Written on June 8, 2016
Fay Canyon is the best bang for your buck in Sedona. Easy, flat and meandering through Red Rock canyons It doesn’t get any redder than this Faye Canyon easily topped the list as our favorite activities in Sedona. This is because it was a perfect “cherry on top” to our first day in the town....
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Written on May 30, 2016
Traveling pearls and things we want to come back to after our first experience in Sedona, Arizona From the Resort From towers of steel to towers of stone- as we wound around the final stretch of highway on our drive, we were greeted by a skyline far more beautiful than our hometown of Chicago. Colorful...
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Written on May 29, 2011
There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. ~N.P. Willis Finding the darkest skies! North America at Night Stargazing Map World Atlas of Stargazing Maps The Best Places in the US to Stargaze There’s nothing on Earth quite as enchanting as a starry night sky...
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Written on April 21, 2011
Day: 3 Miles: 710 Location: Monument Valley Tribal Park, Arizona West Mitten, East Mitten, and Merrick Butte, posing for the camera Today’s destination was the famous Monument Valley Tribal Park which is a part of the Navajo Nation. This is the largest Native American Reservation in the country and it spans three states: Colorado, Utah...
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Written on April 18, 2011
“A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles.” ~Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire Desert Perspectives Phoenix has forever ruined the image of Arizona. Not that I have anything against, Phoenix, I am a much bigger...
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