Summer Road (On/Off) Trip - CA, AZ, UT, NM, CO

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I was able to take 14 days off and explored CA, AZ, UT, NM, and CO. It was a great trip especially finding the ONLY drivable road that goes down into the Grand Canyon. Yee-ha! Explored, in no particular order, Sedona (AZ), Ship Rock (NM), Goosenecks (AZ), Newspaper Rock (UT), Steamboat Springs (CO), Grants (NM), Taos (NM), Great Sand Dunes (CO), Colorado Gators (CO), and more.

DAY 1 - CA & AZ

Aww. Traffic on the 91 going west. We're headed east and no traffic in sight.

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My son below. The ultimate riding buddy!

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Entering Sedona, AZ.

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We stayed at a nearby campground and spent the afternoon at natural slip-n-slide Slide Rock State Park. This place was cool!

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Deep pool for jumping. These three kids were jumping from that point so I went for it as well. It was freaky! As soon as your feet hit the water, you had to pull them towards your chest or you'd hit the bottom and possibly tweak your foot. It was about 10' deep.

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I threw a canopy over the Pilot as we slept inside. Our queen size air mattress fits right in. This looked ugly but kept out the bugs. It was about 85 degF outside at night so the windows had to be open.

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Manzanita campground near Slide Rock. That's our Pilot in the very back.

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DAY 2 - AZ, NM, and UT and CO (if you count 4 Corners). This was our longest day.

Chapel of the Holy Cross in Sedona. This bad boy is built right into the rocks.

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A mansion near the chapel with its own observatory. Wow!

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View from the chapel.

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Sculptures within downtown Sedona.

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Moving towards Tuba City, AZ, we stopped at this cool bridge which was only to carry natural gas.

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Elephant Feet outside of Tuba City, AZ. My son is standing at the bottom to give this perspective.