A hiking day today for us.
After breakfast, we headed towards Sedona and parked at the Bell Rock Trail parking lot. Note to self: if you wait till after 9AM, the lot is full and its warm by then! Fortunately, we got there by 8AM I believe.
It would end up being almost three miles of hiking over uneven terrain with lots of small rocks, ledges and steps to keep things interesting.
At the start of the hike, looking at
south face of Bell Rock
Neighboring rock formations
I missed it but Martha spotted this snake dragging its prey lizard away from the trail:
North side of Bell Rock
We then wandered over to the Big Park Loop which eventually took us along the north side of Bell Rock and then we turned south on Rector Trail:
West side of Bell Rock, within the Munds Wilderness Area
We'd spotted people climbing on Bell Rock, and eventually found the trail that leads to the climbing path:
We didn't go climbing....
We then took a drive towards Flagstaff using Hwy 89A, which was reported to be a scenic byway. Well, it was also heavily forested so it was but brief glimpses of rock formations for us today. It's a very twisty road too so the driver has to pay close attention. I think it would be fun on a motorcycle but traffic was pretty heavy so not sure.
The afternoon was spent relaxing at the campsite after a nice lunch. Towards evening, I walked up another small hill overlooking the campsite for this shot:
Nice weather today, sunny but cool breezes in the shade. Highs in the mid-70s at most. The haze brought on by a prescribed burn which had made the valley looked fogged in, had disappeared as you can see above.
I'm happy to report the two solar panels are providing more than enough power to not only power the Starlink system but also charge the house battery on the VRRV. I turned Starlink on when we returned for lunch, left it on all day, and the house battery was 100% charged.
7 comments:
Looks to be a very established trail....and very pretty! How many watts are your panels?
Coop, they're 100 watt panels, from harbor freight.
As for the trail- first part was very wide and I think called a path instead of a trail, as we looped around it got narrower but yes- very nicely maintained and marked area for the novice hikers that we are…or at least that I am.
Looks like a great hike and a pretty area. Watch out for those snakes!
Oz, indeed and the snakes are no big deal, we spotted another one at our campsite, similar type.
Wow, I never get to see such spectacular rock formations while I am hiking... and the weather seems to treat you nicely as well. Over here we have torrential rainfalls... Cheers from the other side of the pond, SonjaM
Cheers, SonjaM...too bad about all the rain over there, we could use it here in Colorado.
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