Sedona, Arizona

This past week Samantha and I found ourselves on a road trip over to Arizona. Our final destination was to be Memew and Papaw's house. 

This is my excited, road trip face!

Shhhh....

Knowing that we were not in a huge rush, it afforded us this privilege to leave our house later in the day and travel at a slower pace.

Having planned to just drive about 6 hours, and then spend the night in a hotel was a luxury that we rarely have on this trip. Because we had already planned to spend the night Samantha used Priceline to find a $180.00 dollar hotel for about $60.00 at a quant little hotel called "Little America" in the very scenic and mountainous town of Flagstaff, AZ.

The outside of this hotel looks very much like a hunting/ski lodge. The layout of the hotel is spread out over a few acres, broken up into sections. There is the main section that holds a gift shop, restaurant and the main loby, and then there are the hotel rooms. 

If you have ever been on the campus of a Bible college they look very much like dorm housing. (Lodge A, Lodge B ect). 

This hotel has a twist on the old fashioned metal keys. Look closely, these keys actually have a computer chip built into the part where the key should have been cut out. 

So when we got to our room we were expecting the lodge type atmosphere to continue. But were were surprised. It was decorated in a sort of 1950's victorian.

Later that night I looked up on Google maps, the Highway to Sedona and found that we were really close. I had always heard that it was a beautiful drive, and figured this trip would be a great time to see it.

After we got checked in to our hotel we went out to eat, and found this neat car/hotrod//schoolbus.

 After seeing it I had this overwhelming desire to yell...Yabadabadoo!!

An important part of taking road trips is to seize the opportunity to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Samantha and I like placing tracts in the hands of people along the way. When there isn't people to pass them out to, we like placing them in locations where we know someone will find them!

At one truck stop we found along the way, had a pretty neat chapel.   They offer services to the truckers. I dont know a whole lot about their ministry, but I think that its great that there is someone who is reaching out to the truckers.

The next day, we hung out in Flagstaff for bit and then headed down to Phoenix. After running some errands we finally arrived at Grandma and Grandpas house. We were very excited to see them both as well as "uncle Jeff". We were greeted with hugs and a great dinner. ---There is just something about Memew's cooking...YUM!

Of Course no trip to Phoenix would be complete without a "quick" stop at Cabela's

No, these are not shelves of vitamins they are shelves bullets.

Uncle Jeff, on "his" boat!

After a few days of visting it was time to head home. We set out on our journey to see the majestic red rocks of Sedona.

This is what we found. Keep in mind the pictures dont really do it justice.

For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:

Romans 1:20