greenroads: Goodbye Sedona! Boynton Canyon Hike

Leaves are changing!

Sedona we will be back! There are lovely shops and resorts like Tlaquepaque and Enchantment but the best thing about Sedona for us was the hikes. You could stay here for a month or more and do a different hike every day. You need a Red Rock Pass to park and hike and it is $5 a day but next time we would buy a weekly pass. Some hikes are short, some are steep, some are long but all are gorgeous. I think it is the best way to really get into this unique environment. Sedona is expensive but we found it was fine to stay 20 minutes down the road at Camp Verde and drive back to town for hiking.

Boynton Canyon turned out to be one of the best hikes we were on around Sedona. The sun wasn't shining on this one, the colour is like a reflection. It seems to have a light of it's own!

Believe it or not this picture was taken from the bar, through the window at Enchantment!

In the Boynton Canyon is a resort called Enchanchment. We went there for a beer after the hike on the recommendation of people we met on the Grand Canyon flight. This is an exclusive place hidden in this Canyon and I think very expensive! But beautiful. It would be amazing to stay there sometime among these colourful cliffs. It is owned by a Japanese Corporation and in the U.S. has a sister resort in Virginia.

This is the patio of the bar at Enchanchment where we had a beer. Check out the tennis courts in the background. Also croquet courts.

Fascinating formations.

It's a secret alright! But not now that it's in the blog!

More stunning formations...they look like they have been carved. I guess they have by time and erosion!

You can see parts of the resort, hidden in the canyon.

Rock art! This reminded us of Northern Ontario Inukshuks. Wally fits right in!

As we hiked it became more of a climb and eventually we were boxed in.

The hike took longer than we thought. What else is new! I was starved and despite the difficulty of sitting on this slope I managed to get lunch. Do not enlarge this one!