Day 12 - Mund's Park and Sedona

This is Kathleen and Eileen. Eileen hosted us at her place in Mund's Park and it was wonderful. She is so much fun! Her house is lovely and I had my own room*. Kathleen claimed she wanted to sleep on the couch, but I think she was afraid I would spoon her in my sleep.

But I digress.

I love the way they both have their heads cocked to the side in the same way in this picture. 

*If you are looking for a lovely vacation home in Arizona, Eileen's place is for sale.  

Okay, so Sedona is beautiful. We took the Oak Creek Canyon road and drove down, down, down... It got just lush and beautiful the further we went. There is a creek (I believe it may be called Oak Creek, but I could be jumping to conclusions.) and we were going to go frolic in it, but it involved climbing. So, no.

Then once we went through the touristy little town we started going through THIS! This was the scenery all the way back. It was mind-blowingly beautiful.

 I was so impressed that I panoramed!

 

Kathleen took some remarkable pictures out the window and was very patient with me when I didn't want to stop because I was so dang hot.

I nearly bought this hat. (No, I was not drunk.) But I decided to get a chicken sandwich instead. To eat. Not to wear on my head.

 

When we got home we had a very important event. The regional soda taste-off!

 

First up was Green River, that elusive little devil! I was so thrilled to have found it! I brought it to my lips with a feeling of exquisite triumph!

Sadly, it tasted like carbonated lime jello. I was not a fan.

 

Luckily, Carlos, Eileen's grandson – and a truly lovely young man – liked it, so it did not go to waste!

Next up was Vess Cream Soda. 

I don't like drinking out of cans and I don't like cream soda. My expectations were low.

But look, it is RED cream soda! This is a game changer! 

The addition of a glass made it possible for me to take a few more sugary steps towards type 2 diabetes. 

This is the country club where, on Friday nights, crazy people go to sing karaoke.

Yes, we are those crazy people! I sang CHAIN OF FOOLS, which is my greatest hit. The background music was a little quiet (or the crowd was a little noisy) but apparently I was in key. When I was done a man came up to me and said that he was very sorry, but people who can actually sing aren't supposed to go to that karaoke. (Meaning that I sounded good.*) It turns out that he is Dirks Bentley's father in law. So I am practically famous now. 

*At least that is what I though. Maybe it was a thinly veiled criticism.  

When we got home, we realized that we had neglected the third soda - Big Red. 

It tasted just like Faygo Red-Pop.

Kathleen, Eileen and Carlos aren't real big soda drinkers, but it was late and they were suggestible. So we got some shot glasses and passed the bottle around.

Reviews - 

Kathleen: This reminds me of drinking Faygo Red Pop when I was a kid! But yuck.

Carlos: I'm good thanks.

Eileen: I never need to drink this again.

Oh, non soda drinkers!

I slept in the comfiest bed in the southwest and vowed to just stay with Eileen next vacation and quit this crazy travel stuff!