Empty Nest Eppie's Way: Fun Family Time

The next day after camping we went into Sedona to look around. We ended up as a neat shopping area. It was full of fun shops although they were a bit expensive. This is a fountain that Avery insisted on playing with.

After looking around for a while we were ready for lunch. This was a cue for the guys to pull out the maps and study them for a bit. My husband loves his maps and it seems that his son enjoys studying them also.

While at lunch Mikie found a place we could get tickets to go for a helicopter ride. Ashly, being pregnant and not feeling well, decided to stay on the ground with Avery, while Michael, Mikie and I went up in the helicopter. Here we are in front just before takeoff. I was sitting up frong with the pilot. there was window under my feet as well as in front.

This picture is when we were taking off. We were headed for the bluffs in the distance. We flew around them for about 15 minutes.

It was so cool to fly right up close to the bluffs. It was also beautiful. The day was of and on rainy, so the sky was dark in places making the contrast even more beautiful.

A few times we flew through the canyons over a saddle. These are not zoomed pictures. They are actually how close we were, at least how close it felt we were.These next two sets of pictures so the approach to a saddle and then flying through.

We had a really great time on our trip to visit with Mike and Ashlyn and Avery and look forward to another visit. Hopefully in the not too distant future.

My husband loves to study maps and apparently he has passed that to his son as well. When we went looking for lunch we found a place to get tickets for a helicopter ride. We Michael, Mikie and I got to go for a ride on a helicopter. Ashlyn, being pregnant and not feeling well, stayed behind with Avery. Here we are infront of the helicopter that we rode. I got the front seat, with window under my feet as well as in front.