Thursday 15th September
Today we woke to brilliant blue skies and after breakfast drove up to a local trail head and went for a 3-4 mile walk through wonderful desert like countryside with spectacular red and yellow sandstone cliffs and trees with dark green foliage - beautiful colour contrasts.
It was quite hot but often with a pleasant breeze as we walked along a small wandering track over rocks and sand and then along an unmade rocky road to the Devils Bridge trailhead.
We decided not to go the final half mile which was steeply uphill, as my foot was beginning to hurt and Iain wanted to conserve his energies, which was sensible but a bit of a shame. We loved the walk we did though; and we then drove around a scenic loop road near Red Rock State Park before driving through Sedona to the Chapel of the Holy Cross high up on the red cliffs. Several scenic views later we stopped at the Secret Garden cafe on the way back to Sedona as I was getting hungry (it was 3pm) and I had only had yoghurt and a bit of fruit and granola for breakfast. I had some excellent hummus and pitta bread whilst Iain demolished an enormous pink and red slice of cake/raspberry mousse/whipped cream! I thought it looked horrible but it disappeared rapidly and Iain enjoyed it. We then drove down towards the airport where there is a scenic lookout with a beautiful vista of Oak Creek and the red rocks.
We are eating at the Casa again tonight as although it is quite expensive it is a lot easier than driving into Sedona.
It was quite hot but often with a pleasant breeze as we walked along a small wandering track over rocks and sand and then along an unmade rocky road to the Devils Bridge trailhead.
We decided not to go the final half mile which was steeply uphill, as my foot was beginning to hurt and Iain wanted to conserve his energies, which was sensible but a bit of a shame. We loved the walk we did though; and we then drove around a scenic loop road near Red Rock State Park before driving through Sedona to the Chapel of the Holy Cross high up on the red cliffs. Several scenic views later we stopped at the Secret Garden cafe on the way back to Sedona as I was getting hungry (it was 3pm) and I had only had yoghurt and a bit of fruit and granola for breakfast. I had some excellent hummus and pitta bread whilst Iain demolished an enormous pink and red slice of cake/raspberry mousse/whipped cream! I thought it looked horrible but it disappeared rapidly and Iain enjoyed it. We then drove down towards the airport where there is a scenic lookout with a beautiful vista of Oak Creek and the red rocks.
We are eating at the Casa again tonight as although it is quite expensive it is a lot easier than driving into Sedona.
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