Hiking down into Oak Creek Canyon
So last week on Jay’s day off, we went up to Flagstaff (I-17 to 89A) and headed back down the scenic route through Oak Creek Canyon and to Sedona. At the top of Oak Creek Canyon, there is an overlook where we stopped and enjoyed our picnic lunch.
There is a hudge bridge that goes across part of the canyon before you get to Sedona that has parking and some hiking trails. We stopped there and took the “Huckabee” trail down the canyon and to the river.
It is rated difficult on the path maps, but it really wasn’t too bad. Coming up was a bit tiring, but not too bad, we just took our time. Unfortunately, I had forgotten my camera. The temp was in the 90’s but once we got down into the canyon and in the shade by the river, it was very comfortable. I would say about 15-20 degrees cooler at least.
Once we got down there, we crossed the river on some rocks and a makeshift bridge someone placed. We didn’t know but there was another river. It was quite rapid and abutted the sheer canyon wall. We sat on some rocks and just enjoyed the solitude. Then some other hikers came by on their way back up. They stopped and we chatted for quite awhile. They told us that if we had continued the trail further down the river and across the second river the trail leads all the way through to the village of Oak Creek (which is just south of Sedona)
We weren’t really prepared for a hike, so next time…… We will be sure to have our packs for hiking with extra water, etc. We did have a blast, though.
After we got back up the canyon we went on to Sedona, did a little looking around, had dinner and headed for home. On the way out of town, we stopped at this one shop that carries all kinds of southwestern stuff. We bought two lizzards to put on our privacy wall outside. They look great! We had a good day.
This week on Jay’s day off, we are talking about doing an overnighter to Globe to check out some more ruins.
Mike and Connie’s wedding - really beautiful. The Chapel was amazing! It was at St. Johns Inn in Plymouth. This place was really unique. It used to be a Catholic Seminary. It’s now an Inn and banquet center. The Chapel is set up so that the pews face the center isle because as a seminary it was used as a classroom.
