Sedona, Arizona

Sedona, Arizona. Really neat place, but really warm too.

We were bondocking!

In the Coconino National Fores, the views were amazing!

After setting up, we headed into town to hang out at the Starbucks. It was too hot to stay in the trailer so the air conditioning and iced drinks were amazing. We noticed there was a good sized conference room (even with a door) in the Starbucks which was unique.  Unfortunately, they closed at 7 PM and we were back out in the heat.

The next day, we headed out to the Palatki Ruins. Dating back to AD 1150-1350, these ruins were homes to natives. It was located just down the road from our trailer so it was very convenient. The best part: it’s a free tour of the ruins and petroglyphs!

These homes were built with just stone and mud! It’s so incredible they’ve lasted for so long!

These stone homes were built against the base of a mountain. This helped with protection from enemies and nature. As you can see, rock falls still happened.

We hiked on to the petroglyphs inside the natural amphitheater. 

The petroglyphs are paintings on the rock walls. You can see some of the images and make them out but there are some that don’t make sense to us now. 

They’re doing some research to find out how old these paintings are.

By analyzing the different layers and types of materials used for these paintings, experts are able to tell which groups of people came first and what their intentions were (hunting animals or weather patterns that help them with growing crops).

We headed back to the trailer to pick up our laundry before heading to the Chapel of the Holy Cross.

It is a church that was built into the red rock!

It was amazing.

The inside was beautiful.

The views right outside were also gorgeous.

It was just a very beautiful experience.

We hit the shops after!

Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village

We thought we would walk around the shops and check some of them out. The plaza had some really cool shops with interesting items. It was a pretty fancy place so Jared ended up throwing on a real shirt and we headed in. We even saw Albert there.

The next morning, we headed out for our hike to the Devil’s Bridge. We got there around 10:30am but it was still pretty hot. We brought plenty of water because of the heat!

It was pretty cool because the trail was also a 4×4 trail. We saw some Jeeps and side-by-sides go by.

The last .7 miles went up and it was cool because of the red rocks.

You couldn’t see the bridge until we were right in front of it.

Jared walked across the bridge!

We stopped by Starbucks again for the air conditioning.

Before heading back to Aljo, we stopped at a sunset lookout spot. It was pretty crowded so we didn’t stop.

We headed back to the trailer, driving into the sunset.

We decided to stay an extra night since it was Sunday and football season.

We went to a Mexican Restaurant – Tortas de Fuego- for a little break from cooking.

It was okay but not the best Mexican food we’ve ever had.

Being from California and loving Mexican food, we have some pretty high standards. This place had some smaller portions and no complimentary chips. But, they had a salsa bar so it was kind of confusing.

We went back and watched some more football in the trailer.

Sedona was fun!