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Judy and Sheila's Excellent Adventure Day 3

Do you believe in Serendipity? We certainly do! Today...the plan was to be out by 9, on the hiking trail by 9:30 and so on....well...that's not exactly what happened. Here is the story....

Do you own a Subaru? If so...then listen up...if the keys are left in the Subaru ignition by accident for even 1 hour (which is what happened this morning), then....it shuts down all power...will not even lock the doors...will not unlock the hatch...etc. We tried to talk with the dealership and they were not helpful...so we found a person at the Lodge who was willing to jump Judy's Subaru and guess what? It worked perfectly!

Now...this took extra time...so we did not get to start the trail until 11:15, but here is where Serendipity comes in to play. This threw us in the mix with so many people in line for the shuttle bus to our planned trailhead. While in line, Judy struck up a conversation with the lady in front...told her our situation and she asked why we were not trying the trail right in front of us...said it was the most popular and we should be able to do this...it was 3 miles...fantastic views...etc. Why did we not know about this trail to start with???? Who knows? But...we were willing to give it a try...and we did with tremendous results as depicted on Facebook...and would never have done so...if had been on time...etc.

Now...on the trail...met soooo many people...have to add some countries to our list...Spain at the top...as we helped motivate a lovely young couple who had hiked all the way to the canyon floor and spent the night only to have to hike back up today....the young lady was in tears as this is an incredible feat that only the expert camper should try...but we took congratulatory pics at the top for them and were soooo happy for them! We also befriended a young Asian couple and I like to think, helped them along as well. We also gave two protein bars to a young couple along the way who were surprised to find no food service along the trail, etc...telling them...this is what friends do! We felt exhilarated beyond belief when we finished the trail. Not bad for two old ladies!!!

The Lesson learned today....NEVER IGNORE seemingly spontaneous interruptions or changes in your plans. You know the old saying....Man makes plans and God laughs...saying "Good Luck with that!!!".

It was a truly wonderful day...we go caught in rain several times...but it cooled us off...we made it to Sedona tonight...had a wonderful dinner...wonderful room with rim views...twinkling lights of Sedona below...we could not ask for a better day!

Tomorrow: Exploring Sedona...will get back to you on this....check FB for pics.

Good night...we raise our Syrah to you!

Sheila and Judy
ignite with sheila@gmail.com

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