There couldn't be a better way to wake up on a Monday morning. In Sedona - it is still dark - the Arizona sky is bursting with stars. In a few minutes - sunrise and a fantastic natural light show.
First - open up the doors on each end of the room - let the 40 degree mountain air flow thru. We are at 4000 feet - and things feel a little different. Maybe it is the vortex that is nearby. It is supposed to be a place where energy comes out of the earth. Supposedly it can be measured by a magneticometer - but frankly - i think the only metal this town attracts is the cash in one's pocket.
After a quick waffle breakfast - we enjoy the changing colors of the mesas - buttes - and cliffs that surround this town. I take a few time exposure pictures to capture the show without flash - but it is nothing like experiencing it.
Sedona is half way between Phoenix and the Grand Canyon. It is about 10 miles off the beaten path. One can choose to shop in the "New Age" downtown - or hike all over the brilliant orange sandstone rocks. It is the off season - and there are very few people staying in our pretty mock adobe Best Western.
PICTURES -
1 - Before sunrise - a time exposed picture from our room balcony
2 - Same picture as number - but in daylight Sunday
3 - We climbed up to a vortex to find people "absorbing the energy."
4 - Lulu at the vortex
5 - Downtown Sedona - the pink jeep tours - mountains
6 - Red - orange - yellow sandstones surround this place
Everything is in the perspective. To me - it is hard to believe after 33 years of slugging it out in the classroom on Monday mornings - I am able to be free to be halfway across the country. It is nice knowing that my brother teachers have the day off for snow - and I do not have to call in to use a sick day. I am free to enjoy my wife - my car - my travels - a nice breakfast - the internet - and now on to the El Tovar Hotel at the edge of the Grand Canyon. This would not be possible if I weren't The Trailing Spouse.
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