Question for Arizona Riders
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Question for Arizona Riders
After seeing the Hoover Dam on an upcoming west coast trip and on the way back east should we?
1. Continue south down 93 directly to Phoenix to pick up I10 (possible return route)
2. Jump on I40 to Flagstaff then south on I17 thru Sedona and then to Phoenix and I10
Have heard that the Sedona area is beautiful. Our goal is not the quickest way back but the most enjoyable. Is visiting Flagstaff or Sedona worth using the seemingly non direct route to Phoenix?
Another possible question might be is should be forget I10 and maybe use I40? Once again the goal is not necessarily the quickest but the most enjoyable. Thinking of using I10 because we want to hit the Austin and San Antonio areas, Biloxi and New Orleans.
1. Continue south down 93 directly to Phoenix to pick up I10 (possible return route)
2. Jump on I40 to Flagstaff then south on I17 thru Sedona and then to Phoenix and I10
Have heard that the Sedona area is beautiful. Our goal is not the quickest way back but the most enjoyable. Is visiting Flagstaff or Sedona worth using the seemingly non direct route to Phoenix?
Another possible question might be is should be forget I10 and maybe use I40? Once again the goal is not necessarily the quickest but the most enjoyable. Thinking of using I10 because we want to hit the Austin and San Antonio areas, Biloxi and New Orleans.
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I'm not from AZ but I have spent a lot of time there. Sedona is something you'll never forget. If you can, come from the north through Page and you'll have a nice ride to Sedona through a canyon surrounded by high walls covered in lush forest. I don't remember the name of that route but you can easily find out. The scenery around Sedona is like nowhere else in the world.
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I'm not from AZ but I have spent a lot of time there. Sedona is something you'll never forget. If you can, come from the north through Page and you'll have a nice ride to Sedona through a canyon surrounded by high walls covered in lush forest. I don't remember the name of that route but you can easily find out. The scenery around Sedona is like nowhere else in the world.
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Yeh, realize that south probably will mean more heat.
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Thanks for that info. We might have wound our way out of the area after Sedona but sounds like we should stay around until at least Prescott.
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If you can work it in time wise, Sedona is a great place to be at sunrise and sunset. We stayed at the Matterhorn, dated but clean. I haven't ridden it but Route 66 is supposed to be worth a look between Kingman and Segliman.
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Thanks for the heads up about the morning and evening suns, the Matterhorn and the segment of Route 66 in that area. I hadn't picked up on it being so nearby.
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I'm not from AZ but I have spent a lot of time there. Sedona is something you'll never forget. If you can, come from the north through Page and you'll have a nice ride to Sedona through a canyon surrounded by high walls covered in lush forest. I don't remember the name of that route but you can easily find out. The scenery around Sedona is like nowhere else in the world.
I just got back from a 2 day ride on the Coronado Trail in eastern AZ. Temps in the desert valleys were close to 110° both days and is typical for summer in AZ. Unless you enjoy riding in that kind of heat, avoid Phoenix and Tucson and stick to higher elevations from now through September.