We're Back...

Actually we got back last Saturday but work and life have been too busy to do much of anything.

The first of the pictures from our trip are online and can be viewed here:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=14rdrxsi.aq3136ha&x=0&y=1dsgsj

These are the mountain biking pictures from the first four days in Sedona, AZ. It was amazing. The trails were a blast and were a great warm-up for the season. No huge uphills and nothing terribly technical. Great moderate rides. The scenery there is absolutely breath-taking. We soaked up some energy from the Vortexes and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. The Quail Ridge resort where was stayed was awesome in that it backed up to open space and was not near any roads but near every trail. So we parked the car and rode our bikes everywhere all week. The last few pictures show the view from our back porch. Nothing short of incredible.

We saw a rattlesnake on one of the trails which was cool.

There was one trail that led down to the water and a placed called Buddha Beach - it was covered with hundreds of rock cairns - and was quite the scene.

After mtn biking we spent the day at the spa in Sedona - then 4 days of backpacking to Havasu Falls, then 2 days at the Grand Canyon, and then drove home through Monument Valley, UT and Telluride, CO. It was a grand trip - and I'll post more details and more pics soon - but there are 656 pics that I have to wade through and edit and post... it'll take awhile. In the meantime, enjoy these and the ones posted in the link above: