March 4, 2007 Fortsat fra sidste side ~ Continued from last page Dansk tekst til venstre English text on the right Dagens baghave: Backyard of the Day: Red Rock Mountains, Sedona Area, Coconino County, Arizona The Red Rock Mountains are located in Coconino County, Arizona, and encompass Red Rock State Park, Slide Rock State Park in Oak Creek Canyon, essentially the greater area around Sedona.   Vi kørte igennem Arizonas Red Rock Mountains på vej til campingpladsen. We drove through Arizona's Red Rock Mountains on the way to our campground.     Sne i Oak Creek Canyon ~ Snow in Oak Creek Canyon     Slide Rock State Park       Slide Rock State Park er en gammel æbleplantage, som blev drevet af Frank Leslie Pendley. Han kom til Oak Creek Canyon for at fiske i 1910, og blev boende. Slide Rock State Park is an old apple plantation, which was run by Frank Leslie Pendley. He came to Oak Creek Canyon for a fishing trip in 1910 and stayed. Æble-pakke-huset er bygget i 1932 ~ The apple packing house was built in 1932

Slide Rock State Park har fået sit navn, fordi vandløbet i parken har en flad, glat, klippegrund, der bruges som vandrutchebane. Slide Rock State Park got its name, because the creek in the park has a flat, slippery rock bottom, that can be and is used as a water slide.       Frank Pendley giftede sig den 23. november, 1921 med Jane Hibbard Hutchinson, og de boede fra 1927 i dette hus med deres ni børn. On November 23, 1921, Frank Pendley married Jane Hibbard Hutchinson, and from 1927 on they lived in this house with their nine children. Frank Pendley anskaffede sig dette vandhjul i 1920erne, så familien kunne få elektricitet. Frank Pendley got this water wheel in the 1920's, so that the family could have electricity.

Den mest velkendte klippe i Red Rock State Park er Cathedral Rock. The most well known mountain in Red Rock State Park is Cathedral Rock.                   Vi overnattede i Point of Rocks Campground. We spent the night at Point of Rocks Campground.

Camping Information We camped at Point of Rocks RV Campground at 3025 North Highway 89 in Prescott, Arizona. They charge $27 for an RV camp site with full hook-ups. Facilities: Heated bathroom with showers. Camp store. Picnic tables. More Historical Sites Here More Arizona Travel Information Here A BIT EARLIER TOMORROW