Ginger Visit - April 2019

Submarine Rock - Sedona

Ginger and Michael came to visit us for a long weekend - they last came about two years ago.  We had a great time showing them around and exploring Sedona with them and we tried to convince them to move here!

Shawna picked them up at the airport on Friday morning and after dropping their stuff off at home, we went for a day of grazing and beer tasting.  Keith had some calls so he met up with the group later in the afternoon.  Our first stop was lunch at the Cornish Pasty place - Michael had mentioned that he had really like this place from the last visit so we went back!  After eating our pasties, we then did some beer tasting at Goldwater Brewing Company and OSHO Brewery (Keith met us here) - we hung out for quite some time at OSHO enjoying the outside patio and their awesome happy hour deal of $7 per pitcher.  We also snacked on a few more items there, including french fries, buffalo cauliflower and pretzel sticks with cheese.  We were quite full at this point so we headed home and called it a night.

OSHO Brewery

On Saturday, Shawna made avocado toast with eggs for breakfast and then we drove up to Sedona to do some hiking and to spend the night.  Shawna had rented a cute two bedroom house on AirBnB which is newly remodeled and convenient to both Sedona and Oak Creek Village.  Once we arrived in Sedona, we hiked for a couple of hours around the Bell Rock / Courthouse Butte Loop.  We had packed some sandwiches so we sat for a while at Bell Rock while we ate lunch and enjoyed the views.  We then drove into Sedona and walked around town for a bit and enjoyed a beer on the patio at Canyon Breeze (which is a courtyard of food stalls and a bar with a great patio with nice views).

Bell Rock / Courthouse Butte Loop - Sedona

We checked into the AirBnb and then napped and cleaned up.  For dinner, we went to our favorite place, Mariposa, where we sat outside with a drink and then dined in their main dining room (the patio was full) with great views of the sunset against the rocks.  Our eyes were bigger than our stomach as we shared two appetizers (sausage plate and fried avocado) and then each shared the meat trio along with four sides (potato gratin, roasted brussel sprouts, sautéed mushrooms and yucca fries).  For dessert, we tried the tres leches cake and a chocolate/caramel bread pudding.  Everything was delicious!

Mariposa

On Sunday, Keith and Michael ran out to get coffee and yogurt for breakfast which we ate at the house.  We then packed up and hiked for 6.8 miles and 3 hours and 30 minutes, starting at Little Horse Trailhead and hiking to Chicken Point and then on to Submarine Rock (on the Broken Arrow Trail) and then back.  It was a great hike!  We grabbed lunch and a beer at the Hudson, sharing the steak and blue salad (so yummy) before driving back home.  On our drive home, we played a lot of songs that we all knew the words to so we sang along the whole way.

View on Little Horse/Broken Arrow Hike - Sedona

That evening, we hung out at the pool and then had dinner at home - Shawna cooked beef kabobs, couscous with roasted vegetables and tomato/cucumber salad.  We served it with pita, hummus and tzaziki.

On Monday, Ginger and Michael relaxed at the house and then packed up and headed to the airport for their flight home.  It was so great to hang out with them - lots of laughs and good times!