Glimpses of Arizona Life: Cyenna visit

We were so happy to see Cyenna come out of that American Airlines jetliner on Tuesday evening at 6PM in the Phoenix airport. 5 hours before, Chris had dropped her off in Miami at the gate and this little 12 year old flew across the country by herself. Thank God for apps. I watched the plane fly over the gulf and we were already in Phoenix at our motel when she was over New Mexico. Our only problem was finding an oversized parking spot at Sky Harbor airport in Phoenix in 101 degree heat. Thank God is wasn't 106 like we expected. We picked up our security pass at the AA gate and sat down in a bar across from Gate 6 where she was due to arrive. What a relief to see that almost teenager walk off the plane.

We stayed at a Motel 6 near the airport, which we won't repeat. It was like "Planes, trains and cars" all night with the UPS port landing planes every hour. Then it sounded like a train was coming through our room twice during the night along with the usual cheap hotel fare, kids yelling till midnight and women screaming at their boyfriends along with lots of door slamming. Cyenna and I were able to relax in the pool till 9PM which felt heavenly.

Wednesday morning we were off to Sedona which is always such a surprise. This canyon, tucked away in the foothills of Flagstaff is so beautiful it really takes my breath away each time.

After driving by Slippery Rock north of Sedona and seeing that it was overcrowded with no hope of a parking spot, we decided to drive onto Williams where we had reserved a spot for Thursday and Friday evening. It was wonderful that they had the spot open for Wednesday so we were able to park, relax for the evening while Artur did his things with the camper. After grilled chicken sandwiches and some great blackberry wine, I was able to relax again. Cyenna was still on jet lag.

Thursday we drove into Williams which was a pleasant surprise because it's the "Rt 66" town. We did not expect this. Artur was like a giddy little kid with all the old car signage all around and the vintage signs. The icing on the cake was the Black Forest cream pie. Cyenna tried a black cherry cream pie which even shared with me we couldn't finish.