Father's Day in Sedona Arizona

Everyone who knows me knows how much I love Sedona, Arizona. It's such a peaceful, beautiful and special place for me and I've wanted to share with my loved ones for quite sometime now. While on a two week biz trip to San Francisco, Rahav, Dante and I bridged the weeks with a quick Father's Day trip to Sedona. Check out the PHOTO ALBUM

We all came away refreshed and longing for more of the serene, dramatic beauty of the wild west. We stayed in a cozy hotel off Highway 179 called Kings Ransom Hotel, which had views of the red rocks and a refreshing deep, cool swimming pool and over-sized jacuzzi that we enjoyed every day. Dante was fearless and would jump off the side of the pool into our arms and duck his head in the water and cruise back and forth between are arms, all the while flirting with the twelve year old girls ogling over how cute he is.

Having Dante didn't stop us from hiking 1.5 miles up Cathedral Rock (we slung him over our back in the ergo) where we rested and had lunch in the saddle of the red rocks and enjoyed the 360 degree view of the Verde Valley, 1600 feet below. At times it was more climbing than hiking as you can see in the pix. Another highlight is the natural limestone water slide underneath the Midgley Bridge off of Highway 89A. The slide is tucked away and only the locals seem to know about it. Thankfully, tourists head to Slide Rock State Park. This one is much better and the slide takes over a minute to complete and is quite rough in some areas. I got quite banged up! Dante's way too young right now to enjoy it but give him a few years and he'll be going down it head first :-)

Last but not least is the sunset from the Sedona airport - ahhhh - there's one of the famous vortex circles and words can't even describe the beauty of the setting sun on the red rocks. We were speechless. Sedona is such a spiritual place that it's hard to speak above a whisper and impossible not to feel at complete peace with yourself and your surroundings.