Caryl and I took off for a quick overnight trip up to the high country. Every year a resort in Sedona (Los Abrigados) has a Christmas light festival on the property. This involves 20 or so families that are long-time owners (it's a time-share property) that come up and set up fantastic holiday displays in the yards in front of their condos. Caryl had a free 2 night stay at the property, and had never seen this, so off we went!
The weather was supposed to turn nasty over the weekend, and we did get a brief shower Friday while we were at dinner, but it ended by the time we headed out to see the lights. A perfect, crisp winter evening to put us in the holiday spirit!
On Saturday, we had planned to stay and shop in Sedona, but the forecasted weather started to arrive, and the wind made it cold enough so that even Caryl cried uncle, and we headed back to Phoenix, where the temps were milder, even with the wind.
It is sometimes hard to get into the Christmas spirit here in the desert, as there are no absolute seasonal changes. It sure helps to be able to drive 2 hours and be in a climate where the Holiday spirit thrives. As I watch the news this morn, they even got 3 inches of snow in Flagstaff overnight. Perhaps a prelude to a good Arizona ski season ?!?!?!
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