SEDONA ARIZONA!!! HIKE, CHILL, PETROGLYPHS, NEW AGEY STUFF and a GHOST TOWN!!!

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DRIVING / HOTEL for 3 nights...

HIKE / chill / relax in an Indian ruin / new agey stuff / take photos / petroglyphs / a ghost town / an insane asylum / more hiking / Mexican food and a cool cafe with space aliens...

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EITHER BRING FOOD FOR LUNCHES for 3 days, or buy in town. There's a Circle K next to the hotel... or in Oak Creek there's "Webers IGA" and in Sedona there's a Whole Foods and a Basha's. REFRIGERATOR in all rooms.

PARKING PASSES / 1 PER CAR - are available at Circle K and the Visitor Center on the way into town. $5 per day or $15 for the week

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THURSDAY:

ARABELLA HOTEL: # 725 route-179

click here for smartphone Google map link to Arabella Hotel (https://goo.gl/maps/AxmNMkdQedJ2)

Drive from LA... drive time approx 7 1/2 hours... I'm leaving around 7AM, time to stop a couple times and get to Sedona around 5:00 PM to check in. Cool stops on the way are Quartzite and Montezumas Castle.

6PM: meet in POOL area and caravan to Airport Mesa Vortex for SUNSET

map to parking lot (https://goo.gl/maps/fEPAsvNcjHv) <--2/3 mile--> map to vortex (https://goo.gl/maps/KHRzQ7QmuNS2)

8PM: meet at Oaxaca Restaurant for dinner. 311N State Rd 89A click for map (https://goo.gl/maps/5pT5Mc8cN8z)

FRIDAY:

8AM -9AM - breakfast in hotel

9:30AM - meet in lobby... packed and ready to leave for hike. Cathedral Rock. 3-4 miles with moderate rock scrambling. BRING LUNCH and WATER!! possible short hike at Bell Rock afterwards. Back to hotel around 3PM-ish ish

4:PM - Leave hotel for Red Rocks crossing. 2-3 mile hike, flat trail, possible water crossing. $8 parking fee per vehicle. Great sunset pics!

8:PM - Dinner. - After dinner, possible libations at the Brewing Company or Mooney's (which is stumbling distance to the hotel)

SATURDAY:

8AM - 9AM - breakfast in hotel

9:30AM - meet in lobby... packed and ready to leave for the day. Drive to Petroglyphs ( 1 mile hike) then Boynton Canyon for a 5-6 mile hike with a couple side treks to some Indian Ruins... bring LUNCH, SNACKS and plenty of water.

7:30PM - DINNER then driving to JEROME Ghost town for libations and a drink at an old INSANE ASYLUM

SUNDAY:

8AM - 9AM - breakfast in hotel

9:30AM - meet in lobby... packed, checked out and ready to leave for the day. Drive up Schnebly Hill for a 3-4 mile hike. Bring LUNCH and snacks.

Return home whenever you want... leaving at 3PM will get you home around 11PM