We woke up and realized we didn’t have to pack and jump in the car for another day of driving. Sedona is a really beautiful city. It is very clean, strict building codes have even made MacDonalds change the color of their arches from yellow to green. One feature of the city that is awesome is that there is not a single red light in the city, all intersections are roundabouts and traffic just keeps moving. When exiting a business one can only turn right should you wish to turn left you use the next roundabout to do a U turn. Well designed city. Most of the restaurants are high quality and we had excellent food the whole while we were there.

I took a walk from the motel to Bell Rock and walked up to the base of the rock. There are trails that go around the base of the rock, however we had booked a tour of the area in the afternoon so I headed back.

The tour we took is a tour of the Sedona area on a Mercedes open air vehicle. When we arrived the host informed us that we were the only ones to book the tour at that time, so we got a private tour. In addition traffic was unusually light so the tour guide added extra stops in like a trip to te airport where you can see the whole city below you, the airport is built on top of a mesa.

Just outside the city limits a home has been built on top and into a mountain. The only way in is via cable car from the driveway hundreds of feet below. This structure has many residents of Sedona upset that this was allowed to be built. Unlike buildings within the city limits it uses bright primary colors like red and blue in contrast to its surroundings. If you look closely at the silver oval in the photo you will see the cable car cables

Later in the day we went to Tlaquepaque which is a neat shopping and restaurant precinct built around an old tree sanctuary. The buildings were built around the trees resulting in some bizarre situations where a tree grew up through the roofs of structures. We ate at a famous Mexican restaurant there called El Rincon Restaurante Mexicano. I preferred the meal we had at Pisa Lisa the night before.