We decided to drive around Sedona and see some of the sites we hadn't yet seen. We went on the Red Rock Loop and saw some magnificent views. At one of them we ran into a couple from Dallas who shared that they had been coming to Sedona for years and, loving it, wanted to move there. Afterwards, Debbie and I talked and agreed that, although the area is very beautiful, it didn't quite capture our hearts as some other places have, but I could see how it could be that resonant for some folks. The friendly couple from Dallas took this picture for us:
One thing about Sedona is that it seems to be the center for New Age-y kind of beliefs. There were signs for psychics, "aura readings", and a UFO center. There are supposed to be some kind of "vortexes" here in Sedona. We never saw any, but they had plenty of those roundabout things.
We hit the road for Flagstaff and arrived in time for lunch. We had seen a Chick-Fil-A the previous day, so we stopped there and also filled up the gas tank. We made another stop at a Wal-Mart to replace the air mattress that Daniel uses sometimes. (The old one has a slow leak in it somewhere.)
There was still the issue of a mystery side trip. We followed directions that I got from AAA for a little place I had discovered on tripadvisor.com for "one of the top things to do in Flagstaff." We pulled off the highway onto a dirt road, then onto a second dirt road, then onto a third dirt road, before ending up here, at Lava River Cave:
The three kids made it all the way to the end of the cave and back. I made it about 1/6th of the way in before I realized I was slowing them down, so I went back. Debbie had only ventured in as far as you could no longer see natural light, and decided to return because the rocks were too difficult for her to climb them safely. Still, we all agreed it was a fun activity!
Now it was finally time to do what we had come to do - visit the Grand Canyon!
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