Seattle Visitors

Dave says: Our friends Chris and Sarah came down from Seattle for a bit of winter adventure in Arizona. Right before their trip, a big storm dropped the temperatures and so we spent the first day in Phoenix doing a little hike and a mtb ride. 

On Day 2, we headed north to Sedona after brunch in Scottsdale. There was time for a trip to the cathedral overlook and a short hike around Bell Rock before dinner once we finally arrived. We took them on the Devil's Bridge hike the next morning which was a lot of fun. In the afternoon, we walked around Sedona's art center and admired all the Christmas displays and $30,000 bronze sculptures of animals. It's nice to travel with other couples with a little one who are used to all that this entails.

Day 4 took us up to the Grand Canyon where we hiked down the Kaibab trail for two miles to Cedar Point. When the sun was out it was warm and pleasant. When the sun went behind the clouds and the wind blew, it felt like winter. Skye did well on all her adventuring although she didn't want to wear her gloves but also didn't like having cold hands. Only two miles of uphill on the way out of the canyon still felt like a pretty good workout to me. After a late lunch and a short rim walk, the rain started coming down right as it was time to head home. It rained all night and pretty hard during the drive home the next day so I guess our timing worked out pretty well for the trip.