Last days in Sedona

We are home, and of course life is busy, so I didn't post about our Sunday until now. Sunday was another great day.. We all slept great and Lois was feeling much better. After church we went to Cottonwood for brunch, a little shopping and we found a geocache. Then back to the room where Jon watched football, Lois relaxed, and I went for another hike. I’ve never hiked the trails to the north of our timeshare (that I remember), so I headed that way. I did the teapot trail to Sugarloaf Summit Loop. Very nice 2 mile trail. Almost 5 miles when I added on the walk to and from the trailhead. It was really wonderful to see up close everything I took pictures of the day before on my airport hike. And to look back from the summit and see the airport.

My first view of coffee pot rock as I walked up the hill through the housing area.

Chimney rock. We’re pretty sure it’s also called three fingers rock. We remember from a previous tour that from the other side it’s actually three fingers sticking up.

Coffee pot and Thunder Mountain.

From the summit, a view of the airport where I hiked yesterday and all the landmarks on the other side of it. pretty cool that I basically walked all the way over there and all the way back this direction between the two days.

Chimney rock, I think.

Close-up of Thunder Mountain. I remember from a tour that that is a treacherous place to hike. It is called Thunder Mountain because it can be really scary. If you’re up there when it’s thundering. At least one tour guide has told us that lots of people get rescued from there every year.

Met some hikers from Virginia and we took each other‘s pictures in front of coffee pot. You can see why it’s called coffee pot.

A map of the area that shows you a lot of the landmarks I saw while hiking. 

Sunday evening we went to Redwall distillery. A few years ago I found this place right after it opened. I was looking on Maps for something to do, and there it was - a new distillery. Now it has become one of Jon’s favorite places in Sedona. He almost always visits when we are in town. Especially in the evening, when you can see the sun go down.

Pictures from Redwall.

Once again, I am thanking God for his protection and the way this vacation has turned out, despite the terrifying start. We got home Monday, Tuesday Jon played golf and I did some errands and tasks for church. Now let the car shopping begin!