First off, I should probably break my longtime lurker status and "allow myself to introduce... myself" My name is Jim and we live in Fallbrook. I am definitely a weekend warrior and mostly ride with my son Samuel who is 15. We used to live in Colorado and moved to San Diego a couple years ago. I have been taking Samuel out for rides since he was about 8. We've been on some great trips in the last couple years together. We've been to Bend, Hurricane/Gooseberry, Moab, Fruita and now Sedona.
I can't compete with Evan's TR or photos so this is really a TR on our family trip to Sedona. My wife and daughter like to hike but ride a bit too, so we got a mixture of rides in and sightseeing. We rented a house for the week off Schnebly Hill Road that worked out great.
Courthouse Butte
Chapel of the Holy Cross
Oak Creek Canyon from Midgely Bridge
Slide Rock Park, Oak Creek Canyon
As far as riding, we mostly stuck to trails on the maps since it was our first time in Sedona. For our first ride, Samuel and I hit Bell Rock Bike Path > Templeton > Baldwin Loop > Templeton > Slim Shady
Samuel on Templeton
Me on Templeton
Samuel on Templeton
The next day after some sightseeing in the morning of Sedona, we did a family drive up Schnebly Hill Road and Samuel and I rode the singletrack back down to the house.
Driving up (A lot of these look similar to Evan's pictures)
Coming down the singletrack
On Weds we did a longer ride. We rode Broken Arrow > Submarine Rock > Broken Arrow to Chicken Point > Little Horse > All of Llama > Templeton > Baldwin Loop > Highline > Slim Shady. This is the day we met Evan. They had just come down off of Highline as we were going out that direction. I wish I had known to ride it the other direction as it turned out to be a lot of hiking but we still had fun.
Starting out on Broken Arrow
Heading to Highline
Up on Highline
Hanging at the Bike and Bean and warming up when we finished
On Friday we did a family ride out around the Doe Mountain area on the Cockscomb loop and other trails.
Here is my 11 yr old daughter. She did an 8 mile ride that day!
On Saturday, Samuel and I squeezed in one more ride. We rode Slim Shady > HT
Bell Rock Path > Llama > Little Horse > Chapel > Mystic > Pigtail
Roller on Slim Shady
Huck on Llama
Climbing on Chapel
Shortly after that we witnessed an Indian Wedding Ceremony. You never know what you will find on the trail!
A little drop on Pigtail
and another
All in all we had an awesome trip. We can't wait to go back and ride more. I hope you enjoy the pics!
