| Northern Arizona is perhaps most famous for the Grand Canyon but when I ask people where they would like to have spent more time, they often say, Sedona. This part of the Verde Valley is indeed magical and magnificent. Sedona is where art, commerce and architecture of our modern civilization meet the stunning red rocks and life filled canyons of nature. And you don't have to look too far, Tuzigoot and Montezuma Wells for example, to realize we are not the first to have bathed in this magical basin of almost surrealistic existence. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Day 27 - Tlaquepaque Shopping, Sedona, AZ |
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| Tlaquepaque is truly the icon for Sedona shopping. Here is a quick little glimpse into the shopping and dining atmosphere of Sedona. (Guys, hang on to your wallets here.)
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SEDONA FREE |
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| A little slide show type video of mostly the Sedona area. The sound track is flute music done by Micki Free, a native American performer.
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Valentine's Day Sedona Style |
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| A helicopter ride around the Sedona red rocks and Oak Creek Canyon areas.
Looks like fun to me! I like the music by Deep Release Runtime 4:00 |
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Sedona - an unexpected de-tour |
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| It's New Years eve 2007 and my gang is heading down to the Verde Valley for our annual New Years winter camp out. Unfortunately a bad accident had closed I-17 so we get detoured through Oak creek Canyon and Sedona. A route that is not designed for heavy traffic. After an hour or two of just crawling along I decided to pull out the camcorder and shoot so footage. Here's what I ended up with. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sedona |
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| Another slide show of the Verde Valley area.
This place is a haven for the photographer. Runtime 2:34 |
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Landing a Twin Star at Sedona |
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| The airport in Sedona sets atop a mesa. This gives one a sense for what it's like to land there.
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Slide Rock State Park Az |
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| When I was a kid we would drive over to slide rock in the summer and occasionally be the only people there. ( That's not likely to happen nowadays.) Of course, we would spend many hours sliding down the now famous 'Slide Rock'.
This video proves you don't have to be a kid to enjoy the thrills of slide rock. Apparently he was 64 years old when he did this. More water would have helped. Runtime 1:34 |
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Bell Rock Pathway Sedona Arizona |
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| Mountain biking is awesome in all of Northern Arizona but particularly so in the Verde Valley (especially in the winter). Here is a little trip on sections of the Bell Rock Pathway.
This comes to us from those who would encourage you to mountain bike Sedona. Runtime 5:08 |
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Montezuma Castle - Montezuma Well Camp Verde, Az. |
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| Montezuma Castle is not far from Sedona and puts our modern civilization into context and our own existence into perspective.
It's nice of people to share there vacation videos with us. Here you get a little sense for how much they enjoyed it. Watch for that 'terrible troll' under the bridge! Runtime 4:59 |
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