Ridin' the red rocks

Sedona went fairly well today. Mom, dad and I left the house at around 8:30 and picked up my cousin Jill on the way out of town. It took us a little while to get to Sedona due to construction so by the time we got to the Bell Rock parking lot it was already 11:00. Dad and I decided that we would ride into town and meet Mom and Jill there which seemed like a pretty decent plan. The ladies headed off to hike some of Huckaby and then hit the shops while dad and I rode.

Our route was Bell Rock Pathway to Llama to Little Horse to Chicken Point to Broken Arrow and 179 into town. The ride started out not so good, I was stopping a lot waiting for dad and he seemed to be struggling. Turns out Michele's bike wasn't giving him the small chainring so after a quick stop to fix it at the start of Llama we were back on our way. Dad was still lagging behind a bit and so I was still stopping every five minutes or so. Just about the time I was starting to get concerned he really started to pull things together. After Chicken Point it was all gravy, we rocked the downhill stuff, blew past the Hummers, and sailed once we hit pavement. 8.8 miles and 1400 feet in 2.5 hours including stops.

After we found the car, loaded the bikes, and got changed we ate ice cream sundaes while waiting for the other half of our posse. The long route home was determined to be the best so we stopped in Jerome for real food and back in town by 7:30. A good time was had by all.