9.13 & 9.14 Sterling Pass & Airport Mesa Loop
The Initial Target—Up and over We figured it all out eventually. The early mornings are cooler than midday. With this incredible insight, pushing our brain capacity to the limit, we have hiked earlier lately. However, it does clash with office work when we depart early. Nevertheless, as we don’t seem to understand how things work these days in the world of finance—apparently, the rules have changed; our presence at the ‘office’ is academic. After this somewhat clumsy explanation, we set off going north from the Village of Oak Creek, passing through Uptown Sedona on the way to the trailhead, cleverly hidden from most hikers. Some states do that pretty well—the hiding of trails. Two very attractive sights for me Taking a break, looking into abyss, hoping for a cup of coffee, too—the optimist On the way down , we met an interesting couple from Florida. The guy is an east coaster, so we made allowances for him. However, the new wife, a woman somewhere in the fifties, hai...