By the time we arrived in Sedona, I’d had enough of this hacking cough for the past two weeks and decided something had to be done about it. We stopped for coffee while I googled for a medi-clinic. There was one nearby with supposedly no one in line. Hmmm...I'm skeptical. I called the insurance company and spent about 20 minutes on the phone to get a claim number. So many questions!
Amazingly, I was the only one in the waiting room when we got to the medi-clinc and, including time needed to fill out forms, I was in and out in 50 minutes. Diagnosed with acute bronchitis (the doctor said he could hear me coughing from across the clinic!) and given a handful of prescriptions. A stop at Safeway to fill them and, fingers crossed, feeling better in about 5 days.
Canadians always seem to be bragging about what a great medical system we have but I know that in BC I wouldn’t have been able to get into a medi-clinic without an appointment days/weeks in advance and it would have taken at least a day or more to get a tele-health appointment. So I was pretty happy with how this all went. And yes, I fully realized I’m speaking from a perspective of great privilege.
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| Nice sculpture near the medi-clinic. |
Anyway, all this was settled by midafternoon and we went for a short hike on Lower Chimney Rock loop trail. With me being sick, all our hikes have been relatively short and not too much elevation involved. But wherever you are, the views around Sedona never seem to disappoint. I love the shapes and colors of the rocks.
We found a really nice hotel, Los Abrigados Resort and Spa, for a great last-minute deal, browsed the nearby shops in an artsy district called Tlaquepaque, and had supper at a fancy restaurant called Rene.
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| Tiramisu in a clay flower pot |
The next day we hiked the Broken Arrow Trail via Hog Wash and got almost to Chicken Point when we saw a pink jeep tour ahead of us. Definitely not our style so we turned back early. It was a nice loop, and we really didn’t see too many other people until we got closer to the end.
We also stopped for a short walk at Sedona Wetlands Preserve before having a very late lunch and wine tasting at Paige Springs Cellars. Very nice!
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| Wine tasting and lunch at Paige Springs Cellars |
We decided we had enough time left in the day to get to Prescott and find a campground before dark. The route goes through the old historic mining town of Jerome which is basically built into the hillside with one main road going through it. We decided to stop and pick up coffee which took forever!
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| Sun setting as we leave the town of Jerome |
This put us arriving in Prescott after dark, frustratingly couldn’t find a campground that had space and was open. But we lucked out by again getting a last-minute deal at the very nice Forest Villas Hotel. We spent the evening having a glass of wine in the very comfortable lobby and continued the never-ending process of trying to catch up on photos and blog posts!
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