Sunday – April 9 – Today we did a train ride through Verde Canyon, the train leaves the Clarkdale station and goes to Perkinsville (wonder if the people who settled here are related to us) and back. It was another beautiful day and the train trip was great, with beautiful scenery. We decided to treat ourselves so went first class. The coach was an old stainless coach which has been totally redone and our seats were very comfy couches, with two facing each other and a large table in between. Included in the price were appetizers and a glass of champagne. Right behind our coach was an open viewing car with a canopy over top for shade and it was really needed as it was a warm sunny day. We went through a 680 foot man made tunnel and was it dark for about 60 seconds, you couldn’t see a thing. The canyon is home to the bald eagle and there was a nest with two babies in it and we could see the eagles flying around.

We had met a couple from B.C. at Blake Ranch RV Park in Kingman who also moved on to this park and they were doing the train trip also today so we went together. Steve drove and we went back through Oak Creek Canyon and through Sedona. In Sedona we stopped at the chapel built in the rocks and also saw a few other places which we haven’t seen yet. All in all it was a great day.