No problem Dick…. you’ve come to the right place.
Day 2 dawned in Sedona and we saw some sun.
We even saw the promised Red Rock from our kitchen window.
Did I mention things were red in Sedona?
Even the sidewalks were color coordinated.
Our first destination was the Back O Beyond Road…
Where they build houses on rocks.
And if you want your own rock…
This .40 acre can be yours for $489,000.
I said Sedona was red…. not cheap.
At the end of Back O Beyond Road?
Cathedral Rock.
A rock that looks like a cathedral? Okay, if you say so.
A fellow tourist parked next to us said WE HAD TO drive up to the Sedona Airport mesa and take in the view. BEST VIEW IN SEDONA they shouted.
We listened, we went.
The drive up was lovely…
The disappointment when we got there? No parking and no stopping signs plastered all over the place. A little farther up the road? A ticket booth, a guard, a gate and a “viewing” parking lot.
Pay to jump out of the car for 20 seconds and take a picture?
These are my captures as the husband was flying back down the hill…
Did you know that only 19% of Arizona is privately owned?
That means the vast majority of land is open to the public and you can pretty much camp, picnic or hike anywhere.
Which they do. If there’s 3 feet of shoulder? It’s filled with cars and someone, somewhere is hiking.
The rock formations never failed to fascinate me and most of them had names….
There was supposed to be a Snoopy rock and a Chicken Head rock, but sadly, we never found them.
Though believe me…
It wasn’t for lack of trying.
River's world..... 
These photos of rock formations are exactly what I remember the most from visiting Sedona. Beautiful and unique, but the desert colors began to wear on my very last nerve.
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Whaaat?
How? Why? They were gorgeous!
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Those colors are not my favorite ones, so eventually I got tired of Arizona. It all looked the same to me. Too orange-y, too dusty.
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I thought it a stunning contrast against the green trees and blue sky. And think of all the time you save not mowing lawns!
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We were there in the late spring and there was no green to be seen. I suspect I’d like Arizona better in the winter.
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You would. The amount of green surprised me too. I was thinking desert brown and it wasn’t.
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Great post 😁
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Thank you!
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Where is my picture of the roundabout. A central feature of Sedona – the roundabout.
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Hmmm… now that you mention it, I doubt I photographed any of them. Oh, the horror!!
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back you go…
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Oh, the things I do for my readers….
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useless fact : Liam Neeson comes from a place nicknamed the land of roundabouts..
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I love Liam! Although I wish he’d get back to real acting and ease up on the silly action adventures now and then.
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I bet you could “rock around the clock” in Arizona!
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At least in Sedona…. yes.
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So 81% of Arizona is public land, but unlucky for you, not that damned viewing lot. Talk about a cash grabbing tourist trap (and their undercover salesman who suckered you in)…
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I know, right? And the way it was laid out, there was no spot to pull off for free…
😡
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Heading to AZ soon.
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On the base of my marvelous minutiae filled posts?
Cool!
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maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
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Admit it… you wanna go see the rocks.
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I do. I’ve been to Phoenix, New River, Dewey. Even up in the canyon where Alice lives. I don’t know if I can go back. Some of the places Nick and I went are hard to see again. Alone.
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Phoenix was butt ugly. (sorry Phoenix) I don’t know the other two places, but nothing I saw beat Sedona’s beauty. I understand about revisiting … it’s too soon. But maybe make new memories somewhere else…?
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Ya…..maybe. The Grand Canyon was flippin’ awesome…..
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It was!
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Though you didn’t find a Snoopy rock or a Chicken Head rock, it could’ve been worse — you might have come across a Trump Head rock (his hair color matches some of those rocks). 😦
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Perish the thought. This was supposed to be a pleasant vacation!!
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And in Florida a rock is considered a hill and a garbarge fill a mountail!!
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A mountain of garbage? Can’t imagine why that isn’t on the travel brochure…
😉
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We don’t want Arizona stealing our idea!!
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What beautiful photos – wow
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Thanks! It wasn’t hard…. it’s a beautiful place.
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