Friday, May 8, 2009

Long Time Friends

Our latest set of visitors were Marcia and Danny. Long time friends I hung out with in Junior high and high school, and hadn't seen them since high school. We all reconnected through Facebook, which, by the way, if you haven't joined, i highly recommend, but that's another post. Anyway, Marcia and Danny came out together, leaving both their spouses at home, and becoming travelling buddies for the weekend.
We had a BLAST reminiscing, eating, shooting, and siteseeing. Our sightseeing day began in Sedona. This is Bell Rock. We didn't climb it that day, too much to do :-)
These are out of sequence, but whatever. Saturday, we began our day with a little shooting lesson. Danny is shooting the 9mm here. Eric is a certified instructor.




No visit would be complete without a trip to Cathedral Rock! Danny actually went swimming that day. We did all our sightseeing in one day. We spent Saturday haning out by the pool :-)
After Sedona, we drove up the hill to Jerome, and got some killer chocolate cake From the Haunted hamburger. Marcia took all the pics, so none from Jerome this time ;-)




The Century plants are blooming now. Part of the Agave family, they bloom once in their lifetime, sending up a huge shoot that produce clusters of flowers. the shoot takes all the energy out of the plant, eventually killing it. The plant then tips over and spreads it seeds, beginning the process over again.



I'm gonna start collecting century plant pics, stay tuned...





2 comments:

ellen jo said...

Hey Sarah- great shots. I love those agaves. It is bittersweet when the bloom, for the reason you mention...
Here is one in bloom by my house-- I've been tracking its progress in photos..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellenjo/sets/72157616828086934/

sarahzona said...

Bittersweet indeed!