Where To Now?

Today was the first day we actually slept in... really slept. Kef said each time she turned over she fell back in to a deep sleep. I think her body just hasn't caught up from being up coughing every night. I think it was probably almost 10:30 before we actually turned on a light and decided to get up. By the time we were ready to go out looking for food, it was almost noon. I thought we were going to have lunch in Sedona and find another hike to do. Kef had other plans. I had mentioned that I thought I might go to Jerome and check it out one day while she was on a conference call, but I had never done it. Because it was more of a historical destination, I thought she wouldn't prefer to go there. But she decided we'd go check it out. It was a beautiful drive! Jerome is an old mining town that is perched on a steep hill. There is a state historical site there, as well as a mining museum. There are also about a gazillion people there around noon on a Saturday. And since...

Today's plan included eating a late breakfast (since Kef would be on a conference call over the lunch hour), hiking, and eating dinner at one of the restaurants we've been passing all week. If you ever visit Sedona, you'll find that your primary purpose on any given day is eating. Our choice for breakfast was Nick's. It's a small restaurant, supposedly where the locals go. I do think that's the case because the conversations we overheard were among locals. (Just know that if you ever eat at a table near us, we're probably listening to your conversation.) I had the chorizo and eggs, which was outstanding. Kef was less enamored with the country fried steak and eggs. She said the cream gravy was odd. After breakfast we made our daily trip to Walgreen's (almost daily, anyway... Kef has way underestimated the number of Kleenex it's going to take to get her through the week). Next door, Starbuck's was calling us as usual. Back at the hotel, Kef got t...

New Day Spa was our destination for the morning... facials and massages. There are no pictures of this... you don't want to see it. But noteworthy from the this visit was an interesting book, which I'll look up to read more later. It's about water, and the subtitle was, "You're not sick, you're thirsty." It addressed all kinds of various things that ail us, and how water is the answer to most. I only read a bit of it in between my spa treatments, but I'm sure I'll be looking into it further. We had previously discussed that we didn't want to go hiking after our spa morning, so we had plans to check out a French restaurant called Rene. It's tucked into a village of shops and galleries called Tlaquepaque, which is inspired by a town of the same name in Mexico. The artist who first created the space was inspired by communal spaces in Mexico where artists could gather to not only practice their craft but also sell their art and build relation...