Wednesday morning same location but our adventure today is to Sedona, the village is a large collection of restaurants and souvenir shops, it is a beautiful little town but way to touristy for our liking. No this is all about the drive into and out of Sedona US-89A is the route and there is an elevation change of 2500 feet, maximum length of vehicle 50 feet, multiple switch backs, lots of sharp curves, narrow and busy, and one of the most beautiful drives you will ever take.

The changing of the leaves, made this the perfect time of year to take this drive, a Wednesday so not too busy, temperatures in the 70 or 20 degrees and did I mention nothing but sunshine. Made this one of those days that will stay with you forever, this is the kind of drive that all you people who haul your bikes around with you are looking for (Bob). I have to admit this was not an adventure that was high on my list of things to do, but I was pleasantly surprised by the natural ruggedness of the landscape.

Solar topped off the battery bank to day bringing in 168 amp/hours, it has been sunny and warm during the day 18 or 68 degrees but the evening temps are still falling below the freezing mark so the furnace has been on a lot. Tomorrow we are heading to the valley where the temperature Thursday is forecast for 81 or 27 and the overnight low is forecast for 59 or 15 degrees. And that my friends is why we come to the desert during the winter…just saying

Wednesday morning finds us tucked into the RV parking lot at Twin Eagles Casino, we got here at 11:00 yesterday, unhooked, and headed off to the Grand Canyon, we visited the Grand Canyon a number of years ago, we did a day trip from Vegas in triple degree temperatures…not one of our smartest decisions…just saying. So to be only an hour and a half away it was a no brainer to make another visit, so after unhooking we were off to the big hole, we got there at around one o’clock and spent a number of hours on the bus system that runs you along the south rim of the canyon, we only walked a little more than a mile but on that walk encountered four elk, three cows and one youge bull, as they climed up and walked accross the walkway to move onto better pastures on the other side of the path. Now as I have stated multiple times Miss Laurie is the photographer, so to see the pictures you have to go to our face book page the address is shown below, I’m the one that writes about the adventures, the Facebook page is private so you will have to ask to join.

https://www.facebook.com/TheBuchanansRollingDowntheRoad/

Tuesday was a good solar day with 160 amp/hours of power were brought in, we are parked on an angle to get the best use of the sun, without tilting our panels so because of our short drive on Tuesday only 40 miles (60 kms) the battery bank did not get fully charged yesterday, but I expect to get close again today as there is nothing but sun forecast today. Today we are headed to the Sedona area, its is located just south of Flagstaff, and is claimed to be a must see area so we are off today to investigate the area.