Things to do at VVTT

The mornings are absolutely beautiful here at Verde Valley--just right for playing pickle ball. And guess who's back at it? Mitch!!! Yea!




We have a great great in the mornings including Tracy and Jim and Oland and Marilee--we played with them back in Florida!! I love this small TT world! Back row--Phil, Jim, Mitch, Tom, and Oland. Front row--Marilee, Cindy, and Tracy.







Yesterday we drove to Sedona and the Red Rocks are gorgeous. Of course we stopped for a little afternoon break:


the Prickly Pear Margarita was superb and the Calamari with the Roasted Red Pepper and Chipolte Ketchup was wonderful.








We enjoyed the food on the deck overlooking what else--some more red rocks!!

Update on Sarah

Sarah has two weeks behind her and that is great news. Also the baby has turned around and is now head down the way it's supposed to be! That is also great news. So now Sarah is just laying around waiting -- about eight weeks to go! She figures she will have watched enough TV to last a long, long time.

Keep on praying!

On the road again--Arizona

We have planted ourselves at Verde Valley Thousand Trails, just south of Flagstaff, Arizona. The campground is nestled in the valley of the Verde River. The first picture was taken from the middle of the park, halfway down the 1 1/2 mile road that gets you to our campsite. Big place. Very nice.







We started checking out the National Monuments close by--Tuzigoot and Montezuma's Castle, both Sinagua ruins, but very different from each other.











It always amazes us that people so long ago could build their homes in the sides of cliffs!

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

We left Albuquerque and traveled about 50 miles over the Arizona border. Our campground is very near the National Park so we spent the day driving and walking the park. The north end is the Painted Desert, badlands of pinks, blues, and grays.





The Petrified Forest on the south end of the park is home to forests of petrified logs, beautifully colored by the minerals that replaced the living wood.

Update on Sarah

It's been a week since Sarah went to the hospital. She's still there and that is good news. Having made it a week, the chances increase that she can keep that little one inside her where it belongs! Everything is still day by day and week by week. She says if all goes well they will take the baby at 34 weeks so we still have a lot of praying to do!

Brayden

It's seems like forever since I've gotten a picture of Brayden that I can post. He has grown up so much. Now that Caryn is working outside of the house, Brayden is at "school".









We now have "refrigerator art"!

The rest of Albuquerque

We had some pretty ugly weather and the rest of the balloon launches were canceled, but we found some other things to do.
We took a tram ride to the top of Sandia Peak rising 1000 feet in about 13 minutes. The view was magnificent!