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Going to Sedona, AZ for a week during new years. Is there anything to do there?
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John Rabbit
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do you like nature? there's a lot of that in sedona.
and hippies and marketed new-age bullshit. also the fudge company makes some good stuff.
honestly a week sounds like a pretty long time to spend in sedona.
and hippies and marketed new-age bullshit. also the fudge company makes some good stuff.
honestly a week sounds like a pretty long time to spend in sedona.
Fuck...
Fenderputty
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You like golfing?
This is not encouraging....
Partial Gamification
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yeah, go meditate in an energy vortex.
Site might help you out.
http://www.visitsedona.com/
Honestly its a very nature/hippy kind of place for the more well to do
desertdroog
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Go hiking, some very beautiful country is in the Red Sedona rocks. Or if you can swing it and they are open, look to going to Page Springs and try some wine.
http://pagespringscellars.com/
Otherwise you will be a very bored man.
Sedona is a cross between very affluent and hippy.
Theres some reasonably neat ancient sites within distance like Montezumas Castle but generally you aren't going to get too much excitement from the area.
And it certainly wont be -40 but this time of the year you'll be getting to freezing temps and possible snow
I can't hike, I got arthritis in my ankle. Extended walking will put me in some serious pain. But wineries and such are right up my alley.
Fenderputty
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Yeah ... if you were hoping for and awesome but not very well know party scene, this isn't the place. lol
Joe Shlabotnik
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Yeah, the red rocks are beautiful. I also had the best fucking burrito ever there, though of course I don't remember where. It really is beautiful desert country though I don't know how to kill a week there.
desertdroog
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Then go to Jerome (about a half our away) and check out:
http://www.vvwinetrail.com/caduceus.html
And watch this before you go:
http://www.bloodintowine.com/
(even though that documentary deals with Arizona Stronghold which is in Bisbee).
Don't be a debbie downer. Sedona is really beautiful. You should take a trip to Jerome and visit the winery's.
desertdroog
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Yeah, that and Scottsdale have the endless Western crap, that defies creative conventions.
It's like a Kokopelli puked on the Coyote while gangbanging a Kachina doll.
everthustodeadbeats
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Oak Creek Brewpub has a nice vibe to it.
Beauty doesn't equal entertaining unfortunately, else I'd be having the time of my life every day where I currently am. Though fairbanks is the shithole of Alaska...
everthustodeadbeats
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Props for Jerome. If you get to Jerome, and you should as it is a very beautiful view from there of canyon, eat at Haunted Hamburger. There's a wait, but it's worth it. For the burgers and the view.
Sedona is pretty gorgeous. If you're into photography it's a great place for landscapes.
If you can get away for a day you could drive down to Phoenix, up to Flagstaff, or all the way up to the Grand Canyon.
If you go to Jerome you can get some wine from Maynard James Keenan's vineyard.
If you can get away for a day you could drive down to Phoenix, up to Flagstaff, or all the way up to the Grand Canyon.
If you go to Jerome you can get some wine from Maynard James Keenan's vineyard.
Ya we'll be checking out the canyon, but again not really my thing. I tend to get bored easily, and I usually take in scenery really quickly. I think my reaction will be like "Yep.... it's the grand canyon".
Partial Gamification
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What floats your boat up there in Alaska? There must be similar activities.
desertdroog
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The Grand Canyon still takes my breath away.
Every time I have seen it. I wouldn't say you need to spend a few days there, however, no matter if you are on the rim or in a helicopter flying into it or taking a hike down or white water rafting, that is some of the most amazing and stark beauty I have witnessed.
Equal to what I have seen in Colorado.
Every time I have seen it. I wouldn't say you need to spend a few days there, however, no matter if you are on the rim or in a helicopter flying into it or taking a hike down or white water rafting, that is some of the most amazing and stark beauty I have witnessed.
Equal to what I have seen in Colorado.
Nothing, absolutely nothing. Hence why getting out of this place to somewhere different is always nice...
desertdroog
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If you are out by Tucson, then you might as well as drive to Bisbee and Tombstone, only about 45 mins to an hour away.
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I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
2 hour drive... doable IF there's something I can find to justify it. Suggestions?
desertdroog
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If you are coming to town, like Phoenix. I can offer up suggestions, however I would need to know what you like to do.
Downtown Phoenix (Central Phoenix proper) has had some awesome things happening as of late. I live in North Central and our core is finally coming back since being abandoned in the late 60's and every awesome mid century modern piece of architecture has been adobed over or bulldozed for stupid stucco stick structures.
Downtown Phoenix (Central Phoenix proper) has had some awesome things happening as of late. I live in North Central and our core is finally coming back since being abandoned in the late 60's and every awesome mid century modern piece of architecture has been adobed over or bulldozed for stupid stucco stick structures.
goto phoenix. you have the greater phoenix metro area that includes Phoneix , Scottsdale & Tempe. you got 1 + 2 there, and i bet they have a natural museum of some sort.
