Monday, April 27, 2009

Odyssey to Tropic, Day One

We left Bremen yesterday morning at 8:30 a.m. to begin our trip to Tropic, Utah and beyond, landing first in Phoenix, Arizona, via Southwest Airlines from Chicago Midway.

When we got to the gate in Phoenix, the flight attendant got on the intercom and said, "Get out!" Everyone laughed.

We then proceeded to my mother's house in Sun City West, where we got the car (Buick Regal, 2003, with 10, 148 miles), found a great hotel (Holiday Inn Express), ate at Carraba's and then proceeded to adjust to the three hour time difference.

Today, Monday, April 27, we are going to Jerome (via Wickenburg and Prescott) where we will enjoy a good-old hippy town. Then on to Sedona, the home of the rich and the wacky. From Sedona we head to Flagstaff, from which most people head to the south rim of the Grand Canyon. We will be skirting the Grand Canyon and head north to Page, where the Glen Canyon Dam is located.

It will be a day full of great sights and experiences.

The high temperatures will be in the 70s. Mornings start out in the 40s and 50s (except in Tropic, Utah, Clella's hometown, where it was 19 this morning!). Sunny, always sunny.