Sedona Travelog #10
Sedona, AZ - Sun, 29 May 2022, 1pmI've kind of been sneering at Subway Cave for being Instagram famous. Often such places are oversold; they're not as amazing in person as in carefully posed shots. And almost always they're over-touristed. Subway Cave is definitely over-touristed but I'm not sure it's oversold. In addition to ( Read more... )

We got home from our 4-day weekend trip to Sedona last night. Today we're back to work.

"Wait, weren't you at the Subway Cave in Boyton Canyon just a few hours ago?" you might wonder. "Did you cut your trip short and rush home?"
Blog Backlogged. Backblogged?
Haha, no, we didn't rush home from the Subway Cave. We hiked Boynton Canyon on Sunday. ( Read more... )

Sedona Travelog #9
Sedona, AZ - Sun, 29 May 2022, 12:30pm

We found the Subway Cave!

It turned out it wasn't hard to find.... We just had to wait until around midday when the trail was really crowded with noob hikers who saw it on Instagram (noobs don't know to get an early start like we did) then look for where the scads of people were going. At ( Read more... )

Sedona Travelog #8
Sedona, AZ - Sun, 29 May 2022, 11:30amIn reading trail guide-blogs for Sedona we learned that a recently famous destination in Boynton Canyon in the Subway Cave. It's not marked on forest service maps or included in official trail descriptions. Google Maps shows the location but not the trail to it. Yet, "Many people hike this ( Read more... )

Sedona Travelog #7
Sedona, AZ - Sun, 29 May 2022, 10:30am

This morning we got up early to beat the heat and (hopefully) the crowds at popular trailheads in Sedona. By early I mean we set our alarms for 6am. The sun had already been out for at least 45 minutes. We roused, ate breakfast, packed our hiking bags, and were out the door by 7am. It's a ( Read more... )

Sedona Travelog #6
Sedona, AZ - Sat, 28 May 2022, 8pm

After hiking Fay Canyon this afternoon on the northwest side of Sedona we stopped in town for a late lunch (around 2:30pm) and then drove down to our hotel in Oak Creek Village. It's a small community 5 miles south of Sedona where there are several hotels and a bunch of restaurants. There are ( Read more... )

Sedona Travelog #5
Sedona, AZ - Sat, 28 May 2022, 2pm

I split up my blog about hiking Fay Canyon into two parts. That's partly because there are so many pictures I want to share and partly because the hike itself had two parts. In part 1, we hiked the trail to its end through a beautiful canyon. Then the trail ended. Technically.


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Sedona Travelog #4
Sedona, AZ - Sat, 28 May 2022, 1pm

Woohoo! After 3 blogs about our Sedona trip we're actually in Sedona! ...Or we were, for several minutes. I don't know if we are now. We're out at Fay Canyon, several miles out from the center of town.


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Sedona Travelog #2
Phoenix, AZ - Sat, 28 May 2022, 7:30amWhen I stop over in a city en route from Point A to Point B I like to call it "8 hours and a shower in ___." That's not accurate for last night's stop in Phoenix. One, we'll been here more like 10 hours. Two, I'm not taking a shower. I plan to get dirty & sweaty during the day. I'll take one ( Read more... )

Sedona Travelog #1
SJC Airport - Fri, 27 May 2022, 5:30pmTonight we're flying to Phoenix. Our flight departs at 6:20pm and is scheduled to arrive PHX at 8:10. We'll stay in Phoenix for the night then drive to Sedona tomorrow morning. We'll be there through Tuesday ( Read more... )