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| Sonora Desert Museum |
One of the advantages of working through the holidays, is you get to travel when the seasonal rush dies down a bit. This January is our 8th together, and perhaps we should call it our turquoise anniversary, as we spent it traveling around Eastern Arizona.
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| West Fork, Sedona |
We started, as we often do, with a bit of birding--starting in the Sonoran Desert and stopping for a great lunch in Tuscon en route to Ramsey Canyon, where we spent the first two days. We then headed up through the scenic Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest-- a drive as challenging as any in NZ-- ending up in Petrified Forest NP, the most pleasant surprise of the trip, and one we captured in a video hike (see previous post).
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| Ballooning in Sedona |
Stopping for a bit of BBQ in Flagstaff, it was then on to Sedona, where we spent three glorious days hiking around (and ballooning above) the magnificent scenery.
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| Ballooning over the Red Rock Secret Mountain Wilderness Area, Sedona |
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| Boynton Canyon, Sedona |
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| Bear Mountain Summit, Sedona |
We spent the last couple of days recovering in Scotsdale, where we discovered some great restaurants, Barrio Queen and Cowboy Ciao.
