We drove into Sedona late at night and woke up to these towering red rocks all around us with names like Cathedral Rock, Steamboat Rock, Chimney Rock and the Mittens. Sedona was a fascinating town and exactly what I imagined the desert looked like. We ate breakfast at The Coffee Pot – a fun kitschy joint that serves 101 “famous” omelets and lunched at Sedona Memories – a recommended local spot with delicious sandwiches. We dined at Cowboy Club for cactus fries, rattlesnake meatballs and prickly pear cactus juice cocktails and ended the trip with tacos at Javelina Cantina. The Red Rock Jeep Tour was intense but really fun! We spent an afternoon visiting some of the local wineries – Javelina Leap, Oak Creek and Page Springs Cellars. With several bottles of wine in hand, we then found our way up Airport Road and took in a beautiful red sunset with a glass of wine and some cheese and crackers. I spent some time browsing the shops in the Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village – I loved the glass sculptures and jewelry at Kuivato Glass Gallery. I was told we had to check out Slide Rock while we were in Sedona. The water was ice cold but it was a thrill going down the “slide.” We hung around afterwards and snapped a ton of photos because the landscape there was incredible! On our last night we found a little spot with some lounge chairs, opened a bottle of wine and took advantage of a sky full of stars.
Other than at Tlaquepaque, I didn’t have a chance to visit any of the art galleries Sedona is known for. I heard Exposures International is a great place to see glass and jewelry and Lanning Gallery for contemporary art.
eat the coffee pot | drink prickly pear margarita | do slide rock
photo credit kate zitzer
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