Take a Break

We’ll take a break from Ireland for awhile and go to AZ where I spent some time with Nicole.

While Chuck was in Las Vegas, Nicole and I headed up to Sedona.  We thought it might be cooler, but no, it was just as hot.  Nicole treated me to 4 days at the Briar Patch Inn.  An amazing place.

This is a picture of us starting out on our trip.

Our cabin was called Treetop.  And it was in the trees!  All the cabins were covered in ivy and they all had their own private patios.

Our private patio.

Entrance to our cabin.

Our wonderful bedroom!

Every morning we had breakfast by the Oak Creek.  Everything was homemade, and we had live music.

Drinking tea by the creek.

Nicole at one of the many paths through the cabins.

Blurry Nicole at Creek.

Another cabin covered in ivy.

We tried to go to bed early on Friday because the next day the balloon company was picking us up at 5:00AM!!!!  Here is a picture of how we looked at 5:00am

One of the things on my list was to go up in a balloon.  Now, I’m afraid of heights, but I figured what the heck.  Nicole threatened me that if I screamed she would throw me out of the basket.  I was very good.  I even helped the pilot fill the balloon with air.

Do I look nervous?

Do you see the pilot way in the back?

When the pilot hit the jets, it got very hot.

Sun rise over the Red Rocks.  Just beautiful!

Nicole in balloon holding on to the ropes.

We landed safe and sound.  T hey had a champagne picnic for us when we landed.

Nicole getting her certificate.

We did all that before 10:00 in the morning.  We went back to our cabin and took a quick nap an then headed out to do some shopping.  Oh! Boy!  Wait until you hear about that tomorrow.