Sedona Fall Color – Slide Rock State Park
The main attraction of Slide Rock State Park is the red rock formations and water that runs through it. It is such a popular swimming area during summer, you can hardly see the red rock for all the people. In fact, it is very difficult to get a photo of the water without people almost all year round. In this next photo, I arrived very early and was lucky to have just two people. I decided I didn’t mind including them.
The famous slide area at Slide Rock State Park. (Fuji X E-1)
There are also many buildings from the 1930s worthy of photography.
Roof of the old Apple Processing Barn at Slide Rock State Park. Note the colorful Maple trees on the hillside. (Fuji X E-1)
I have always thought of Slide Rock State Park as a place just for tourists. It is typically so incredibly crowded that after the first visit I said I would not go back; and I didn’t go back until this year. This time, though, instead of heading to the water, we spent some time hiking in the forest to the west. I was so impressed with the photo opportunities; I bought a pass good for year. Following are photos from my many hikes in the forest there:
A jumping spider on the edge of his cozy leaf home. Not completely in focus but I was thrilled to get it. (smartphone)
Sumac leaves in magic light! (Fuji X E-1)
Maples were green on my first visit to a side canyon at Slide Rock State Park (Fuji X E-1)
The same Maple Trees were colorful a week later. (Fuji X E-1)
A box canyon at Slide Rock State Park. (Fuji X E-1)
Maple Trees in all colors at Slide Rock State Park (Fuji X E-1)
Red and Yellow Maples at Slide Rock State Park (Fuji X E-1)
Oak leaves and Pine cones at Slide Rock State Park. (Fuji X E-1)
Turkey Tail bracket fungus and Maple Leaf (Fuji X E-1)
Found a face in the woods…of course! (smartphone)
So many beautiful Maples! (Smartphone)
Oak Leaves hanging on til the last moment. (Fuji X E-1)
Strong winds over a day and a half blew most of the leaves off the Maple trees. Now the ground was beautiful! (Fuji X E-1)
A few days before heading home from Sedona, I took some friends into a canyon at Slide Rock. All images were captured with my Smartphone and aren’t great quality because of the lighting but they are a nice memory of a wonderful hike.
A hike with friends in a side canyon at Slide Rock State Park. (smartphone)
A hike with friends in a side canyon at Slide Rock State Park. (smartphone)
A hike with friends in a side canyon at Slide Rock State Park. (smartphone)
A hike with friends in a side canyon at Slide Rock State Park. (smartphone)
A hike with friends in a side canyon at Slide Rock State Park. (smartphone)
One of us stepped on these leaves not realizing it was a little pool of water! (Fuji X E-1)
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Pure magic again! I LOVE that face in the fallen log! The slide area of water in the first photo is gorgeous. I will just enjoy your photos until my Liquidambar starts to colour up as most of my garden trees look like your fallen oak leaves, boring brown. Also your sycamores must be completely different from ours, as ours don’t turn nice colours at all!