The Kragts in Aberdeen: Arizona Trip

We took a trip to Arizona in March this year.

We got to Arizona on Friday, but Heidi had been sick the previous week. After the plane flight she got much worse with a fever. We tried the regular stuff on Saturday with no improvement so we went to urgent care Sunday. After urgent care, Julie and I went to see the NASCAR race in phoenix. It was cool to see.

NASCAR race in Phoenix

Playing in the Pond Mini Golfing

We spent the next few days trying to get well. On Tuesday we headed up to Sedona, still sick but improving. Sedona had cool rock like Canyonlands but, they went and but a town in the middle of it. There were a ton of hikes to do. The first day we did Ruby mountain.

Ruby Mountain

Heidi is a little explorer. Purple boots and her hat.

After a little taste of Sedona on Tuesday, we headed to the Grand Canyon on Wednesday. Julie and never been there. They have moved the parking lots further from the canyon so we hit up the visitor center and movie before walking to the canyon. After the movie we started down a path and Julie kept asking where we were going. I kept telling her we were going to the Grand Canyon. Then you finally get through the trees and there it is. Its just huge.

Grand Canyon

Heidi didn't get to run around at most of the viewpoints. Just 3 rails keeping you off the edge.

Back in Sedona on Thursday, we had originally planned on just 2 nights in Sedona, but with the weather and our health improving we decieded to stay another day. First activity of the day was a hike up Fay Canyon. It was a cool hike with a scramble up to an arch. It was fun to have the whole arch to ourselves and get to go underneath and all over the place.

Under the Arch on Fay Canyon Trail

Heidi though a hole in the rocks.

At this point we'd been driving past the Pink Jeep Tours all day long and we decided to rent a jeep and try out the trails for ourselves. We got an orange 4dr named Chacha. First trail went down to an old homestead by a river. Which we crossed.

Chacha the 4 door Jeep

River crossing in a rental car.

Heidi playing in the mud at the edge.

We are getting ready to move into the old homestead. Just stacked rocks left.

Next we went on Soldiers Pass. It was pretty short but had some fun obstacles, the 7 pools, and a big sink hole. Lots of nice red rock to drive on.

7 Pools

One of the Pools, Heidi needed rocks to throw.

Working our way down, Heidi has to do all the walking now.

Devil's Sinkhole.

After Soldier Pass we went over to the Devil's Arch hike. This one we had to drive a few miles on a really rough road we didn't want to take Grandma's car down. Devil's arch is big and you can go out on top of it. It had a nice bouce to it.

Devil's Arch, A long one, lots of broken up rock, stetchier than most we've seen.

On the Arch, nice sunset starting.

Cool lighting when we were there.

In the morning we hit up Broken Arrow. It's one of the tougher trails in the area. The pink jeeps have worn ruts in everything so it wasn't very challenging.

A little crack in the rocks.

Heidi woke up at the turn around point.

This is on submarine rock. The scenery in Sedona was amazing.

After a quick drive of Schnebly Hill road we returned the jeep and did Cathederal Rock. This hike was more of a scramble, with lots of people turning back before the top. Julie did a great job climbing up. We didn't let Heidi out at the top because of the big drop offs and it was so windy she probably would've fallen over.

Near the top, thats the trail on the right.

There were a couple of narrow spots all the wind funneled through.

Julie was probably the only pregnant woman to attept the hike that day or maybe ever.

Friday we headed back to Sedona for a few days before our flight home on Sunday. We took a drive out to the Superstition Mountains and listened to an audio tape. It is an interesting area. Something about the lost dutchman mine. Heidi got to do more rock crawling in the dry river next to the town of Tortilla Flats. We also tried the cactus ice cream. That was it. It was a fun trip and I'm sure we'll be back.