When we arrived in Sedona, AZ we were greeted by our friend Rae who lives in a beautiful southwestern style home with her lovely roomates with an astounding view of the red rock formations in the distance. Rae took us to the vegetarian cafe she works at for a dinner of raw and cooked dishes and desserts. The best meal we've had on the trip so far! After our bellies were full of fresh and organic delights, we headed home to change for the cafe's Halloween dance party. Since Karli and I didn't come prepared for costumes we had to gather items we've collected from the trip to fashion outfits with. We threw on our Montana trucker hats and flannel shirts and cowboy boots and said we were farmers. Perfect. The dance party was great, we met lots of nice enlightened people and had a good time. The next morning we woke up early and headed off to the Grand Canyon in the frigid temperatures. As we approached the park, we encountered flurries, and as soon as we got to the rim of the canyon, we found ourselves surrounded by white clouds of precipitation and couldn't see more than half way across the canyon. We took a few different shuttles around the rim of the canyon and as we drove west the snow and clouds disappeared and the sun came out revealing the whole canyon! One of our bus drivers said it was better this way with the shadows of the clouds because it gets boring and washed out to see the canyon with the intense sun on it all the time. So I guess we lucked out! On the way back to Sedona we stopped at a trading post to make a few special jewelery purchases and a pizza place for some delicious pesto pizza!
-Amelia
