The night before, Dave mentioned to me that Scott looked like a friend of his, John Dunn. When Scott came by our table, Dave showed him a picture of John. The resemblance was pretty strong. Scott offered to give us some tips of where to go after breakfast, so when we talked to him, Dave took his picture to send to John. It was pretty funny to see both pictures, they didn't look exactly alike, but they could have been related. Scott showed us a few vortexes that were close by and directed us to the Center for the New Age on Route 179 for my reading. He also gave us a pass to park on National Forest Property.
With Scott's maps in hand, we decided to go to Cathedral Rock because it was close to us. We found the forest service parking , but when we got to the toll booth, the ranger told us that the pass wasn't good there and we had to pay a fee to enter. We paid, expecting to get brochures like you do in the national parks, but they only had a paper handout without much information on it. We asked for maps of the trails and they had one for sale. It wasn't great but it was something, so we bought it ($1.06).
We had already parked when Dave realized he left his camera back at the Casa. I had mine, so he decided to use it instead of going back. It didn't have the additional lenses, but I think the pictures still turned out great! Off we went with our postcard size map. We had a little trouble finding the correct trail, partly because Oak Creek ran through this area and people had made their own trails to the water. We finally found the stepping stones to take us across and started on the trail to Cathedral Rock and hopefully the vortex.
According to our map, the trail was about 3/4 mile. We figured that would be an easy hike, we could take a few pictures, and then head out to explore other areas. As you can see from the picture above, the trail was pretty easy to find now. But when we got into the wooded area surrounding the creek, we began to see other trail markers, and hoped we were on the right trail. The postcard size map was pretty useless at this point. We stayed on a trail that was close to the rocks, coming soon to some switchbacks that took us higher up the side of the rocks. The trail was rocky but easy to walk, however it was steep as we climbed higher. We both agreed that this was longer than 3/4 mile! We finally came to a point where we would have to climb rocks to get to the switchbacks that continued up to the peak. Since we couldn't see the next peak, we decided we had gone far enough.
So far, we hadn't felt any kind of change in energy due to a vortex. But as we started down, Dave had a sense of clarity and I noticed that all the colors around me were enhanced. I've had this feeling when doing yoga breathing, so I could have been that I was getting more oxygen to my brain after resting. Who knows for sure? Beautiful experience no matter what caused it!
After we got back to the car, we decided it was time to go check out the Center for the New Age, and have some lunch. Back to reality and traffic for a short period of time. We made it to the Tlaquepaque Arts and Crafts Village, which happened to be across the street from the Center. We parked there because it was easier to walk across the street with the traffic than to maneuver a car. I was fascinated with the wind sculptures that were at various spots in the village, and Dave took a picture of them at the gallery where they were sold. It's hard to see in the picture, but there was a burst of wind and all of them were moving!
First stop was to make an appointment for me with Rima Thundercloud. Then, back across the street to have some lunch at Secret Garden Cafe. It was a lovely garden setting, and the food was heavenly. After lunch, I went back to have my reading, while Dave was gracious enough to spend some time shopping. It took a little longer than I expected, but it was fascinating and very appropriate for where I am right now in my life. It is rather personal and I'm not going to share any details. However, I would definitely recommend Rima to anyone. I plan to keep in touch with her, and the next time I'm in Sedona, I want to take a vortex tour with her. Too bad we weren't staying longer...
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