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December 30, 2001 on 10:06 pm | In Main |On Friday morning, we left for Flagstaff. We arrived around lunch time, and had lunch at a quaint restaurant in the downtown area before driving up to Arizona Snow Bowl to find some snow to play in. The ski resort was closed due to lack of snow, so we drove all the way to the top and parked in the ski resort area. Even the drive is interesting, since the parking lot is around 10000 feet above sea level. Many people were sledding at the hill near the parking lot. Unfortunately, Sean was terrified by the combination of the snow and the slope of the hill, so he didn’t enjoy himself in the snow. After leaving Flagstaff, we drove down to Sedona through Oak Creek Canyon. The drive into the Canyon descends about 2000 feet through a series of winding turns. There was still lots of snow in the northern part of the Canyon, and it was interesting to see the contrast between the red rock formations and the white snow. After we arrived in Sedona, we checked into the hotel we made reservations for. The hotel rooms had both a jacuzzi and fire place. The rooms opened up to an executive golf course with some ponds and fountains. Sean had fun running through the golf course and chasing after ducks. We ate dinner at a nice seafood restaurant with a great view. After dinner, Cortney and I enjoyed the fireplace and jacuzzi in the hotel room.
On Saturday morning, we attempted to take Sean hiking with us. We didn’t have the carrier with us, so we were hoping Sean would be able to walk on his own. This particular trail was only 7/10 of a mile between the parking lot and the table rock with a great view of the Cathedral Rock formation. Sean apparently still had his phobia of slopes from yesterday, so he didn’t want to walk on his own. It wasn’t too much trouble to carry him the short distance, and the view was worth the effort. We drove home after hiking, and arrived in Phoenix in time for a late lunch. I worked a little on cleaning up the software on the new computer, then Cortney and I went out to dinner with some friends of ours. We watched Pearl Harbor, a three hour movie, so I never got around to posting last night.
I successfully installed windows xp on my new computer, keeping the copy of windows 98 for a dual boot configuration. Every thing went smoothly with the install, and I have to say I am impressed with windows xp. I took a break from the computer for a while to clean the pool and do some yard work. It was a warm sunny day, so Cortney and I decided to go hiking. This time, we took Sean in the carrier, and he had a great time. We even let him out at the end to walk a short distance to the car. He went down a slope as steep as the one he cried on yeserday, so I am hoping he is over his phobia.
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