While my brother @jarvie was staying with me during his annual February trip to Arizona (Arizona in winter is beautiful with average temperatures in the 70s) one weekend he asked if I wanted to go to Sedona.
YES! They had recently gotten a lot of snow and really wanted to get pictures of Sedona in the snow.
Something to know about me. I grew up in the beautiful beach town of San Diego and in my heart I love the mountains and snow. I am so happy when I am in the snow so to see the beautiful red rocks of Sedona covered in a beautiful white blanket of snow. I was so happy!
We woke up around 4am so we could get on the road and to Sedona by 7am for sunrise.
Cathedral Rock
For sunrise we started a Cathedral Rock. Where @jarvie did some drone flying and I even got to do a little. It is a natural sandstone butte on the Sedona skyline 1.
Yavapai Point
As we headed to the scenic byway we pulled over and took pictures at Yavapai Point in the super deep snow. Scotty has a great off road truck and so we were able to pull into the parking area.
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Bell Rock
This is what I think of when I think of Sedona Red Rock. It is the first landmark on the Red Rock Scenic Byway when you come from the south (Phoenix). It is 4,919 feet tall 2.
Courthouse Vista
We then headed north on I79 and pulled out in a little place called Courthouse Vista.
Chapel of the Holy Cross
@jarvie is a wonderful photographer of churches and did a project called Faith in America in which he photographed religious buildings in all 50 states in America. It was no surprise to me that he wanted to photograph this church too.
Cool sun in a bed of snow.
A gorgeous morning.
Second breakfast
For late breakfast we went to a cute Mexican Restaurant. The food was good and the owner very friendly.
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Cathedral Rock
We wanted to see Cathedral Rock from a different view point and see if it was a good spot for sunrise shots the next morning.
I really did like it with the water flowing through the picture.
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Yay for off road vehicles! We got to go out further and see some gorgeous views.
When we started the trip Scotty said he wanted to get a cactus covered in snow!
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Schnebly Hill
What a gorgeous place. Lots of people were hiking around here, which I would like to go back and do in the future.
Slide Rock
Slide Rock State Park is a 43 acre apple farm located in Oak Creek Canyon. There is a park entrance fee per vehicle and it has places to hike and camp 3. In the summer is is a popular place to cool off in the water. We parked outside of the park and I took pictures and @jarvie flew his drone.
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The drive on 89A
Scotty and I had a GREAT time singing to 80s pop music driving through this gorgeous winter wonderland. The road was closed to Flagstaff so we had to turn around and go to the I17 to go to Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. We didn't mind. It was so beautiful.
Here is a sampling of the fun.
We also made a great 80s pop play list for our Sibling Trip in May to Europe.
Snowpeople!
One of my favorite things was all the snowpeople all over the city. While most people picture Arizona as hot desert with lots of cactus, which is true in parts of the state. Northern Arizona does get snow and this past weekend it got more than it usually does
According to Bestplaces.net Sedona averages 1 inches of snow per year and in February 2019 Sedona got 11 inches of snow!
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We then headed up to see and take pictures of the Grand Canyon for sunset. That will be my next post.....Share My World: Grand Canyon in the snow
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I knew this would get a curie vote when I saw it yesterday! I just didn't have time to comment at that time :)
Your photos are stunning Sara! That sky is so so so blue and those mountains are majestic! I haven't seen such mountains before so I might need to travel over there if I want to see them in real :)
My favorite photos are the ones with snowpeople :) I love making them too!
Thank you for sharing Sara and congratulations on the very well deserved vote!
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Thanks so much Martina. It was really such an amazing weekend. It usually doesn't get this much snow so it was an extra special treat.
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wow! Sedona in the snow!Its a first time I see something like that❄⛄
Btw. hope one day I will go to sunny San Diego;)
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Thanks Tammy. Sedona is such a beautiful place and in the snow it was even more impressive and magical.
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Hello there @sjarvie5!
Sedona... hmmmm i have not yet encountered that im my readings. But I am grateful for today cuz you had included us in your day tour! Just lovely!
With all those majestic rock formations or point peaks had blown me away. I could only know them through stories and movies.
You and your brother are exceptionally great in taking pictures!! I love all your shots. And you even made little olafs, that was pretty cute. We dont have snow in this side of the world.
Thank you so much for the very beautiful gallery you have shared with us. And its an A plus for adding a handful information about the place. I have learned more of our history and geography.
