Jay and I are spending a week in Sedona. We spent Tuesday taking our cat, Max, and our dog, Zack, to their kennel. Zack is a 17-year-old, 6-pound Havanese. Max is about 14 years old and is a yellow tabby cat. We also have another cat, Pepper, who is about 2 years old and is solid black except for a few white hairs on her chest. We took her to stay with my brother.
Our plane was scheduled to leave at 8:30 AM, so I had to get up at 5:00 to finish packing and get ready to drive to the airport. We were flying from Tallahassee to Atlanta and then on to Phoenix.
The first flight was uneventful. When we arrived in Atlanta, our arrival gate was right next to our departure gate. We had enough time during the layover to grab something to eat. Our flight to Phoenix ended up leaving about 35 minutes late.
I had booked aisle seats for both Jay and me, directly across from each other. Fortunately, nobody was seated in the middle seat next to me, although Jay’s row was full. Again, the flight itself was uneventful.
When we arrived in Phoenix, our luggage was already waiting on the baggage carousel by the time we reached baggage claim. We then took the train to the rental car center to pick up our rental car. There was a long line, but eventually we got our car and started the 3-hour drive to Sedona.
I set the GPS to avoid highways because I prefer taking rural roads instead of interstates whenever possible. For most of the drive, the road was still a divided four-lane highway, but there was very little traffic. Along the way, we stopped at McDonald’s for a late lunch.
Eventually, the road narrowed to two lanes, though traffic remained light. We finally arrived in Sedona and checked into our condo.
We are staying in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo. The main bedroom is upstairs, so I gave that room to Jay because it is sometimes difficult for me to go up and down stairs. The second bedroom is downstairs, and I took that room instead.
Later, we went to a grocery store to buy a few supplies, including water, soft drinks, and breakfast food. We also stopped by Subway for supper before heading back to the condo.
It had been a long day, and we were both tired.
