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| Stone Ridge GC |
Bev and Randy recommended we play Stone Ridge GC in Prescott Valley so we booked a tee time and headed on over Saturday morning. It was a very challenging but picturesque golf course. At times I felt like a billy-goat climbing the steep terrain of this mountainous course. On #7, we caught up with a couple from Phoenix and they asked us to join them. Good thing because J.B. knew the course like the back of his hand and was most helpful in advising us where to hit the ball. I eked out a 99 and was proud of it as the rating was 67.2/127 from the red tees. After golf, we had cocktails on the outdoor patio with J.B. and Susan. Glad we got to play this one and thanks Bev and Randy for the recommendation.
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| Stone Ridge GC Par 3 |
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| Leff-T's Steakhouse |
The Albrecht's also recommended Leff-T's Steakhouse for dinner. We were meeting George's longtime friends, Bill and Janna, for dinner and when we recommended it, they laughed and said that's what they were going to recommend too! Everyone had steaks except me and I had the ribs (at Bev's suggestion) and they were fabulous (as were the steaks for everyone else). Bill and Janna said they always get a steak. George and Bill were buddies back in NJ when they were in their twenties, then they moved to CA together....Bill met Janna and stayed and George ended up back East. The Hawkin's moved over to AZ about 2 years ago.
Sunday morning I gave us both a much needed haircut, did some laundry and made a big bowl of southern-style potato salad. We drove over to Bill and Janna's ranch where they have 3 horses and 4 great dane's. The great dane's are almost as big as the horses....one of them came over and sat in my lap...what a hoot! We were invited over to a neighborhood picnic in the afternoon at Barb and Dave's house where we met 8 of their friends. Dave grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, Barb made macaroni salad and the other ladies brought appetizers and/or desserts. It was Barb's 75th birthday so a celebration was in order.
After the BBQ, we went outside to check out the colorful sunset and feed apples to the horses. We had a great time!
Monday we went on a Jeeping adventure on Schnebly Hill Road in the Coconino NF near Sedona. Even though it was rated easy, it was a rough, bumpy 10.7 mile road; however, we climbed roughly 5 miles up to Merry-Go-Round Rock and could see hikers at the top of this monstroscity. The views were nice but, honestly, the road was a bit too rocky for me.
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| Merry-Go-Round Rock |
We encountered more than a dozen Jeeps along the trail including a lot of "Pink Tour Jeeps".
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I also noticed a lot of purple cacti in bloom and couldn't resist a picture...kinda looks like a radish.
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| Purple Cacti |
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| A view from the top... |
We ended up near Flagstaff where we picked up Highway 89-A back down to Sedona through the beautiful Oak Creek Canyon. There is an area called "Slick Rock" where the rocks provide a natural water slide and there were tons of people parked on both sides of the road for what seemed like miles, to partake in a beautiful Labor Day.
We had to make a PetSmart run for cat food and, lo and behold, there was a yarn shop called Sedona Knit Wits in the same shopping center. I browsed through the yarn shop while George shopped for cat food. There was a Mexican Cafe' a few doors down from the Knit Wits, so we had lunch there.
Once home, we relaxed the rest of the evening.....all-in-all, it's been a Great Labor Day Weekend!
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