101 Omlets......OMG..and Oak Creek Canyon!!!

Well...after working a few hours this morning...it was time to go explore and get something to eat. We'd been told by more than one person about The Coffee Pot (named after a rock that looks like a coffee pot)...so we had to go. YEP...they have 101 omlet choices....and much more. I opted for the patty melt, was not feling like eggs and it was great. Then we were off to explore. Had heard much about Rt 89A and Oak Creek Canyon....so we drove through the tiny tourist main street of Sedona and out the other end on 89A.....the longer we drove the more breathtaking it was. I've been on lots of mountain roads, but not like this. LOTS of curves and canyon views you would not believe. Took about 30min to get to the other end and the top of the canyon 6000 elevation.....amazing views. Looking back down I took a picture that shows 3 curves in one picture.....wow!!

At the top...what a view

There were some native Indians selling things at the park at the top. I asked the Ranger about them, he said they were real and had real items for sale....didn't buy anything, but I wondered. We drove back down and back into Sedona....I could do that drive again.....was truly awesome.
Now we were off to find The Chapel of the Holy Cross built in April 1956. On the way we found a neat outdoor shop with tons of what I call "yard art".....and other cool stuff. Stopped there and looked for some time and finally bought a few gifts...(can't tell what those were)...and moved on. We followed the easy signs to the Chapel which was only a few more miles. It is actually built on a hill in a neighborhood, I bet they love getting all that traffic but they had to know before they moved in!! It's not very busy out here so we got a closer parking spot and walked the ramp up the the chapel. The view was amazing. It is tiny and very serene.the front wall is all glass and it is a bit of an A frame. a few pews and candles for lighting...is Cathloic..and a bowl of Holy water. I bought a small pamphlet about the history....which is pretty simple, we took some pics and we were off. Marguerite Brunswig Staude built this after seeing the construction of The Empire State Building and thinking that at a certain angle she could see a cross....this inspired the entire building. It is much smaller than origianlly hoped, but is still very nice. There are no services there anymore but it is a great place to sit for a bit.

Built right into the rocks....beautiful and very peaceful

 The Chapel of The Holy Cross...built in 1956 by Maguerite Staude....she had been inspired by the Empire State Building...

The inside shot got dark, but you can see...it was gorgeous.

It was time to go find Montezuma's Well and Castle. We had spent much time riding the canyon so it was pushing 5p by now. We found the entrance to the Well but it closed at 5p and it was 510p...so have to do that another day. It is suppose to be about cliff dwellers....so should be interesting.
So we did a little more exploring of some unknown roads and headed "home". They rent movies here for $3/nite....cheap and big selection....so got 2 movies and vegged. We have been going steady.....so was nice to have an early nite. Since brunch was huge, just had a few snacks and popcorn for dinner.....hummmm, another nice day amongst the great Red Rocks.
Tomorrow is Jerome.....old mining town.....now known for it's ghost population...we'll see!!!