After Kartchner Caverns, we went to Red Rock and Slide Rock Arizona state parks. Red Rock was a really pretty drive, we did not actually get out and hike. It was really hot that day and we were trying to get to two parks in one day. So we took the scenic drive through Red Rock, which was awesome. All of the rock was red (obviously by the name) but also the dirt was too. Along the scenic drive in and around the state park they have homes, I mean people get to live in this beautiful area! (not me... it was way too hot!) The first couple of photos in the red rock/slide rock slide show are of red rock.
From Red Rock to Slide Rock it was probably an hour, we took the scenic route and got to drive through Sedona, AZ. It totally reminded us of a San Luis Obispo town but in Arizona. We were pretty excited to get to Slide Rock, it had been really hot the past few days and it was making me crazy!
Once we got there we hiked about a 1/2 mile to pure bliss. It was a river that went through a canyon and had a nature-made water slide with the large boulders that were in the river. It was freaking awesome! We got to slide down this "nature slide" and also jump off a big cliff into a pool of fresh water. It was like a day at Raging Waters (that is a water park for all you non southern California folk).
Joe and I just swam, slid, jumped, and hiked around until the park closed at 6pm. It was a really nice break from all the driving and hiking we had been doing. From Slide Rock we took a REALLY scenic route (our first super windy road) up to Flagstaff, AZ. It was nice because we got there fairly early in the evening and we were able to catch our first out of state movie, Star Trek (I know super geeky, but actually good!)
Off to Zion National Park and our next state!
Hey no credit for the one whom suggested this gorgeous park! The pictures brought back memories.
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