Sedona AZ

I have recently returned from Sedona in Arizona. It really was a magical place to be, although most of the retail space was given over to healing and holistic premises and this was the theme in Sedona. I didn't try any of the treatments on offer but I think if I were to go back to the area, I would do.

This was one of the areas on the road trip from San Francisco to Phoenix that I found the one plant I wanted to see and that was the cactus. I saw many in this area although not the variety I wanted to see. The one elusive plant I wanted to see was the cactus that features in the Wild West, the desperate Dan type of cactus. I only saw this on the way to Phoenix Airport.

The flowers these plants display are quite amazing, the colours are so vivid, especially against the harsh backdrop of the desert. These colours though pale into insignificance once the sun hits the red rock of the formations around Sedona. The red soil is amazing and has to be seen.

The soil is also red in the town and area and although it must be a difficult substance to grow plants etc, the roses in the town looked amazing. That really surprised me as Sedona is classified as high desert and the last thing I expected to see was roses!

Finally, the sunsets in Sedona were superb, the vivid colours blew me away.

 

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Yosemite National Park

I am currently in California on vacation and one place I wanted to visit was Yosemite National Park, mainly because I wanted to experience the amazing sights this area has to offer.

I wasn't disappointed with any aspect of the park. Firstly the accommodation was excellent, I chose a river view room and it came complete with a kitchenette and the room itself was very spacious with a balcony and furniture so you could enjoy the sound of the fast flowing river with a coffee.

The sights of El Capitan and the amazing waterfalls were simply breathtaking, it was difficult for the brain to accept what the eyes were seeing. Indeed the only way to confirm this was to look back at the photographs taken, some of which I have included here.

With the above falls, you can walk to where the water hits the ground and get covered with its spray. It really is a great experience to see so much water hitting the ground. The force of the falls only gets greater with the more snow melt that will no doubt follow as the park warms up.

El Capitan looked stunning in the morning sunshine, I would love to know how many photos of the peak are taken each day, it most number thousands! Here is one more............

The scenery around both the falls and the peak was stunning at every turn. This made the park so enjoyable. There is still so much to see and I'm sure this will it be my only visit.

 

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