The document summarizes a trip taken by the author and friends from Phoenix to Jerome, Prescott, and Sedona in March 2013. Some key points included: wildflowers in bloom on the drive back to Phoenix; checking out a Phoenix park system with multi-use paths and scenic highways under construction; staying in Dead Horse State Park in Cottonwood, Arizona; visiting the old mining town of Jerome; and taking a hike in Prescott where the author got stomach cramps from eating too soon before the hike, amusing friends.

1. 2013
2 1 S T - 2 3 R D
MARCH
B ACK TO PHOENIX
THE ROAD IS LINED WITH WILD
FLOWERS... WE WERE AMAZED AT
THE DIFFERENCE IN THE
GREENERY AND COLOR...THERE IS
GOLD IN THEM THERE HILLS!
AS WE HEADED BACK TO PHOENIX... THE BRITTLE BUSH WAS IN FULL BLOOM

2. WE WENT BACK TO PHOENIX TO
PICK UP OUR HIKING BUDDY
DAVE WHO CAME IN TO HIKE THE
GRAND CANYON WITH US.
WHILE WE WAITED FOR HIS
PLANE TO COME IN...WE CHECKED
OUT THIS AREA OF PHOENIX
PARK SYSTEM

3. PHOENIX PARKS
1. NEAR CAVE CREEK STATE
PARK WE SAW PEOPLE
WALKING AND BIKING IN
AREA OFF OF CAREFREE
HIGHWAY SO WE CHECKED
IT OUT.
2. WE LEARNED THEY ARE
PUTTING IN THIS MULTI
USE PATH ALONG WITH A
BRAND NEW SCENIC
HIGHWAY FROM 17 TO
NEW RIVER.
3. THE OFF ROAD WAS FULL
OF WILD FLOWERS

4. GARY’S
PICS

5. PH O E N I X
SUNSET
JEROME
PRESCOTT
SEDONA
1. LEAVING PHOENIX WE
STAYED AT DEAD HORSE
STATE PARK IN
COTTONWOOD AZ
2. THE NEXT DAY WE VISITED
JEROME

6. Hiking
Buddy Dave
Best
breakfast
ever!
An old
Mining
Operation.
PRESCOTT

7. V I E W O F P R E SCO T T FRO M T H U MB BU T T E

8. Alligator Dare devil
Juniper Ravens
AFTER EATING A BIG BREAKFAST AND LUNCH
OUT WE WENT ON A HIKE. I ENDED UP GETTING
STOMACH CRAMPS LIKE YOU GET WHEN YOU
SWIM TO SOON AFTER YOU EAT...I ASKED WHO’S
IDEA WAS THIS....ALL FINGERS POINTED TO ME.
THEY THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FUNNY.
THE TOP OF THE BLUFFS WERE CLOSED BECAUSE
PEREGRINE FALCONS NEST IN THIS AREA.