Post IMAZ road trip.....

SEDONA!!!!!!!

There are a BILLION affordable B&B's there and I think that is the best experience by far. Although Enchantment is VERY nice as well as L'Auberge if you are looking for more "resorty."

Grand Canyon is okay - guess its one of those things you gotta do at some point. Plan to spend a little time in Flagstaff if you can, that place is awesome.

Hate Vegas so can't give recs there!

AZ is fantastic and will be beautiful in April. Hope to meet you at IMAZ!

I did IMAZ this year and the next day my husband and I headed to Sedona ( a couple of hours drive time). We spent several days there relaxing, taking day hikes, recovering. It was beautiful and very restorative. We headed to the Grand Canyon for the weekend (about 2-1/2 hours drive). We spent one night on the South rim then hiked down to the River the next morning. We spent 2 nights at Phantom Ranch, though I skipped the normal day hikes for the day between as we usually do and just hung out at the Ranch and did some more recovery. We hiked back to the South rim the next day and then spent another night on the rim before driving back to Texas. The Grand Canyon is beyond description and you have to get in there and hike it to truly appreciate it. I've hiked quite a few times in April and the weather can be pretty unpredictable. I've hiked in snow, sleet and pouring rain and I've hiked in perfect weather, but it's all amazing and wonderful. More info in my blog...just click on the "hiking" tag (posts by subject to the left) and you'll get my posts (with photos) from the last few years.

Excellent, thank you Katherine, exactly what I had in mind (although perhaps without the hike into the canyon a few days after IM.... yeah, pretty crazy.....)