I'd only been there in 07 for MLB spring training, good times
EmptyCanO'wupass
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Sedona is gorgeous, just spend some time outside. Take a pink jeep tour maybe, they take you up into the red rock cliffs. I've done it both times I've been to Sedona and it's a lot of fun.
desertdroog
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1. We have some good places:
http://windsoraz.com/
http://postinowinecafe.com/ ($20 tuesdays, bottle of wine and nosh, great date night)
http://www.churnaz.com/ (hand made artisan ice cream)
(the above three are all within walking distance of each other)
http://www.lacondesatacoshop.com/ (damn good tacos, a bit pricey, though)
http://www.barriocafe.com/ (authentic mexican, not sonoran, but Mexico City, cuisine)
http://www.galloblancocafe.com/ (Good breakfast chorizo and juevos with local items)
http://www.burningembersphoenix.com/ (New Mexican cuisine, but with a revolving grill menu, great wine selections)
https://www.facebook.com/Shadys.az (my cheers as it were)
http://www.crescentphx.com/ <- check their schedule for music (Just caught X there on Sat. night, and Slim Cessna Auto Club is playing there in Feb)
2. Shopping? Can't help you there. I mean we have plenty of malls, what kind of shopping exactly? One of my hobbies is vintage cars, so for me, a good weekend is a part swap meet or junkyard scrounge. Your mileage will vary.
3. Sadly our City is lacking with any real good Museums, a real travesty. And since you don't want art, I won't bother you with that, and what we have still isn't the greatest (we do have a First Friday art walk downtown, but that can be hit or miss depending on the independent galleries that are showing whatever [not the same as the commercial western b.s. that you see all over Sedona and Scottsdale], unless the Phoenix Art Museum has an interesting exhibit traveling through town.
That's off the top of my head, I'm sure I will think of more, or if you come up with specific wants, I can better direct you somewhere.
Partial Gamification
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I wish you a good trip, OP. Keep in mind that places are what you make of them, don't bring too much baggage.
Flying Toaster
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Stay the fuck away from the Crystal people. Sedona is filled with mystical vortexes and people from around the world go to be part of the whole vortex/crystal powers deal... it is crazy and scary.
Other than that there is amazing hiking, some wicked mountain bike trails and you are close to Jerome, that happens to be a fun place.
Other than that there is amazing hiking, some wicked mountain bike trails and you are close to Jerome, that happens to be a fun place.
Come to Phoenix. Downtown Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tempe have plenty of bars, great restaurants and great night life.
I love mexican food so I would recommend either Los Olivos orFrank and Lupe's. Both are in Scottsdale and both are very good.
Old Town Scottsdale has many local shops.
Arizona Museum of Natural History
StopMakingSense
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Take the drive up Oak Creek toward Flagstaff, up 89A. Absolutely gorgeous, especially if it has been snowing.
You will have much more general opportunity in Tucson area. Thriving college city etc. Can always go fool around at the Biosphere
Lazy Man's Wallpaper
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National park is beautiful. McDonald's is all Arizona-looking. Lots of junk jewelry and rocks everywhere, which my mother loves. Some guy showed me his Bengals knife, which matched my sweatshirt. These are the extent of my Sedona memories circa 1996.
A week is about five days too long. Sorry OP, you're screwed.
A week is about five days too long. Sorry OP, you're screwed.
desertdroog
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The real value in Arizona is our outdoors and Awesome weather (excluding July-mid September). Hiking, Rock climbing, camping, off road vehicles, mountain biking, hunting, boating, jet skiing, etc.. If you like to exercise we have everything from Alpine to desert regions.
I am a Madison, Wi expat, and have lived here since '92. If I try and sit down to explain what there is to do here in town, it becomes very mundane since i am in my late thirties and I find that I have more fun with friends either at dinner parties, music showcases, and just in a garage bench racing or working on old cars.
If you are younger and looking for a hopping club scene, well I couldn't even begin to tell you where that is specifically, outside of directing you to Scottsdale and/or ASU campus, and even then it isn't anything to write home about.
I'm a old skate-punk who found a niche in this town and really enjoy the non rusty cars I get to build. Thankfully, we are getting plenty of other cities expats who demand something more than that, so we are growing in a way that doesn't just equal suburban sprawl(even though that is entirely a reality, still).
I am a Madison, Wi expat, and have lived here since '92. If I try and sit down to explain what there is to do here in town, it becomes very mundane since i am in my late thirties and I find that I have more fun with friends either at dinner parties, music showcases, and just in a garage bench racing or working on old cars.
If you are younger and looking for a hopping club scene, well I couldn't even begin to tell you where that is specifically, outside of directing you to Scottsdale and/or ASU campus, and even then it isn't anything to write home about.
I'm a old skate-punk who found a niche in this town and really enjoy the non rusty cars I get to build. Thankfully, we are getting plenty of other cities expats who demand something more than that, so we are growing in a way that doesn't just equal suburban sprawl(even though that is entirely a reality, still).
Wish I was going.
I went out to AZ almost 3 years ago to visit my sister in law that lived in Scottsdale. We took all the kids to the Phoenix Zoo, which was ok, but not great, and we also drove all the way up to the Grand Canyon. It was an awesome scenic drive. Much better scenery than the cornfields of southern Indiana.
I'd love to live out there, because I'm an outdoors person who likes scenery. One of these days I'm going to pack up and move. So sick of Indiana winters. And some days I'm so tired of life I'd love nothing more than to just disappear in the desert out west for a few days.
I went out to AZ almost 3 years ago to visit my sister in law that lived in Scottsdale. We took all the kids to the Phoenix Zoo, which was ok, but not great, and we also drove all the way up to the Grand Canyon. It was an awesome scenic drive. Much better scenery than the cornfields of southern Indiana.
I'd love to live out there, because I'm an outdoors person who likes scenery. One of these days I'm going to pack up and move. So sick of Indiana winters. And some days I'm so tired of life I'd love nothing more than to just disappear in the desert out west for a few days.
You are living my dream. Congrats.
desertdroog
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In Tucson area:
Pima County Air Museum (see the fleet of B-52's that are parked for Russia's sake)
http://www.pimaair.org/
Visit a Titan Missile silo
http://www.titanmissilemuseum.org/
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