North to Sedona

After a week in Sun City visiting with Ruth we headed north on Highway 17, stopped for lunch at Montezuma's Castle National Monument. Then took Highway 179 up to Sedona, a small picturesque town in the heart of Red Rock State Park.




The road was very good until we arrived at Sedona where there are road works right through the town.



One of the hills we descended into the valley.







The last of the Saguaro Cactus as we climb out of the Phoenix Valley. They can live for 200 years, and grow to 30' to 40' high.

Sedona

The rock formations and the deep red colour around Sedona.





Also the Spanish or Mexican type houses around Sedona were very interesting.

Sun City AZ

Sun City is a 55+ community. That means that there a no schools.

In the 1960 a property developer named Del Webb started a concept of a town built around golf courses.

Today, there is Sun City, Sun City North and Sun City West, all built around thirty golf courses with circular streets intersected by through boulevards. Mostly the houses are duplex style with one common wall but there are sections of individual houses. Most streets are lined with citrus trees or have a desert land scape.

Cousin Ruth and her cat Cracker Jack

Ruth and Puss (Crabby Cat)

Cactus in bloom in Sun City

We have noticed that spring has arrived to the desert, with the Bougainvillea in full flower, the spindly trees have new fresh green leaves and the cactus's have broken into flower.

More Cactus

Paradise RV Resort

After returning from Mexico we spent a couple of days at Superstition Sunrise RV Resort, got Dutchess up and running, checking that all systems were running after two and half months of being in one place. Picked up friends Derek, Lene and their Jack Russell Nisse from Sky Harbor Airport, when they returned from Victoria, B.C. Then we drove the 100 kms from Superstition/Mesa in the east of the city, across Phoenix to Sun City in the west to Paradise RV Resort.

We thought that we were in a luxury resort before but Paradise lives up to it's name. The sites were wider, there is lots of green grass around the park, there is a lawn bowling green as well at pottery, silver smithing, and many more activities than at Superstition.