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| My dog Icy perched on a rock, hiking in Sedona Arizona |
Our love of travel with our dogs started when we didn’t want
to put Icy, our 50lb Husky, in the belly of an airplane plane. Instead, we decided to drive from Arizona to New York to see family
one Christmas. Since it’s more than
2,500 miles I wanted to make a fun adventure out of it. We chose to spend 8
days traveling and stopping at some fun dog friendly travel destinations.
That trip was such a fun, interesting adventure we decided to continue our trend of
travel with dogs. We've developed quite a bit of expertise on how to travel with dogs successfully, and Icy has become a true connoisseur of dog friendly hotels!
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| Icy and Phoebe, piled in the backseat, ready for a Road Trip! |
One of my absolute
favorite places to visit with our dogs, is Sedona, Arizona. Sedona is
one of the most dog friendly places in the U.S., and one of the most breathtaking.
People head to the Grand Canyon in droves, but they often pass right by Sedona, which is only about 2 hours South of Grand Canyon. But oh what they're missing!
The Red Rock Region, as Sedona is called, is
spectacular. The rock formations and
deep red desert colors set Sedona apart from most other unique geographical areas. Sedona is nature’s
beauty at it’s finest.
Hiking In Sedona With Dogs
We love hiking in Sedona with the dogs. Our favorite hike in Sedona is the West Fork trail in Oak Creek Canyon. It's just a few miles round trip, every inch of it displaying gorgeous scenery. You hike across Oak Creek at several points along the trail, but it's not difficult and it's shallow all the way through.
We also love the Boynton Pass hiking trail. There are miles and miles of hiking trails that allow dogs throughout Sedona.
Honestly, every part of Sedona is stunning and there's a photo op every where you turn. Many of the old western movies were filmed there because of the dramatic backdrops.
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| Icy taking a dip to cool off during a hike in Oak Creek Canyon. She won't go near a pool, but we can't get her out of the creek! |
Like most of
Arizona, Sedona is super dog friendly.
You can take your dog just about anywhere. Nearly every hiking trail, park and recreation area in Arizona is dog friendly, you’d be hard pressed to find one
that isn’t.
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Dog Friendly Hotels in Sedona, Arizona
There are lots of dog friendly hotels and Inn's in Sedona. Two of our favorites are The Lodge At Sedona, a gorgeous Bed & Breakfast. We love the beauty of the property, the quaint rooms and atmosphere, and the wonderful Chef! Another favorite of ours is the Hilton Sedona Resort at Bell Rock.
We also enjoyed staying at the beautiful, authentic Southwestern El Portal Sedona Hotel. If you want to step up the luxury, look into the Enchantment Resort. It was a bit too pricey for us, but we did have a delicious lunch on the patio. The mountain views from their patio were exquisite.
Dog Friendly Restaurants in Sedona, Arizona
Several restaurants in Sedona are dog friendly on their outdoor patios. One of our favorites is the Creekside American Bistro (previously Ken's Creek Side). They even have a dog menu with items like doggie beef stew, which our dogs devoured!
Wildflower is a casual dog friendly restaurant in Sedona. It's largely self serve, you can pick up your food and bring it outside to an outdoor table. They are up on the hillside, and the views from the outdoor area are gorgeous!
There's a Starbucks up there as well. We enjoyed late afternoon coffees after a day of hiking with the dogs. We just relaxed and enjoyed the mountain view! Check out the photo below of John and our dogs taking it all in.
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| Icy enjoying eggs at breakfast, made just for her by the chef at The Lodge at Sedona, a B&B we frequent in Sedona. They're serious dog lovers! |
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| My husband John and Icy a the end of the West Fork trail in Sedona |
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| Icy, Phoebe, and John enjoying a Starbucks after a long day on the Sedona trails. This is our favorite way to end a day in Sedona. Fun Fact: John and I met at a Starbucks! |
What travel destinations have you ventured to with your dog?
What was your dog’s favorite travel destination? Tell us in the comments, we Love hearing from you!
See my post Road Trip With The Dogs for tips on traveling with
dogs.
21 comments:
Wow! You go to some beautiful places huh?! We don't travel much, between my kids and pets, its not entirely doable ATM!
Happy weekend!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
Happy weekend to you as well! The last two years we've tried to be more adventurous and see more of the country, with our dogs as a key motivation to get out there. It's nice to connect with a fellow Husky lover. I love your blog, by the way. It's really fun and interesting!
Thanks for stopping by! Sedona is always an adventure, we've been there several times but there are always new trails to hike and dog friendly places to visit. I will have to check out Paso Robies, I'm not familiar.
What a lovely place to stay!
Yes, it is amazing. Sedona is one of those places where you can hardly even capture it's full beauty with a camera, you have to see it with your own eyes.
We love Sedona. Such a pretty spot. Never took the dog along though - guess we'll have to take her next time!
Hawwwoooo Isis! My name is Isis too! Good to meet woo BOL!!
Isis
Great photos, it looks a lovely place for an adventure.
Sheba.
Oh, you should definitely take your dog! The hiking is fabulous, breathtaking and so much fun. There's also a great dog park on Soldier Pass Rd. and 89A used mostly by the locals. It's the most gorgeous dog park I've ever seen! Especially the back section which is all natural, not cleared out to just dirt and dead grass. If you make it out there let me know how you like it.
Roo Roo! Another Husky named Isis, what are the odds of that? Good to meet Woo too! Thanks for stopping by
It is a great place for an adventure! There is so much beauty to take in. There's no place like it. Thanks for commenting!
Thanks so much for linking up to the pet parade with us today! Have a great weekend!
ღ husky hugz ღ frum our pack at Love is being owned by a husky!
Arizona has such beautiful places to visit. Sedona is certainly one of them.
Beautiful! We have always wanted to visit Arizona! After reading this, Sedona might just be a future vacay destination! :)
How awesome you could take them with you. I love to bring my dog on a trip if we'll be in nature. It doesn't feel right being somewhere he'd love without him! Those are some happy pups! Thank you for sharing on the Pet Parade ~Rascal and Rocco
We just got back from a 2,000 mile road trip to Jackson, WY with the dogs. I love taking them on road trips. I drove to Las Vegas and back for BlogPaws in May of this year too. Chester and Gretel have never been to Arizona but I love the southwest.
That's great! I'm dying to take our dogs to Jackson, WY. We love the natural beauty of this country. We drive from Phoenix to New York a few times a year and make fun stops along the way. AZ is one of the most dog friendly states there is, I hope you make it out there soon! Thanks for stopping by, Jessica!
We live so close, and, yet, have never been! This will inspire me! Thanks for a great post.
Gorgeous! Oak Creek Canyon is so beautiful-I visited there once with Bella and we had so much fun :)
If you live close to Sedona, you must visit! You won't believe the natural beauty and the dog friendliness of it. I hope you make it out there soon - Fall is a perfect time to go you know!
We love Oak Creek Canyon! We can't get Isis out of the creek when we hike, she loves it so much. It's gorgeous and super dog friendly up there. Thanks for visiting the blog!
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