r/Sedona

I am a Texan who has been visiting Sedona for the past 5 years, it’s a beautiful place and an amazing place to visit, but I have 2 stories to tell. 2 years ago I visited Sedona for a random summer trip with family, we like to go off roading so we brought our can-am’s. We explored different trails and areas of it and nothing much came of that. We were all coming back from the devils bridge trail late at night, entering the neighborhood of our Airbnb, driving and enjoying the music and the cruise, when I turn a corner and see 2 figures in front of a for sale sign of a property in the neighborhood, these 2 figures seemed to be woman who had to be around 7-8 feet tall, freakishly pale and skinny, as skinny as twigs, wearing dresses and large straw hats. Obviously I freak out and yell. My friend who was next to me looked up and saw the same thing. We come back to the cabin and explain what happened to our family who doesn’t seem to believe us. 2 other family members take a can-am and go check and come back and see nothing. The following morning, we see nothing again. To this day we still don’t know how to explain what we saw, there’s no way they were mannequins because I clearly saw them move.

This second story takes place on this 4th of July. We come and visit Sedona again with the same family and friends, we take our can-am’s out to the broken arrow trail, just before we head up to the top, I see an older lady sitting on a rock, she’s wearing a blue dress and holding a brown bag. She seems lonely so I ask her if she’s ok and she says yes, I offer her a water and she happily takes it. Nothing else comes of that and we head up, the whole time on the way up, no one other than a black can-am piloted by one guy passes us, he’s completely alone, we think nothing of it. Eventually we make it to the top and find another family to Hang out with, we sit there for a bit, talking about life and Sedona. We eventually head all the way back down and head home. We’re all sitting in the living room and talking about the day, when the topic of this lady somehow becomes the talk of the conversation. Half of the family says the lady ended up at the top with us, they all ask her how she got up here but all she does is laugh and slime when they ask. Keep in mind, we didn’t see any vehicles coming up, not a single one. So we’re all here discussing how she could’ve possibly gotten up there, no one has an explanation, there’s no possible way she could’ve made it up there walking, and no way she got a ride from anybody else.(I forgot too add that the lady claimed to be waiting for her daughter who was walking the trail,she said this to one of my family members, only one, why would a daughter bring her mother to sit while she walks the trail, and where was the daughter while we were up there with the other family.) has anyone experienced a story similar to these, or have an explanation to these stories. I apologize if the story seems like it’s missing details but I wrote it the best I could.

My boyfriend and I are traveling to Sedona in the next week and a half. He wants me to find a place to watch the sunset- I’m looking for suggestions on where to watch the sunset, that aren’t affected by the fires.

What very pretty hikes are left to go on with the pocket fire currently going on?

They wouldn't let me post this on r/Arizona so, sorry if this isn't the most fitting.

I live in Tucson and have a friend coming to visit the 8th through the 13th. Yes, middle of summer + Arizona = misery. It was the only time my buddy could come down here though! Our ORIGINAL plans unfortunately appear to have been fucked non-consensually. They were:

8th- Spend day in Tucson

9th- Go up to Mt Lemmon (guess what, it's forecasted to be cloudy that day)

10th- Road trip day. 77 up to Superior, Bush Hwy, Beeline Hwy to Payson, Camp Verde, then 89 A through Sedona up to Flagstaff.

11th-13th My friend has 3 nights booked at a hotel in Flagstaff and we were planning on doing things in Sedona, and maybe fitting The Grand Canyon in.

Due to the Pocket fire, (tragic to see such a beautiful place burn but such is life) our plans of seeing scenic 89A, Sedona, and staying in Flagstaff look to be on shaky ground right now.

Any suggestions for us to see as much as what was in our OG plan with adjustments around the fires? I'm not sure where would be a good place to book a hotel in place of Flagstaff. I was thinking Sedona but is that a bad idea? I'm sorry if this is an annoying or repetitive question, but I have severe executive dysfunction and my brain is short-circuiting!

I have an Airbnb booked in 2 weeks and noticed the roads are now restricted in that area. Any locals have news regarding the closures? Stay safe!!

Yesterday looked pretty bad in terms of air quality from the fires. Is it still worth it to go Sedona this weekend?

I’m not sure if this is a result of less people being in town during the fires. But wanted to share just in case. I’ve seen so many posts about reservations at Elote. We decided to just call and asked to be on their cancellation list. Twice this week they called around 1 PM to offer us several options for reservations for the same day. Glad we tried this. The food is just as amazing as everyone says.

Goin through some personal shit, left the Bay Area just to escape and ended up in sedona. One of my comforts is a quiet bar with pool tables. Google isn’t much help. Hoping Reddit will be

It’s epic up here, and the businesses/community needs the support 💓 Everything is open, and it’s absolutely beautiful up here!!

The air quality at 6:30 a.m. is 181!
It’s very smoky.
Big change from yesterday.

We had planned on driving up to Sedona this weekend for the Fourth of July and staying downtown (we already have a hotel booked). Trying to decide if we need to cancel. How are the skies up there? Is downtown closed at all from the smoke/ pocket fire? Any events that are closed?

Thank you in advance!

What's a good restaurant in Sedona that's kid friendly, and we can watch the World Cup match today?