And then he decided he wasn’t quite close enough to the edge!
I didn’t look most of the time!
Especially when he was moving!
There’s a designated tail that’s about a 1.5 mile loop around the top.
We didn’t go all the way around.
They look so small from here! Especially Bell!
They just push right up out of the ground!
What to do now? Well, we know that Red Rock State Park is still open and we’ve never been there! It costs $7/person to get in, but we’d have the afternoon and it should have some nice hiking, so there ya go!
The Park is currently looking for someone to partner with them to re-purpose the place.
Interested?
I tried to find information on it, but had no luck.
It’s apparently someone’s house.
It’s outside the Park, but it looks VERY out of place!
It washed out the bridge.
Some pretty nice ones, but not designed like any we’ve seen back east – or north.
Not too many people today.
Not close enough to peer in the windows, but close. : )
We only saw a total of 5 people on the trails. Two were sitting on a bench at the top of a mountain (more like a medium-sized hill) and we stood and talked with them for a good little bit. Nice people! They were from California and had left home three months ago. Now they’re trying to decide if they want to return or not. Apparently, California has a pretty stringent ‘stay at home’ policy and they don’t hesitate to stiffly fine you for being outside.
We’re certainly grateful Arizona doesn’t share that philosophy!
Another day blessed by our God and Creator!