Originally Posted by
bhrubin
Agreed! Did you get to Sedona and the Oak Creek Canyon between Phoenix and Flagstaff? A major highlight in AZ for us, along with the others you mentioned.
Yes, we loved Sedona and spent one night there. Just by magic the red rocks was suddenly there, so beautiful. We could easily have spent 3-4 days there to see even more of that part. With just one night, we were able to see the Oak creek canyon by driving, went to have a short hike and picnic at red rock loop crossing (in a nature reserve there) and saw the beautiful chapel plus the little charming handicraft village for some gift shopping. Highly recommend to take the route from there (via Gran Canyon) to Amangiri like we did. Also a day with quite some driving but oh so worth it. It was surreal to suddenly be at the Gran Canyon entering from Williams through thick boring forest.