text: Holy bring diapers and or Xanax to ride the apache trail Lol just kiddingmostly My parents came to visit me in Scottsdale for a weekend and we are all from the east coast where the scenic views consist of looking out the car window while stuck in traffic on the George Washington bridge My mom insisted we ride the Apache Trail as I had been telling her for a couple of weeks how cool it seemednnI warned my parents it might be a bit scary but off we went The paved portion of the trail I hands down recommend to anyone as the views are unbelievable and the road is not very scary The unpaved portion is more of a once in a lifetime experience as it is pretty scary and did get sort of crowded on a nice weekend day With that being said this was probably one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen and percent worth every second of fear and white knuckling of the seat cushion nnUnless you are really jaded you cannot be bored on the trail the views mountains cacti and lakes were unbelievable We went in the fall but I cannot imagine how awesome it must look in the superstitions when all the flowers are blooming Also I am not a history buff at all but the history of the area and the fact that this was used as a stagecoach trail a hundred years ago is like the most fascinating thing to me