Sedona, Arizona.
This past week, we spent four nights in Sedona with our friends the Auvermanns from Amarillo, Texas - Brent, Jennifer, Samuel, Silas, and Isaac.
I wanted to go there because I had heard that it was a beautiful spot, it was close enough for a visit, and because I had never been. And there is something refreshing about going west in the summer.
We found that Sedona was beautiful. Sedona, the town, is a much smaller Santa Fe having a strong tilt to the arts, expensive art, and the new age thinking exhibited in crystals and psychics and indian flute music playing everywhere and palm readers and mind readers and all natural everything and....
what is referred to as the Vortex. Here is what I can tell you about the Vortex. The reasoning is that all of us are obviously living things and the earth is a living thing as is all of nature. Subsequently, just as some humans are healthier than others, some trees are healthier than others, some rivers are healthier than others, then some areas of the earth are healthier than others. According to some of the locals, Sedona is a very healthy place on earth. However, it seemed taking advantage of the Vortex involved more than just being in Sedona since there were certain individuals who were enterprising enough and needed to help you get in touch with the Vortex, intercept the Vortex, channel it, speak to it, have it speak to you, just be in the Vortex.
We visited Slide Rock State Park which was located on a very scenic byway known on the map as Hwy 89A but in name as the Oak Creek Canyon road. It was absolutely scenic.
The park is located along Oak Creek which tumbles over rocks in the park creating several "slides" for people to enjoy and many smaller waterfalls. We were there with several hundred other folks but it didn't seem crowded because there were so many places to sit, play and from which to jump into the water.
Near our first stop, there was a 12 foot jump off of a cliff and all of us took the jump into water that literally took one's breath away due to the cold. The kids took several jumps loving the feeling and the conquering of a fear.
On our way out, we decided to see the creek and canyon on the other side of the bridge. Walking under it, we found several teenagers and college students jumping off a cliff that Brent and I estimated to be - too high. But there was a 30 foot cliff just a few steps away where others were jumping from. We all sat and watched people approach both sites, some getting the courage to jump and others backing away.
I motioned to Jeb, our 7 year old, asking him, jokingly, if he wanted to jump in from there. He smiled hugely and with his face asked if I was serious. I said that I wasn't. But then I climbed down a back way and got in the water at the bottom of the cliff just to see what the water and depth was like. It was good.
In short time, Jeb had his shirt off and sprinted off of the cliff with a terrified and thrilled look on his face. He was followed by all of the kids although some needed more preparation time than others.
Our second day was spent at the Grand Canyon. We hiked the rim trail, ate a picnic lunch under some trees, had some ice cream from near the Bright Angel Lodge and were awed by it again.
That night we spent a couple of hours at the heated pool. The kids loved the pool, splashing from the pool to the hottub and back. They were worn out at the end of this and all days due to our ending all of our days diving for little torpedoes thrown by the adults.
Our last day there was spent relaxing and visiting and making some runs to Circle K for 44 oz Diet Cokes, tea, and diet Dr. Pepper. We also visited some local shops.
We started the last morning at 5:30 local time and arrived back in Amarillo, at the home of the Auvermanns, at about 6:00 pm for more visiting and so Leslie and Jennifer could work on making glass pendants made with soldering irons. The guys watched some baseball and Mythbusters on the Discovery channel.
Now, we are home. We love home. Photos to come. We currently are unable to locate the appropriate cord.
Peace Out.
This past week, we spent four nights in Sedona with our friends the Auvermanns from Amarillo, Texas - Brent, Jennifer, Samuel, Silas, and Isaac.
I wanted to go there because I had heard that it was a beautiful spot, it was close enough for a visit, and because I had never been. And there is something refreshing about going west in the summer.
We found that Sedona was beautiful. Sedona, the town, is a much smaller Santa Fe having a strong tilt to the arts, expensive art, and the new age thinking exhibited in crystals and psychics and indian flute music playing everywhere and palm readers and mind readers and all natural everything and....
what is referred to as the Vortex. Here is what I can tell you about the Vortex. The reasoning is that all of us are obviously living things and the earth is a living thing as is all of nature. Subsequently, just as some humans are healthier than others, some trees are healthier than others, some rivers are healthier than others, then some areas of the earth are healthier than others. According to some of the locals, Sedona is a very healthy place on earth. However, it seemed taking advantage of the Vortex involved more than just being in Sedona since there were certain individuals who were enterprising enough and needed to help you get in touch with the Vortex, intercept the Vortex, channel it, speak to it, have it speak to you, just be in the Vortex.
We visited Slide Rock State Park which was located on a very scenic byway known on the map as Hwy 89A but in name as the Oak Creek Canyon road. It was absolutely scenic.
The park is located along Oak Creek which tumbles over rocks in the park creating several "slides" for people to enjoy and many smaller waterfalls. We were there with several hundred other folks but it didn't seem crowded because there were so many places to sit, play and from which to jump into the water.
Near our first stop, there was a 12 foot jump off of a cliff and all of us took the jump into water that literally took one's breath away due to the cold. The kids took several jumps loving the feeling and the conquering of a fear.
On our way out, we decided to see the creek and canyon on the other side of the bridge. Walking under it, we found several teenagers and college students jumping off a cliff that Brent and I estimated to be - too high. But there was a 30 foot cliff just a few steps away where others were jumping from. We all sat and watched people approach both sites, some getting the courage to jump and others backing away.
I motioned to Jeb, our 7 year old, asking him, jokingly, if he wanted to jump in from there. He smiled hugely and with his face asked if I was serious. I said that I wasn't. But then I climbed down a back way and got in the water at the bottom of the cliff just to see what the water and depth was like. It was good.
In short time, Jeb had his shirt off and sprinted off of the cliff with a terrified and thrilled look on his face. He was followed by all of the kids although some needed more preparation time than others.
Our second day was spent at the Grand Canyon. We hiked the rim trail, ate a picnic lunch under some trees, had some ice cream from near the Bright Angel Lodge and were awed by it again.
That night we spent a couple of hours at the heated pool. The kids loved the pool, splashing from the pool to the hottub and back. They were worn out at the end of this and all days due to our ending all of our days diving for little torpedoes thrown by the adults.
Our last day there was spent relaxing and visiting and making some runs to Circle K for 44 oz Diet Cokes, tea, and diet Dr. Pepper. We also visited some local shops.
We started the last morning at 5:30 local time and arrived back in Amarillo, at the home of the Auvermanns, at about 6:00 pm for more visiting and so Leslie and Jennifer could work on making glass pendants made with soldering irons. The guys watched some baseball and Mythbusters on the Discovery channel.
Now, we are home. We love home. Photos to come. We currently are unable to locate the appropriate cord.
Peace Out.
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