Day 7 Cottonwood to Flagstaff AZ 46 miles
Not a lot of miles today but more bleeping climbing. Cottonwood was 5300' and Flagstaff is 6900'. We got to Sedona about 10:00. It's a pretty place with all the red rock cliffs and blue sky. Michel and I stopped at a Dairy Queen for a snack. (Michel is the pharmacist from Montreal. We have two others: Steve from Seattle and Rick from Witchita Falls.) But like the guy in the commercial says "But I digress". The guy who took our order at the Dairy Queen was friendly. He asked if we had come from Cottonwood. Michel said yes but told him we started in LA. He seemed to greatly impressed but we still had to pay for our snacks. After Sedona is Oak Creek Canyon. It's a two lane rode with lots of cars, tour buses and motorcycles. Apparently, a lot of Europeans come to the US and bring or rent motorcycles and tour. A group of about 30 passed us flying the Swedish flag on their bikes.
After Oak Creek Canyon was a steep climb. At the rest stop at the top, a guy leaned out of his car window and said "great climb" to me. Must have been a cyclist.
Tomorrow is a rest day. I need it.
Rest well Sam, you deserve a day. It looks so very beautiful out there. How fortunate you are to be able to see it all. And, thank you so much for the wonderful blog. We look forward to it each day. Monday, on to Holbrook, I shall look it up. I am learning alot of this trip of yours. Later, take care.
ReplyDeletei rode through oak creek canyon but it was in a 1968 mustang with karine and phoebe we ended up in parker arizone and had dinner with gladden and ed...........
ReplyDeletei think i will take a bikeride to the napa valley and pass through burning man on the way home...............enjoy your "day off"
Enjoy your day off!!!
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