Grandkids Visit

Randy's daughter Heidi and family are visiting this week from Chattanooga. Dakota is enjoying the sun with Buster in the backyard.

Wren and Cooper have become good friends. Cooper is chewing on a "Greenie" which is supposed to clean his teeth like a toothbrush.

We have been hiking most days....Wren and his dad love to climb the boulders.

Yesterday we went to Sedona to hike in the red rock. The rocks are red because of rust! The red color found in most of the layers is hematite or iron oxide, a mineral found in great abundance in sedimentary rocks.

The trail was steep in the beginning but well worth it when we got to the top. Wren was the trail leader.

Lunch break.....

The magnificence of Red Rock Country has been 330 million years in the making. Traveling from the Mogollon Rim high on the Colorado Plateau to the depths of Oak Creek Canyon, visitors pass through a geologic record very similar to that of the upper Grand Canyon. Like pages in a book, horizontal layers of rock strata tell stories of ancient oceans and swamps, floodplains, vast deserts of sand, and violent volcanic eruptions.

We just sat and took in the views......amazing.

Over the course of millions of years, Red Rock Country has risen high above the oceans to its present elevation of 4500 feet above sea level. Wind and water have slowly eroded and sculpted the land to create the deep canyons, towering cliffs, and fascinating rock formations. Erosion and other geologic processes continue to shape this landscape, forever changing its form, color, and texture.