lilbuj
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I rarely post here but lurk quite often, so I had a great few days in AZ and figured you all would be interested in some of it. My wife works in the day care industry and each year at a different location they have an annual conference for all their franchises. This year was in Scottsdale AZ. We flew out on Wednesday the 8th and got up early Thursday morning to visit the Grand Canyon.
Day 1 Adventure
My wife and I drove to Sedona had breakfast at the Red Rock Cafe which was excellent and then proceeded on to the South Rim. We arrived at the Visitors Center 2 hours later and took a shuttle to the South Kaibab Trail to hike into the Canyon. [GALLERY=media, 924]20160609_171048[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:38 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 925]20160609_171137[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:38 PM[/GALLERY] A little bit past Cedar Ridge looking North and South I believe. [GALLERY=media, 923]20160609_160504[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 922]20160609_160436[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM[/GALLERY]
Cedar Ridge [GALLERY=media, 921]20160609_155820[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM[/GALLERY] It was about 85 degrees in the shade on Cedar Ridge when we arrived. The total hike took us about 2.5 hours and we descended about 1200 ft into the canyon. We headed back to Sedona to pick up my rental bike for the next two days. On our way we took the scenic route through Oak Creek Canyon which was almost as beautiful as the Grand Canyon. Got to Over the Edge Bikes in Sedona at 5pm where they set up the suspension for me and sent me on my way. We ate at Tamaliza in Sedona an excellent tiny Tamales shop and headed back to the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia for the 7pm conference reception cocktails and meet and greet. We were both exhausted and ducked out as early as possible and were asleep before 9pm. Over 8 hours driving in one day but worth it.
day 2 in the next post.
Day 1 Adventure
My wife and I drove to Sedona had breakfast at the Red Rock Cafe which was excellent and then proceeded on to the South Rim. We arrived at the Visitors Center 2 hours later and took a shuttle to the South Kaibab Trail to hike into the Canyon. [GALLERY=media, 924]20160609_171048[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:38 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 925]20160609_171137[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:38 PM[/GALLERY] A little bit past Cedar Ridge looking North and South I believe. [GALLERY=media, 923]20160609_160504[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM[/GALLERY][GALLERY=media, 922]20160609_160436[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM[/GALLERY]
Cedar Ridge [GALLERY=media, 921]20160609_155820[1] by lilbuj posted Jun 13, 2016 at 5:30 PM[/GALLERY] It was about 85 degrees in the shade on Cedar Ridge when we arrived. The total hike took us about 2.5 hours and we descended about 1200 ft into the canyon. We headed back to Sedona to pick up my rental bike for the next two days. On our way we took the scenic route through Oak Creek Canyon which was almost as beautiful as the Grand Canyon. Got to Over the Edge Bikes in Sedona at 5pm where they set up the suspension for me and sent me on my way. We ate at Tamaliza in Sedona an excellent tiny Tamales shop and headed back to the Omni Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Montelucia for the 7pm conference reception cocktails and meet and greet. We were both exhausted and ducked out as early as possible and were asleep before 9pm. Over 8 hours driving in one day but worth it.
day 2 in the next post.
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