Sedona Arizona
Sep 20, 2022 05:39:56 #
Laramie wrote:
Don't go on the weekend. And especially, if you go north on 89A, give yourself time to return. The line of traffic gets quite long approaching Sedona southbound on 89A.
Go through Winslow, Prescott, Cottonwood then through Sedona from Phx. Far more interesting.
Sep 20, 2022 09:27:55 #
If you have a good friend, you can fly into Sedona airport. It's an exciting trip as the runway is on a mesa.
Sep 20, 2022 09:45:00 #
Oak Creek Canyon is particularly beautiful in October. I never thought “autumn color” would be found in Arizona, but it is in Oak Creek.
Sep 20, 2022 10:04:48 #
Architect1776 wrote:
If you can get out of Sedona the West Fork trail i... (show quote)
I totally agree, with the suggestions and the sentiment about present day Sedona!! I graduated from Flagstaff many years ago, Sedona was a short drive south and the reason for several days playing "hooky". I refuse to go there any more! "if you can get out of Sedona" by all means GET OUT Of Sedona!! It's an incredible place once you do so!!
Sep 20, 2022 10:31:53 #
Suggestion: Skip the Pink Jeep tours (they are fine but have a schedule to keep) and rent a jeep from Barlows. You can drive any of the routes, they provide a map, so at the 'Buick barrier entrance' to each tour, you set your trip-odomer to zero and then the map gives you 'sights, interest' by mileage along the way.
Now, you manage your time, stop when and where you choose. You have the jeep for sunrise, sunset if you do multiple day, or PM to AM next day. When we did it, there were no restrictions on your choice of routes. Just use good judgement and go slow.
You need proof of insurance so check website and make reservations.
Now, you manage your time, stop when and where you choose. You have the jeep for sunrise, sunset if you do multiple day, or PM to AM next day. When we did it, there were no restrictions on your choice of routes. Just use good judgement and go slow.
You need proof of insurance so check website and make reservations.
Sep 20, 2022 16:08:42 #
Retired CPO wrote:
I totally agree, with the suggestions and the sentiment about present day Sedona!! I graduated from Flagstaff many years ago, Sedona was a short drive south and the reason for several days playing "hooky". I refuse to go there any more! "if you can get out of Sedona" by all means GET OUT Of Sedona!! It's an incredible place once you do so!!
I have a few acres and a house up in the Canyon just up from Call of the Canyon.
My grandfather built it for my mother in 1960 and been going there ever since and camped there before that.
Sep 23, 2022 04:59:06 #
Harry0
Loc: Gardena, Cal
jhgribble wrote:
Heading to Sedona Az soon, I have been to Bell Rock, coffee pot, cathedral Rock, the chapel of the holy cross.. these are all beath taking. Any other spots you folks would recommend? Some other locations and or trails that would be considered easy to mild, 3 to 3.5 miles or less?
John
John
Cheap greasy spoon diners are sometimes a hoot.
I was just there visiting: got a kid in Phoenix,
Sitting at the linoleum table of a quiet place at the edge of town.
EVERYthing in this town is heavily influenced by the teal and orange aspects, btw.
ANYway we were being overlooked by a neon horned skull with orange glitter eyes.
Go slow, be prepared. Take lots of shots. Look for architecture.
You'll be surrounded by photo ops. A lot of tourist sights. Sites. Whatever.
Show us some!
Sep 23, 2022 09:03:25 #
jhgribble wrote:
Heading to Sedona Az soon, I have been to Bell Rock, coffee pot, cathedral Rock, the chapel of the holy cross.. these are all beath taking. Any other spots you folks would recommend? Some other locations and or trails that would be considered easy to mild, 3 to 3.5 miles or less?
John
John
One thing worth seeing in Sedona proper is the only McDonald's with green arches.
Sep 24, 2022 02:36:55 #
Architect1776 wrote:
Perhaps you meant Wickenberg?Go through Winslow, Prescott, Cottonwood then through Sedona from Phx. Far more interesting.
Sep 24, 2022 02:39:56 #
You might consider using Hwy 260 through Cottonwood to 89A to Sedona. Hwy 179 has a million (really!) roundabouts to go through.
Sep 24, 2022 06:17:09 #
Laramie wrote:
Perhaps you meant Wickenberg?
Yes Wickenburg.
I did a lot of work in Winslow and habit of typing it.
Ps Wickenburg has a great western museum and the Hassiampa River is amazing
Sep 24, 2022 12:23:48 #
Some have already mentioned Walnut Creek cliff dwellings and Jerome (a bit south west of Sedona - a cool old mining town set in the side of a mountain. Also Red Rocks state park, just outside of Sedona has great hiking trails and views, including the House of Apache Fires, built in the 1940s by Jack and Helen Frey (when he was President of TWA). I'll try to attach a few pics from each.
House of Apache Fires, Red Rocks state park
View from one of the Red Rocks State Park trails
Town of Jerome on the mountain side.
Saloon in Jerome
Walnut Creek Cliff Dwelling
Walnut Creek more dwellings
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