More from Sedona

By Susan on January 22, 2009 11:08 PM | No Comments
As I put the finishing touches on another section of the California Redwoods Travel Guide (should be posted Friday or Saturday), here's some more views of the Sedona, Arizona area that I visited last week. This is Slide Rock State Park, which this time of year is utterly empty of people, but beautiful. Apparently in the summer it's a madhouse.  Found on Highway 89A between Flagstaff and Sedona in Oak Creek Canyon (a great drive, by the way).

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Above: the swimming areas at Slide Rock State Park. The pools are actually quite deep, and you can slide down the rocks into the deeper pools. Nature's own waterslide. 

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Red mountains tower to the west of the creek.

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The state has built some rest rooms into the rocks to handle the crowds. It was a pleasant and unpopulated spot in January. 

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