Sedona, Arizona - July 2007
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Sedona - July, 2007:

Sedona, Arizona:

Pam and I had just picked up the new Harley Touring bike and needed a place to ride to. My wonderful cousin Bonnie and her awesome husband, Ramsey, got themselves their eventual retirement home just south of Sedona, Arizona a couple years ago. We'll go there!

So easy to say. Less easy to do. Remember, this is July and we're heading straight into the sun. But like the old ranch-hand I should have been, I thought we'd just do most of the riding in the morning when it's cooler. Stay with me, cause it gets better. The oil cooler, along with the big bore kit for the bike was three weeks late already, but since we had the trip planned, those little details failed to stop us. Off to the desert, in July. Yee Hah! That's what I'm talking about.

It's not that it was warm on the way out there, but I'd say an ambient temperature of 116°F might be interpretted by some as, shall I say, "warm". Some might say that, but the ones that say "What the hell you thinkin' boy - that's gonna be hotter 'n hell out there." Well, they'd be the right ones.


Map of Arizona

Map of Sedona

Hiking Map of Sedona
Courtesy of Super 8 Motel

Scenic Sedona:

After Ramsey helped pry us from where we had melted into the seat, they went right to work being the perfect hosts. They took us hiking at Red Rock Crossing, Tuzigoot National Park, Oak Creek Canyon, Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock and even some nice walks around the neighborhood.

Sedona's another beautiful dot on this planet and certainly a great place if you're looking for a nice Vortex to renew yourself. Yep, that's what I said. Let me explain it like this. I'll put everything I know about Vortexes between the following quotes: "     ". Now you know what I know.

Bonnie and Ramsey's house is actually in Oak Creek, just South of Sedona and that's actually got a lot of advantages, especially during peak tourist season. Downtown Sedona get's pretty jammed up when all the old hippies cram the streets with their Volkswagen Vans looking to be "Vortexed."

 

Oak Creek

 

Cathedral Rock

 

Bonnie & Pam

 

Up on Cathedral Rock

 

Bonnie & Pam Coming Down From Cathedral Rock

 

Bonnie & Pam Rearranging the Landscape

 

Bonnie, Ramsey & Pam

 

Old Phart

 

Bruce & Cathy
Bonnie & Ramsey's old Neighbors Visiting From Maryland

 

Red Rock Crossing

 

Bonnie, Ramsey & Pam
Trying to set up the picnic table so we can eat before it starts raining.

 

Looking Down Oak Creek Canyon
That's Sedona in the background.

 

Looking Down Oak Creek Canyon
Zoomed in for a closer view of Sedona.

 

Looking Down Oak Creek Canyon
That's Pam in the foreground.

 

Pam & Bonnie on the Deck of Their House

 

Joined by Cathy

 

Pam & Bonnie Truckin' Down The Trail

 

Pam & Rich

 

This is What Happens When You Step on a Vortex

 

Obviously, Only Pam is Standing on a Vortex in This Photo

 

Indiana Johnson

 

The Perfect Guide

 

Red Rock Crossing
Cathedral Rock in the background.

 

Red Rock Crossing Looking the Other Way

 

Pam Cooling Her Footsies at Red Rock Crossing

 

Bonnie at the Tuzigoot Indian Ruins

 

Pam

 

Ramsey

 

The Ranger Giving us the History of the Tuzigoot
It's similar to a Flugelhorn, but longer.

 

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Links to Other Arizona Trips:
Jerome, Mining Town
Phoenix, November 2007
Sedona, December 2007

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