Greetings from the road! We are having a great time so far. Our drive out to Phoenix was timely and uneventful. The scenery was amazing. The kids have never seen desert like that before. Matt kept looking for Will E. Coyote and the Road Runner out his window. We pulled into Phoenix and drove into downtown for the public market to find local ingredients, which we did!
It was HOT when we got to the market at 11:30 am, and I could tell that things would be wrapping up soon. Most of the produce vendors were close to being sold out, but we
were lucky to find most of what we needed - tomatoes (really, really beautiful yummy ones), the hugest cucumber ever, mint, garlic, onions, peaches, locally produced olive oil and of course a hot corn on a stick for the kids. The market seemed to be a success in the area, and Top Chef was even there for the day. We met some great farmers and they were all excited to hear about us preparing a local meal!
We only needed a few things from Sprouts (like Henry’s). The group was really friendly that night and loved the class! I would have to say that the evening was a success. Trinity Mennonite, the church that hosted us has a guest house across the street which we stayed at. It was comfortable and we all slept well. Jason spoke at the same church the following morning. Again, things went well. After a great lunch with wonderful people, we headed up through Sedona. WOW! So, beautiful! It was amazing. We stopped to take some pictures and take in the beautiful scenery.
And then into Flagstaff. Again, beautiful but in different ways. We stopped at a rest stop overlooking the forested canyons and Paige found a small turquoise pendant of a frog made by a local Navajo. She was thrilled and used a little spending money to buy. Matt is holding out for cowboy stuff in Texas. It was a truly breath-taking drive the whole way. Our God is truly an amazing artist. We pulled into the hotel last night, shared some pizza and hit the pool. The kids were so anxious to swim! Matt is a fish! We played and splashed until we were exhausted and came back to our room to fall asleep shortly after. Today we take a short drive to Grand
Canyon and this evening we leave for Albuquerque.