After three great weeks in Sedona, it was time for us to leave. Partly because we have a lot more to see, and partly because we were a week past our 14 day limit for dry camping in the National Forest. We were also excited to check out the Grand Canyon, which neither of us …
Fay Canyon Today we wanted an easy hike on our “day off” and looking at the AllTrails app, and the Fay Canyon hike seemed to fit the bill. Fay Canyon proper hike is a 2.6 mile walk up a red sand trail that crosses a few rocky washes. At the very top after the sign …
Cottonwood trails Just down the highway from Sedona is a smaller town called Cottonwood. Dead Horse Ranch State Park had a loop of around 20 miles of singletrack that we mapped out to ride. Sundays in Sedona are pretty busy so we headed to Cottonwood for our singletrack fix. Our loop took us on trails …
Devil’s Bridge Hike We try to mix it up so we aren’t riding bikes every day and luckily there are a few hikes we want to do in the area. Devil’s Bridge is the largest natural sandstone arch in Sedona. You can do the hike a few different ways. We didn’t want to walk up …
I like the ride options from the Aerie Trailhead because there are so many loop possibilities. We spent two days riding here and covered almost every trail, some twice. Each day was a good mixture of intermediate and advanced trails. Some of my favorites were Last Frontier, Mescal, Chuckwagon, Ledge-n-Airy, Girdner, and Outer Limits. Outer …
Sedona and the trails get busier on the weekends from people coming up for the weekend, so we took Sunday off to run some errands. We went to Cottonwood which is a lot less touristy then Sedona to spend the day. Before heading into Cottonwood to do fun stuff like laundry and grocery shopping, we …
The Bear Mountain trail in Sedona as a hike isn’t terribly long at 5.1 miles round trip. It is VERY steep in spots though with an elevation gain of 2044′! The trail starts out gently and then ratchets up with full force. There are rock steps and boulders everywhere. This hike gets you way up …
We have a long history with Sedona, we’ve been coming here to mountain bike since the late 90’s when we were tent camping. Decades later, we are still enjoy it, though now it is much busier. So here we are, living in our RV down a dirt road among red rock cliffs, expansive views, and …
Today was a bit of an adventure. We started out by trying to ride down a back road to get to the dam at Apache Lake but after a couple miles in we encountered a very official No Trespassing Government Property sign and had to turn back. Instead, we rode a couple miles down the …
Just past Canyon Lake outside Apache Junction is what I’ll call a death road. It is referred to as the Apache Trail and it is a narrow dirt road that dips down and curves along canyon walls before impossibly climbing out the next one. With views of sheer rock walls, desert flowers of all kinds, …