Category: Arizona
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Sedona, AZ to Santa Fe, NM
Friday, August 19, 2022 It’s a convoluted drive out of Sedona. You have to drive south, then east to I17, then north to I40 east. On Monday I had taken my truck to Flagstaff for an oil change. I drove north on 89A, which is a beautiful road, but it is a winding, narrow mountain…
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Devil’s Bridge Hike, Sedona, AZ
Thursday, August 18, 2022 From AllTrails: Try this 3.9-mile out-and-back trail near Sedona, Arizona. Generally considered a moderately challenging route, it takes an average of 1 h 39 min to complete. This is a very popular area for hiking and off-road driving, so you’ll likely encounter other people while exploring. Dogs are welcome, but must…
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Toozigoot National Monument, Jerome, Cottonwood, Arizona and The Church of the Holy Cross
August 17, 2022 There are three national monuments around Sedona; Toozigoot, Montezuma Castle and Walnut Castle. We opted for Toozigoot, a pretty impressive site that sits on a hill above the Verde River. It is one of many in the Verde Valley, but it seems to be a place of leadership, a place where people…
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Hike Soldier’s Pass Loop, Sedona, AZ
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 68 degrees at 6:00, high of 86 Rated 4.5, it is a 4.5-mile loop trail. We turned it into a 6-mile hike with a few diversions. Sedona is a huge hiking area with 252 trails, most of which are highly-rated. With beautiful, red mountains all around, it is hard to go…
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Move to Sedona, Arizona
August 14, 2022 at 3:20 AM 59 degrees at 6:00, high 91 Three hours south on 160, then “Everything’s Fine on 89” is Sedona, Arizona. Martha had requested Sedona, after Mark’s recommendation. Along Rt 89, we saw a sign for Wapatki National Monument. Since this trip is all about the national parks and monuments of…
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Navajo National Monument, Arizona
Saturday, August 13, 2022 59 degrees at 6:00 “The Hopi, San Juan Southern Paiute, Zuni, and Navajo are tribes that have inhabited the canyons for centuries. Springs fed into farming land on the canyon floor and homes were built in the natural sandstone alcoves. The cliff dwellings of Betatakin, Keet Seel, and Inscription House were…
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Drive to Navajo National Monument
Friday, August 12, 2022 67 degrees at 6:00, going to 91 deg. At 8:00 we set out for Navajo National Monument, turning south on 191. I desperately needed to get the Virginia Airstream newsletter out. With no cell phone service recently, it has been difficult. We could have turned left to the nice Visitor’s Center…
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Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site
Thursday, July 28, 2022 In the afternoon we drove 30 miles south on 64 to Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site. We drove through a huge storm with rain so hard, I had to pull over for a while. We seem to bring rain wherever we go. There is a nice Visitor’s Center with a lot…
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North Rim Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Thursday, July 28,2022 66 degrees at 6:00 am, high 89 We had scheduled a Jeep tour of the canyon with highly-touted Bobby Vanwinkle, but Chinle Wash was flooded and too high to cross into the canyon. Someone had tried, but his pickup truck remained stuck in the flooded stream. We drove the North Rim to…
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Canyon de Chelly National Monument
Wednesday, July 27, 2022 We chatted with our neighbors in a cool NoBo trailer with a tent on top. A lady was making pancakes. Martha went over to see the unique NoBo, similar to Ruff and Sandra’s, but smaller. they had five people traveling in it – two small children, a teen-age boy, two women…