Tuesday, March 2, 2010

We took "Devils Bridge"....


It took a bit this morning, but we got the day turned around and the sun out and it was warming up. I was out cleaning the grime off the motorhome and trailer this morning when Debbie and Gerard came in about 10:30. We decided to head out to this fancy dancy Resort for lunch and then take a hiking trail. The Enchantment Resort is in Boynton Canyon and is a fantastic place to have lunch as you can see....


The Resort has canyon walls on both sides of it... very cool...

OK, enough lunch, it was time to get serious on the hiking trail... we chose a trail called "Devil's Bridge", not knowing what to expect.... it's not like any of us have been here before....The gals got a bit ahead of Gerard and myself, we had to hussel...

There was no shortage of great views....

A way off in the distance, there always seems to be one of these.... very unusual... flat on top, great for landing planes I guess...


We did a bit of climbing on the trail...note all the red dirt!

We entered into a forest at the bottom of this big mountain we were walking near... Gerard was leading the charge here...

We came across this unusual Rock
k formation, almost like a cave...
Debbie and Gerard posing for us all.....

We carried on past the cave formation, and then hit pay dirt... we took "Devils Bridge"...

The trail came out right underneath the bridge, so it was hard to get pictures, and the sun was in the wrong spot for good lighting...

Quite a unique piece of rock....


Other people on the trail told us about another part of the trail that we could climb and get up top of the bridge, well, we had to do that! Here is Judy making the big climb, it was a few hundred feet up!

Part way up the climb, we hit a plateau, so we had to stop for a group shot compliments of a fellow hiker...

We finally came out on top of the bridge, and there was some crazy guy walking out on the BRIDGE! I couldn't believe it... Wow.... Ohhhhh.... wait..... ya, that was Gerard!


What a view he must have had....

This is my favorite shot of the day... the picture just says it all! I just sat in this spot taking it all in... a great way to spend your afternoon.

Debbie and Judy wanted a piece of the action.... you had to be brave!

Yes, it is a long way to the desert floor behind them!

When you go up, you must come down!

On the way back to the car, we came across this rock at the top of this mountain, and we wanted to go up and just give it a little push!

We got back to the Condo as Debbie was making a nice pasta dinner, and we decided to go to this lookout to watch the sunset. This is a view as we climbed up to the lookout, of the Town of Sedona...

The colours at sunset are just great....

With the sun almost down, the clouds looked neat... just an end to a great day!

Nothing else to say today, the pictures say it all....

Till tomorrow.....

3 comments:

  1. Waouh !! I hope to see this one day ! It looks amazing and pictures are great ! Keep posting lots of nice pictures, I love to visit the blog each day !
    Have fun !
    Love you, Melanie.

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  2. Nice to hear from you, Melanie. Yes, we are having wonderful times. John does a great job on the blog. We watch your blog as well. Take care. Love, Judy

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  3. I'm baffled my mom even attempted to walk out on that bridge!! Looks amazing guys!!!

    Shelly

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