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Day 14 – June 1, 2024 – Williams, AZ Today was more of a leisurely day as we had nothing pressing until 11:30. We had a big breakfast and headed to the GC park about 9:30 as we wanted to be at the park by 10 a.m. With it being a Saturday, we knew the […]

Day 13 – May 31, 2024 – Williams, AZ Today was an early start and after a big breakfast, we were out the door by 7 a.m. By the time we got to the park, found a spot, and did a quick bathroom break we were on the Bright Angel Trail by 8 a.m. It’s

Day 12 – May 30, 2024 – Williams, AZ Today we got an early start and headed to the GC park as we had a bike tour scheduled for 9 a.m. We did the Hermit Road Bike Tour, and it takes you along the canyon rim for 5.5 miles and is closed to public vehicular

Day 11 – May 29, 2024 – Williams, AZ Today we headed to the Grand Canyon National Park. We wanted to check things out and get acclimated as we have a bike tour tomorrow and a mule ride in the canyon on Saturday. It’s about a 25-minute drive from our BNB and we left about

Day 10 – May 28, 2024 – Sedona to Williams, AZ We got packed up and headed out about 11 a.m. this morning to Williams where our next BNB is. We stopped in Flagstaff for a bite to eat at Mother Road Brewing Company and had a beer and some sliders. We sat outside as

Day 9 – May 27, 2024 – Sedona, AZ Had a great night’s sleep and woke up to sound of the birds chirping, though they started a 4 a.m. Figured out they were house finches as we have seen them around the house and hanging out on the porch. Another group starts about an hour

Day 8 – May 26, 2024 – Sedona, AZ We decided to go back to Thunder Mountain and do some of the other trails we had not done. We did the lower portion of Thunder Mountain and picked up the Andante trailhead to the Teacup and the Sugarloaf Summit and the Sugarloaf Loop and back

Day 7 – May 25, 2024 – Sedona, AZ This morning, we literally walked out our door and was at one of the trails (Thunder Mountain Area Trails) in the Coconino National Forest. We hiked the Lower Chimney Rock, up to the summit, Chimney Rock Pass, Lizardhead, and part of the Thunder Mountain trails. We

Day 6 – May 24, 2024 – Tucson to Sedona, AZ After a leisurely morning, we headed out about 11 a.m. to head to Sedona. We decided to take a more scenic route than driving I10. We stopped in Mesa, AZ and had lunch at one of the places Guy Fieri recommended on his DDD

Day 5 – May 23, 2024 – Tucson, AZ We got an early start today and was out the door by 7:30 and we did some hiking at Sabino Canyon Recreational Area in the Coronado National Forest. We started off doing the Bajada Loop (0.3 miles), which was a barrier-free, flat trail with vegetation identification.

Day 4 – May 22, 2024 Today we drove to Patagonia, about 1 ½ hours away, and went to the Paton Center for Hummingbirds nature preserve. This place doesn’t look like much, but they get birders from all over to come and sit and just watch all the birds and butterflies that are all through

Day 3 – May 21, 2024 – Tucson, AZ Today was a hiking day and didn’t get as early of a start as we would have liked, but still managed to get almost 5 miles in. The sun here is brutal and with no/low humidity, you really need to make sure you have lots of

Day 2 – Tucson, AZ We got a decent night’s sleep, though I woke up at 2 a.m. AZ time, which is 5 a.m. NC time, and had a hard time going back to sleep. I managed to doze back off and we got up around 5:30 a.m. I imagine by tomorrow we should be

Day 1 – Wendell, NC to Tucson, AZ The day started at 4:20 a.m. with coffee and a quick bite to eat. We were out the door at 6 a.m. with a ride to the airport from our friend, Michael. We got through the check in process and security quick and headed to our gate.