Trip #1- Jim Thompson Trail in Sedona

We drove to Jim Thompson Trail for our first trip hiking. Turns out that Sedona has an unimaginable number of walking trails! We parked by the Midgely Bridgely and started walking. It is 6 miles total, there and back. There was a steep up hill at first, then a beautiful open field area, and then down the other side through forests. We took camelbacks and power bars, and it took us about three hours to walk it. The weather was perfect, and we needed to take off our jackets by the end of the trip. Overall, on a 1-10 scale we would call this a 6. It was more than we would probably try for our first walk if we had known how steep it was, on the other hand, we now use it as a comparison for our other trips! I find myself telling one of the boys, "This isn't as far as our first walk! Stop complaining!" You definitely need sunscreen and chapstick.