Day 32 - Baldwin

The power of the red rocks in unyielding - trucks can indeed levitate.

A more advanced form of the Plant-Based Electronic Surveillance. Note the smaller and stealthier antennae. Our phones are turned off. Hope that's good enough. We are probably onto something.

The path to the Baldwin turnout is up, up, up.

Last night we both received coded messages on our phones: 4427. The messages were repeated several times and were accompanied by the Government warning: "suspected spam". Uh-huh. The Government wants us to ignore coded messages. We consulted the ultimate oracle, chatGPT, who decoded the message thusly: the message is in two groups of 2 digits each, 44 and 27. 44-24=20, and 27-24=3. The 20th letter of the alphabet is "T" and the 3rd is "C". Turkey Creek. That is why we are exploring the Baldwin area today, off the Turkey Creek parking lot. Almost immediately we find a sign: a whistleblower is giving us a trail to the top-secret Wildfire Lab for Waterless Fish. That is why the Black Helicopters have been so nervous.

The trail goes up and up, along many high ledges.

Our whistleblower lights the way. No sign of Black Helicopters. Yet.

But there is always someone watching.

The signs are sometimes hard to find, but they are here.

Along the way, the Sedona Sphinx. Thousands of years old, it was carved by an unknown ancient vortex civilization. It has a ram's head and a lion's body. It is believed to be a defender against Pinks.

We must be getting close. That can't be natural.

Arrgh!! The Black Helicopters arrive to shoo us away.

We take note of our general direction of travel.

Maybe we can find another approach. Time to run away.

The moon rises and we know it is a sign to steer clear and return to TC parking.

An impatient vortex rumbles - but also warns us to move quickly as we make a hasty retreat.

The golden light of the TC parking lot. Someone is looking out for us to encounter such a scene of beauty just as we safely return.

Canadian beavers - or are they teddy bears?? - lift their arms in joyous relief at our return. Trudeau may not care - but they do.

Greatly relieved and relaxed - we depart Elote cafe for the 4th time this trip. Belly's full of Jeff's incredible cuisine - and our heart and soul basking in the warm attentiveness of all the staff. Black helicopters be darned.

 

 

 

 

 

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