After spending nine hours driving from Spring to Amarillo yesterday, today was not any easier. The trip consisted of I-40 all the way with nothing to see but flat dry brush speckled with “authentic” Indian souvenir signs and occasionally some wind turbines. 
The good thing was he temperature was very pleasant, but still, how would you like to watch this for 7 1/2 hours?
Then we crossed into Arizona and the temperature began to climb until it reached 100 degrees. We began to see pretty mountain configurations and more towns and green vegetation. This is when we realized Arizona does not participate in daylight savings time so our phones set back another hour making the trip according to the GPS another hour longer. Ugh! Sunrise in Sedona is 5:30 am.
Sedona is a pretty little town with a population of around 11,000 in 2016 and only 5 miles wide. Everything on Main Street is constructed to blend into the landscape and even the golden arches are low and inconspicuous. There was an interesting restaurant within walking distance from our hotel and we decided it was a must, given we had been sitting for 10 hours. We walked into the Relic Restaurant and we were immediately transferred back to 1946 which was when this General Store and Gas Station was converted to the Rainbows End Restaurant and has been continuously operated as a restaurant ever since. Of course, it has been upgraded and modernized enough to keep it attractive but it still has the charm of an earlier time.
In 1965 the movie The Rounders with Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda had scenes filmed here. More recently, like in March 2017, an episode of Dead Files was filmed here and in 2016, a Paranormal TV show declared this building officially “haunted” by spirits from the days when it was a stagecoach stop. With a history like that, we were concerned with the quality of the food, but we can honestly report the food was outstanding and not just because we hadn’t had a decent meal since we left our son-in-law. For my fellow foodies: Jim had Tilapia and shrimp (he gave me the shrimp) over mashed potatoes and spinach and I had Salmon with asparagus. Here are the pictures.
MG’s meal of Salmon
Jim’s meal of Tilapia
Tomorrow is our pink jeep ride through the desert surrounding Sedona. Don’t miss those pictures.
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Looks like I found the beginning of your trip? I guess I started in the middle. Did you drive from Florida to Texas? The food at the Relic looks great.