>Subject: hi from sedona, arizona
>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:54:06 PDT
>
>hi everyone
>
>A quick hello from sunny Arizona. I'm actually enjoying the heat
>again as we have been in the high desert and it has been blooooody
>cold, ice inside the tent one night.
>
>We have had days ranging from downhill with tailwinds, to uphill alll
>day sometimes with headwinds! Our plans change from day to day and we
>are now in Sedona where I think that I last said that we wouldn 't
>be going. It pays to be flexible.
>
>I'm in a cyber cafe and the keyboard is on e of those stupid ones
>with the stupid split space bar and i keep rubbing out what I just
>typed. Probably cost me $1 to rave about that!
>
>When I last wrote we were at Aguila and a big storm was coming. It
>seemed to pass quite quickly, got cold and rained, strong winds, and
>in the morning we got the tents dry and packed up. A bloody dog stole
>one of my water bottles and Madi found it all chewed up in the grass!
>We set off for Yarnell and people kept talking about "THE MOUNTAIN"
>so we thought it must be like Mt Cook or something. It was quite
>easy actually, 1.5 hrs up to the top.
>
>We camped at a horse ranch, very high and very cold there. The
>condensation from my breath froze in the tent.
>
>We carried on from there and turned inland at Kirkland Jn, rode
>through beautiful Skull Valley, and then uphill 25km, yuk. I got a
>puncture halfway up that hill.
>
>Asked at a house where th4er was a child playing, if we could camp on
>their lawn, in Chino Valley. Had another cold night there, and then
>set off after a lovely cooked breakfast, heading for Mingus Mountain.
>
>This goes up to 7000' and there was still some snow on the gtround at
>the top. Then a stunning view across the valley towards the red hills
>of Sedona. A nice d0wnhill to Jerome which is a poncy tourist town
>and doesn't allow camping, so we carried on to Clarkdale and found a
>deserted lot and camped on a plateau overlooking the big valley.
>
>Today was fairly easy to Sedona and we will shortly head off and look
>for somewhere to stop for the night.
>
>There's lots more I could write but not at $9 an hour!
>
>Thanks again for all the messages I see waiting for me to read! It's
>great to hear from everyone.
>
>take care
>Christine