The Guides

MARIO

Guide Manager

Born: Yes I was…unless this really is the matrix.
Nickname: Cloned Feb. 1958
Sedona since: In these lands for 25,000 years…How about you “white man”?
Secret talents: Well if I told you then they would not be “secret talents” anymore…duh!!
What do I like most about being on the ADW guide team? Who said I like them? What’s ADW anyway? Some kind of new rash?
How long have you been Guiding Tours? I dunno…what time is it now?
Favorite Quote: Sure you can trust the U.S. Government. Just ask the Indians.
Favorite Tourist question: Where are we? Can you please let us off here? We’ll walk back ourselves. What’s with that big gun? What do you mean you want to be tipped now?
Most rewarding part of your job: The drugs, the booze and the naked women…no wait, that was my last job.
Best animal encounter on tour: None that lived…you’d be surprised what a jeep can do to the critters doing 65 mph on a rocky dirt road. (just kidding)
Favorite Season to guide: Well if it’s called “tourist season” why can’t we shoot them.
Worst part of your job: Getting paid with beads and blankets instead of real money.

JIMMY

Born: Black Hills of South Dakota.
Nickname: Wolf Eyes.
Sedonian since: 1978.
Why’d you end up here? Bull-riding. I didn’t have to go far to get beat up!
What do I like most about being on the ADW guide team? You get to 4-wheel drive all day, never pay for gas or tires, have your own mechanic, and meet people from all over the world.
How long have you been Guiding Tours? 10+ years.
Favorite Quote: “Never kick a fresh cow pie on a hot day.”

BUZZARD

Born: In a White Oak tree.
Nickname: Turkey Buzzard.
Sedonian since: Before the Great Flood.
How’d you end up here? Fell out of a hot-air balloon.
Secret talents: How can I tell my secret?
What do I like most about being on the ADW guide team? I get to meet people from all over the world.
How long have you been Guiding Tours? 343 years.
Favorite Quote: You know what they say in South Italy – “Ciao ya’ll.”
Favorite Tourist question: “At what elevation do Deer turn into Elk?”
Most rewarding part of your job: People’s laughter.
Best animal encounter on tour: Ring Tail cat.
Favorite Season to guide: All seasons.

RUSTY  "CAST IRON"

Born: Yes.
Nickname: Cast Iron
Sedona Since: My arrival.
Secret Talents: None – however, numerous quirks.
What do I like most about being on the ADW Guide Team? The adrenalin driven women, of course.
How long have you been Guiding Tours?  (See: Lewis and Clark, expedition of)
Favorite Quote: “Let me so live that I can look any man straight in the eye, and tell him to go to hell.” (Rusty)
Favorite Tourist Question: How much should I tip you?
Most Rewarding Part of your Job: The Love . . . ah yes, the freakin’ Love!!
Best Animal Encounter on Tour: A two-headed Coyote – the harmony was phenomenal!
Favorite Season to Guide: Anytime!
Worst Part about Being a Guide: The staff doesn't listen to me!

NINA

Born: Not as long ago as you may think. in a galaxy far, far away. in Berlin, Germany.
Sedonian since: A conspiring alliance of old grade school buddies lured me here in 2004.
Secret talents: Hey, that´s a secret! (but is it a talent?)
What do you like most about adw guide team: No hard feelings for over-keeping a jeep and otherwise blondly messing with other people´s days.
How long have you been guiding tours? It´s been a long tour since I escaped my mommy´s arms, mostly unguided, I´m afraid.
Favorite quote: The Gods must be crazy
Favorite tourist question: So... you were actually in control the whole time?
Best animal encounter on tour: Ravens playing with the wind
Most rewarding part of your job: Giddy kiddy-laughter. and screaming grownups!
Favorite season to guide: Monsoon season (redundant)

HAROLD

Born: Broken Bow, OK                                                         
Nickname: Grampa McCoy
Sedona since: Where's Sedona.
How’d you end up here? Car broke down while I was being chased by the Federalese..
What do I like most about being on the ADW guide team? Its cooool!
How long have you been Guiding Tours? 7 yrs.
Favorite Quote: "Hold ma beer and watch this!
Most rewarding part of your job: meeting new folks from all over the world.
Best animal encounter on tour: Deer jerky...its the best.
Favorite Season to guide: I'm a hunter... I like "Tourist Season"! 
Worst part of the job: Freezing my toes off!

