Day 3: Sedona

Hi everyone!
The first 2 days have been unreal!!! The drive through California was gorgeous, all of the rain this year has made the desert green and blooming. With a late start and a busy week, we ended up sleeping in a Love's gas station parking lot in Coachella the first night. We slept in until about 7am (which I guess was good, one- because we needed it, and two- we missed out on the mass exodus by the big-rigs) and then got back on the road headed to Havasu.
The desert winds sure can blow and with a larger vehicle we sure did move around a lot. When we arrived in Lake Havasu the winds were still blowing pretty hard and there didn't seem to any reason to stay in town, so we ate a picnic lunch by the lake, checked out the bridge and split.
The drive to Sedona was great, once again, besides the wind the scenery was unbelievable. The color of the rocks and their unique structure is so neat.
We drove through the town of Prescott and then had to go back a few miles to the 89A which brought us to Jerome, AZ. This drive was crazy, the roads were so incredibly twisting and narrow, I don't think that the speed limit was ever over 35mph. This was my leg of driving which is interesting because I hate roads like this, especially even more so when there is a steep cliff on one side of the road. Needless to say my palms were sweating the whole time! Once we reached the town the drive was DEFINITELY worth it, the town itself is built into the hillside at 5,000 feet and tiers down the side of the hill. The narrow road switchbacks through town and overlooks a beautiful valley of reddish rocks.
We arrived in Sedona around 5:30pm and went up Airport Rd to overlook the entire town and see a panoramic of the red foothills and distant peaks. It was still quite awhile until sunset and we figured the angle of the sun would be better for sunrise, so we headed back to town to scope it out and find a good trail to ride the next day and a place to pull into for the night.

...Pierce and I just watched the sunrise over Sedona, AZ (which was quit freezing, boy that wind is cold at nearly 5000 feet) and now we are warming up with some coffee and getting some work taken care of. After some breakfast we will be going for a bike ride and then head on to the Petrified Forest. Our plan is to stay in southeast Arizona tonight and then head into New Mexico in the morning.
We are having a blast!!!

...more in a few days, right now we are off to ride Sugar Loaf Trail :)
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