Events in Sedona July 17
Pocket Fire Update: Sedona is open for business. As of July 16 the Pocket Fire burning north of town is 83 percent contained at 27,393 acres, fire activity is minimal after midweek rain, and management has returned to the Coconino National Forest. Some area, road, and trail closures remain in effect near Woody Mountain Road […]
Retiring in Sedona: What to Know Before You Make the Move
People fall for Sedona on a long weekend and start doing the math on the drive home. It is a beautiful daydream, and for a lot of retirees it turns into a very good decision. But retiring somewhere is different from vacationing there, and after years of helping people make this move, I would rather […]
Best Easy Hikes in Sedona: Flat, Scenic Trails Anyone Can Do
Not every great Sedona hike requires scrambling up a cliff or earning a view with a lung-burning climb. Some of the best red rock scenery in town sits at the end of a flat, well-graded trail that anyone can walk. These are the hikes I send people on when they want the payoff without the […]
How to Plan a Trip to Sedona: Itineraries for a Weekend, 3 Days, or a Week
Sedona is one of those places people under-plan and over-schedule at the same time. They give it a single rushed day on the way to the Grand Canyon, or they pack twelve trailheads into a weekend and never actually slow down to feel why they came. After years of living here and pointing visitors in […]
Where to Cool Off in Sedona: A Local’s Guide to Swimming Holes
By late June, the red rocks stop being scenery and start being a furnace. Locals do not power through a Sedona summer, we plan around it: hike at dawn, disappear at midday, and spend the hot hours standing waist deep in Oak Creek with a cold drink. If you want to know where to actually […]
Events in Sedona July 10
Wildfire Update: The Pocket Fire is burning in the Coconino National Forest about seven miles north of Sedona and was 53 percent contained at 27,449 acres as of July 9, with full containment targeted for July 31. State Route 89A remains closed between Sedona and Flagstaff except for residents, Slide Rock State Park and all […]
What Nobody Tells You About Buying a Home in Sedona
Most people buying in Sedona are doing it from somewhere else: touring by video, comparing listings from two time zones away, picturing a life against the red rocks. The listings look spectacular. What the listings do not show is the set of local realities that separate the buyers who love their purchase from the ones […]
What Your Sedona Home Is Actually Worth (and Why the Internet Is Wrong)
Every Sedona homeowner has done it: typed the address into a real estate site and stared at the number. Sometimes it feels insultingly low. Sometimes it feels suspiciously generous. Here is the uncomfortable truth: in Sedona, that number is almost never right, and the reasons why say everything about how this market really values a […]
Shopping in Sedona: An Insider’s Guide to the Shops Locals Actually Love
Sedona shopping gets dismissed as t-shirt racks and vortex souvenirs, and if you never leave the busiest stretch of Uptown, that is exactly what you will find. But locals know better. The real Sedona shopping scene is a handful of genuinely special shops run by people who curate hard, know their regulars by name, and […]
Sedona Neighborhoods Guide: Where to Live in Sedona and the Verde Valley
Ask five Sedona locals where to live and you get five confident, completely different answers. All of them are right, for the person answering. After years of living, selling, and investing here, this is how I actually explain each neighborhood to buyers: not the subdivision names, but what your Tuesday looks like if you live […]