22 miles of hiking • 4500' elevation gain •
Trip to the Arizona desert.
Day 1- visited Perry Mesa in the Agua Fria National Monument. This plateau has 7 or 8 pueblo ruins and many petroglyphs. I visited Pueblo La Plata, then ventured onto rugged roads toward Baby Canyon. Maybe I took the wrong road, because my rental SUV could not handle it. So I stopped and just headed down a side canyon and found some petroglyphs and a double metate!
Day 2- Cragging in Sedona- did several routes on Fun Ship, getting acquainted with the sandstone.
Day 3 we climbed Morning Glory Spire- what a thrill!
Day 4- Loy Butte hike/scramble. Probably the coolest thing we did. Loved the slots and ledges, and visited some really cool cliff ruins.
Day 5- Courthouse Butte this was a prickly scramble with a bit of climbing up a huge butte. It was hot, I bonked for a little while. Very cool location though.
Day 6 Crane petroglyph site and Wet Beaver Creek. We visited the stewarded site, then hiked up the creek. It's more fun to stumble upon the ancient rock art in the wild.
