Day Seventeen – Red Rocks of Sedona

Traveling further south we entered the town of Sedona. It had sounded like a neat place to visit... red rocks, vortexes, crystals, and sunshine. What could go wrong?




Well, for some folks it’s a super place, but for us it was waaaaaay too crowded and the parking lots in the main part of town are too small for our pickup-camper to manoeuvre in. A breakfast restaurant we had planned to stop in on a Monday morning had people standing in the door to get inside. Just not our style.

So on through town we went. The Red Rock State Park was past Sedona and it turned out to be more our style. The Visitor Center had interesting information about the plants, animals, and geology of the area .ifuitlutylu6tg. Also, there were some trails that we could take from there. Amazingly, parking happened to be available too. 

Cathedral Rock was a central landmark during most of the day and hard to miss regardless which angle you saw it from. 





The Ocotilla were blooming in the area. Their striking red-orange flowers presented bright spots of color across the desert. They are interesting “spiny shrubs” that grow about six to eight feet in height on these skinny stems. They looked pretty innocuous blowing in the wind, but look closer. They have lots of sharp thorns!

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