Sedona Visit
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In the fall, 1997, Chris Wales and
his parents invited us to spend a weekend in Sedona with them. We went and had a great
time.
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His parents live in Boston, and have
an amazing vacation home in Sedona. It's the second oldest house in the valley, and was
built way up on one of the red rocks way before they invented zoning.
The house was setup to take advantage of the views, and they're truly amazing!
Here's the view from inside the living room. |
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We stayed in the upstairs guest
bedroom; here's what we had to look at when we got up... tough life, eh? |
| Sedona is prototype SouthWestern USA
and reminds me lots of the Grand Canyon. |
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When we arrived on Friday, we met his parents,
then got cleaned up and went to play...GOLF... what else?
We got in 15 holes at the Sedona Golf Resort before we ran out of daylight and beer.
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The next day, Chris and George went
and hit balls for an hour.
Then his parents treated us to the Sedona Jazz on the Rocks '97.
They went way overboard and got us seats in the Patrons tent, featuring great food and
open bar all day long.
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This annual affair featured stars
like Dee Dee Bridgewater, Herbie Hancock, Mark DuFresne, and (our fav, shown here)
Fattburger.
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Herbie Hancock was pretty far out
there, so we bailed a bit early and got in 9 holes at Oakcreek CC before dark.
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| OAKCREEK CC is an amazing golf
course. It backs up to the red rocks and you can see them from everywhere on the course.
Golfing this way is lotsa fun, because if you miss a shot, so what??? |
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SUNDAY morning came and we were back
at Oakcreek for 18 holes this time.
Miller time started early- here's MJ and Chris on the second tee at 9:00AM... |
| It was a perfect day! We only had to
wait on every other tee, prompting Chris to "fix" this sign... |
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MJ got to prove how coordinated she
was.
Here she is, tending the pin and working on her tan at the same time... |
| Happily, we survived all 18 holes,
albeit a little sunburned and tired... |
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THEN we wandered back to the to
change and pack.
George captured this Kodak moment on film.
HERE's Doug and Adele with their little boy, Chris... |
And then, it was time to return to
real life.
HERE we are on the steps, looking forward to the next time we're together again.
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PS- Doug and Adele Wales are the
GREATEST hosts ever- they opened up their home to us, cooked for us, took us to dinner and
the festival, etc...
Thank you very much for putting up with us.
MJ has even volunteered to let you adopt her if you ever need another daughter... ;*) |
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