The Road to Sedona

There are two roads from Dead Horse Ranch State Park to Sedona, AZ.  One is the highway, the other is forest road 258 to forest road 761 to forest road 525a to forest road 525 to forest road 152c to forest road 152. 

You start off in the bottom of the Verde River Valley then climb up to a big plateau;

It’s fun to explore the different roads.  Here is the first shortcut;

 

It’s nice of the forest service to post signs so you can figure out where you are at.

 Little did we know when we started, but this area has a very organized off road society.  They developed this color coded sign of the area that we road in.

 

Each color has a different rating.  We managed to stay on easy to moderate roads.  I got a glimpse 9513, one of the red routes, I am not sure I could have climbed a couple of its hills. 

As we got closer to Sedona we saw some of the tourist tours, a flock of ATV’s with guide, and several of these Pink Jeep Tours. 

I think Barbara really enjoyed her ride.  As we reached the red rock country the views became prettier.

And prettier;