Camp Verde and Sedona Area

Oct 18 - 23.... Camp Verde, AZ. We are located south of Flagstaff and about 90 miles north of Phoenix. The weather has been wonderful - warm days and cool nights. We spent one day driving the countryside and taking in, Jerome, Tuizigoot Indian Ruins and Montezuma's Castle. Jerome is a historic mining/ghost town, Tuizigoot is the remnant of a Southern Singua village built between A.D. 1125 and 1400 and Montezuma's Castle is a five-story, 2- room dwelling built in the 12th century. It stands in a cliff recess about 100 ft above the valley. Friday we drove the short distance to Sedona - another beautiful area of red rocks. In case you haven't figured it out we are enthralled with red rocks/mountains! While in Sedona we decided to take another hike. The hike to Soldiers Pass was to have been a 2.3 miles hike one-way. Along the way another hiker asked us if we were going to go the "loop" - so once we got to what we thought was the top we continued on another trail to complete the "loop". After 1.5 hrs we decided we better turn back as we seemed to be getting further and further away from our car. After going a short distance back we ran in to another couple from Michigan and we all decided we were about half-way so we would continue the "loop". Well, after another 1.5 hrs of hiking we found our cars! After reviewing the map we determined we hiked somewhere between 6 and 7 miles - we were on the trail for just over 3 hours. The view was incredible but our legs & other body parts were screamin! After that we found the local "brewery" and relaxed a little. And NO we didn't even walk into a store! Saturday we decided to rest - we washed and waxed the Motorhome.....another lengthy project~ Our next door neighbors just happen to be from Chicago (as in the White Soxs). We watched the first game of the World Series with them in their motorhome (so it was only fitting that they won the first game)! We (Houston Astros) intend to win the game tonight! We leave for Yuma, AZ on Wednesday where we will spend 2 weeks!