Our Campsite 
Twisted Juniper 
The ligh! 
We’ve had a busy couple days getting to know the Sedona area. We drove the spectacular Oak Creek Scenic Road which had beautiful scenery and some great National Forest Campgrounds. Next up we fit in a 2 mile hike on the Adobe Jack Trail before we met our guide for a sunset jeep tour. The scenery is breathtaking. We started on an off road trail called the Bear Wallow, but it became to much for this old spine of mine. Scott, our guide, picked up on our intrigue with vortexes and took us to a most amazing spot. It is Columbus Day weekend and the crowds in Sedona show it, but he took us to Rachel’s Knob. It is know for its spiritual energy. Thankfully, we had the place to ourselves. We used devinig rods to locate the zones of highest energy. Ed and I both felt it! I said a quiet prayer of thanksgiving for this amazing earth we inhabit. The trip back to the tour’s home base was stunning with the red rock formations illuminated by the setting sun.
Today we arose early to try to score one of 13 parking spaces to access the Soldiers Pass hiking trail. The lot opened at 8:00 AM sharp and there was actually a policeman to monitor the situation. We were successful! The hike was about 4.5 miles of stunning scenery. We visited the Seven Sacred Pools. They were low on water but you got the sense of how important this water source was to the Native American tribes who inhabited this region long ago. It was a fantastic hike. Afterwards we rewarded ourselves with a nice long nap after a couple of very busy days.
Staying Salty On The Road 
Your pics of the red rocks really do look like they have been “lit up”- very interested in hearing more about these vortexes…
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