Finally,
on Sunday we all felt well enough to venture outside the coach so we went for a
drive to get a feel for things. We began
with the 35 minute drive up to Sedona to find they had a lot more snow and
plenty of people on a pretty afternoon.
These are shots between Oak Creek and Sedona showing the famous red rocks.
Bev
and I were shocked at the changes since we were there about 15 years ago –
giant amount of growth and I don’t believe Oak Creek even existed back then. The Sedona area has definitely been discovered. We also checked out a campground in Sedona
that I had previously considered and decided we liked where we are much better.
From
Sedona we drove over to Cottonwood then up to the copper mining town of Jerome which clings to a mountainside about 2000' above the valley floor.
I suspect return trips will be made to these two towns.
Thanks
to the drive-by on Sunday, the girls decided to return to Oak Creek for
shopping and to visit The Chapel Of The Holy Cross and I opted for a much
needed alone-day – well the dogs and me.
The
Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic chapel built into the buttes of
Sedona, Arizona, and is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix. The chapel was inspired and commissioned by
local rancher and sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude, who had been inspired in
1932 by the newly constructed Empire State Building to build such a
church. Richard Hein was chosen as
project architect, and the design was executed by architect August K. It took 18 months to build at a cost of $300,000 and it was completed in 1956.
Pics from Cindy.
While they were gone, I made a Hash Brown Casserole to have for a few quick breakfast meals:
It made for a tasty and easy breakfast for a few days.
Photos can be enlarged by clicking on them and the blue words are links.
Ingredients:
30 oz. frozen hash browns
16 oz. breakfast sausage
3 pcs bacon, chopped
5 green onions, chopped
½ large bell pepper, diced
8 oz. sharp cheddar cheese -shredded
12 large eggs
1 cup milk
1 tsp salt
½ tsp garlic powder.
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
cooking spray
Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Brown and crumble the sausage in a skillet, add the
onions and peppers and cook until softened – drain the grease and cool.
3. Add the frozen potatoes, sausage mixture, and cheese to a large bowl.
Toss to combine.
4. In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the milk, garlic powder, salt, and
pepper then mix into the potatoes.
5. Pour the mixture into a 9 x 13 inch baking dish that has been sprayed with cooking spray.Pat
everything down with the back of a wooden spoon.
6. Bake for one hour, uncovered. The center should be set
and the edges should be golden brown.
It made for a tasty and easy breakfast for a few days.
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Have
a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.
Larry
2/24
– 2/25/19 event date
The Sedona and Jerome area is very scenic we loved it there very touristy towns though. Too bad about the snow there right now.
ReplyDeleteLove a good breakfast casserole to easy and tasty.
I love seeing the world through your blog what a wonderful journey and god bless
ReplyDeleteSedona is a zoo of people even with good weather and then everybody from the valley drives up to see the snow. Jerome has some great little dive restaurants. Glad you're all feeling better.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots! It's so beautiful there. I love the outside design of the church in Sedona.
ReplyDeleteread a book about clark that had the mine at jerome, but more intresting about his daughter hugette? a female howard hughes recluse vvm
ReplyDeleteLarry, Brings back a lot of memories! It's been many years since we've been to Sedona or Jerome. Never really cared much for Sedona...too many tourists and stores...but Oak Creek Canyon and the red rocks were always beautiful. Jerome was really quiet when we visited it but it has become somewhat of a hot spot since then. Nice photos with snow, something that we have never seen in Arizona. Take Care, Big Daddy Dave
ReplyDeleteThe snow against the red rocks are great shots.
ReplyDeleteGreat photos.
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