Keep creating lovely shots of the world Miss Sara. Cant wait what you'll snap next time.
Cheers! ❤
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Thanks @maquemali. Yes, Sedona is a well known beautiful city in Arizona north of the capital Phoenix, Arizona. This much snow is highly unusual so it was a special treat even for those that live in Arizona and well worth the drive to see it. You should check out some of the other Share My World posts. There are a lot from Arizona, Oregon and Utah.
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Oohhh.. now i know! You guys are lucky enough to have such wonderful nature treats. It is a worthy drive at all just to see how remarkable those views are. I could just siy down and watch them while taking my coffee. That would be the day..
Thanks for the tip, I will head over there for more of Arizona inputs!
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Wow you took some amazing photographs. The scenery there is stunning and I particularly like the ones from the road. The contrast of the red rock and the snow is spectacular.
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Thank you very much. I completely agree, I love the contrast of the red rock, blue sky and white snow.
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Oh wow...! That winter wonderland on top of the red rocks looks so out of place to me, it's magical! I love the contrast and can totally see why you made so many beautiful photos!!
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Thanks it most definitely was a winter wonderland!
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That was a fun trip!!
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Thank you @travelfeed and @elsaenroute for the upvote and support.
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Double wow!!!
Amazing post, too bad I am not a @curie curator. This one definitely has what it takes :)
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Thanks so much, that would be nice.
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Ha ha, I knew it!
Well deserved :)
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Aww thanks!
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Cool thanks.
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Wow, that was a nice trip you guys had. Beautiful nature there, I thought this place is dry desert lol.
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Yes, lots of Arizona is dry. Up north they often get snow. Not this much though in Sedona. So it was a treat for locals and visitors.
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Thank you very much.
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These shots are fantastic. you definitely got some absolute perfect weather. Clear crisp and clean blue skies set against the snow covered landscape really stands out. My favourite shot is the roadway near the end, with the snow covered trees arching over. This post definitely makes me want to travel to Northern Arizona.
Congratulations on the well deserved @curie curation.
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Thanks so much @jk6276. I was showing this to a friend of mine and when she saw that shot of the trees on the road she told me that is her favorite drive on the whole planet. It really was so amazing. I want to go back up and do that drive again, especially in the fall.
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Wow @sjarvie5, the amount of time and effort you put in this blog really pays of! Besides awesome pictures you have a clear nice structure which you follow throughout the blog :)
I hope you had a lot of fun exploring the nature in Arizona!
Hope to see more posts like this from you :)
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Thanks @mcnestler. It is nice you noticed the structure. I really enjoy Steem and blogging on this platform because I get to organize and present my pictures in a fun and structured way. You should check out the other Share My World Posts for more like this one.
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You guys obviously had an amazing time but all u want is the breakfast... Lol
The mountains looks breathe talking but I'm not a snow person so u don't think I will love snow adventure but I won't know until I try it... Yavapai point is my favorite
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Thanks @peachyladiva The breakfast was good! I Loved Yavapai point too! It was so fun walking in the deep snow and everywhere I turned was a new and beautiful scene.
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That's good to know
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awesome pictures you have in there and great experiences too. I really love the places you visited and in fact, they portray great history and such an awesome environment. I really enjoyed your blog and i hope to see more amazing experiences around you through pictures in some days to come
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Thanks @ferrate!
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You are humbly welcome
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Wow, it really looks fabulous @sjarvie5!
Very beautiful photos. I just commented on some Spring posts, but these Snow photos are also very impressive. The nature is very beautiful. We need to treat it with respect, do our best to preserve the beauties. Although I am not a hard core nature activist, seeing this kind of photos, I can understand how people can do so much effort to defend it.
Thanks again for sharing this very nice experience!
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Thanks @lion200. I agree we should treat our world with kindness!
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I thought Sedona is a hot desert, but it doesn't look like so. It was a fantastic trip and you got some really cool photos. The red sandstones make fine contrast with the snow and I wonder how would they glitter in the golden sunset.
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Thanks. Sedona's average temperatures in the summer months are in the 80s and 90s and for the year the average temperature is in the 70s. This much snow was very unusual. Glad I got to go and see and capture it.
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We have some really hot places in India but like Sedona the places never got snow. The red color is making them all pretty unique. Nice photos, nice framing and have fun
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Thank you for your comment.
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very cool pictures
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Thanks @travelfox
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