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SHARI

STEVE

Born: June 6 2011
Nickname: Steveo
Sedona since: Born just around the corner
How’d you end up here? !!!
Secret talents: I can ride a unicycle
What do I like most about being on the ADW team? The people I work with
How long have you been guiding? 2 1/2 yrs
Favorite quote: "The more things change, the more they stay the same"
Most rewarding part of the job: The moola.. and a cig now and then.
Favorite Tourist question: How many miles does the jeep have left?
Best animal encounter on tour: A Green Mohave Rattle Snake
Favorite Season in Sedona: Spring
Worst part of your job: when it's slow

MATT

Born: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Nickname: Woody (from Toy Story)
Sedona since: way to loooong!
How’d you end up here? lost and out of gas
Secret talents: Crashing Jeeps (gonna keep an eye on you)
What do I like most about being on the ADW team? picking on the other drivers
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Most rewarding part of the job: the pay
Favorite Tourist question: Did they carve that rock?
Best animal encounter on tour:.Sasquatch
Favorite Season in Sedona: Winter
Worst part of your job: rainy muddy wet days!

JUNIPER

Born: good hearted with a wild spirit
Nickname: Juni
Sedona since: 1997
How’d you end up here? passing through
Secret talents: I'm a Tango Dancer
What do I like most about being on the ADW team? How kind everyone is to one another
How long have you been guiding? 
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Most rewarding part of the job: watching Sedona go through all it's seasons
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Best animal encounter on tour: being chased by a Bull Snake
Favorite Season in Sedona: All of them
Worst part of your job: washing jeeps after a muddy day

TERRY

Born: Glen St. Mary, Florida 
Nickname: Li'l Bit
Sedona since: Oh...What time is it now?
How’d you end up here? Boy meets girl...Facebook 
Secret talents: I'm good with knives!!!
What do I like most about being on the ADW team? my extended dysfunctional family
How long have you been guiding? What time is it now?
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Most rewarding part of the job: What job?....this is a job?
Favorite Tourist question: Did you mean to do that? 
Best animal encounter on tour: Red-tailed Hawk posing for pics.
Favorite Season in Sedona: Falling backwards
Worst part of your job: Being vertically challenged and trying to lift the hood of the jeep when you're a munchk'n...and... washing the jeep!

JOE

Born: I was born a po' whi' chile in Walthon, Mass...in 1952 BC (somewhere in the Jurassic)
Nickname: JJ, "Prospector Joe", Joe Baby
Sedonian since: 2006 
How’d you end up here? Family on the way to Denver...I got sick...stopped here...fell in love with the place.
Secret talents: Musician (French horn, Jazz keyboard)
What do I like most about being on the ADW team? Driving in Sedona instead of the San Fernando Valley...Shuck'n and jive'n with cowboys....and Justin's cooking!
How long have you been guiding tours? 9 months... I'm still a NFG.
Favorite quote: I can speak 2 hours on any subject, 4 hours if I happen to know something about it!
Most rewarding part of the job: Teaching geology...and getting a BIG tip for it! 
Favorite Tourist question: Do geologists believe in God? Can you support a family driving a jeep?
Best animal encounter on tour: a herd of 20 elk. 
Favorite Season in Sedona: Spring... its Tourist season....does that mean we can shoot them?
Worst part of your job: Jeep washing or having the police follow you... its a toss up!

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MIKE

Born: Oxnard, Cali

Nickname: Iron Mike

Sedona since: 22 yrs
Secret talents: working for two different companies at the same time
What do I like most about being on the ADW team? They taught me the trade
How long have you been guiding? 2 yrs.
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Most rewarding part of the job: interaction and entertainment
Favorite Tourist question: Have you ever rolled a Jeep?
Best animal encounter on tour: Bobcat
Favorite Season in Sedona: autumn

Gina

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