Day 36 - Page Springs, Crescent Moon Ranch

We enter Page Springs on a curve. By the end of the curve, past the now trendy wine bar and bistro transformed from a more basic bar and grill, Page Springs just slips into the memory bank.

Puffy clouds line the sky today as we zoom past some fall foliage.

We've never been down this road before - indeed I guess we have not exhausted all there is to see in Sedona. The road ends just ahead at the line of yellow trees that mark Oak Creek. The area has trails and designated rustic campsites.

View toward Red Rock State park from our newly discovered backroad at Deer Pass Trail.

I guess there are many that don't if we need to be told.

Pond scum on top of an incased holding tank that is part of an elaborate process for composting the nearby pit toilet waste. Really.

The beauty of pond scum.

The trees at Crescent Moon very frequently have pronounced leans.

The bullet-riddled carcass of the tree Bonnie and Clyde hid behind when The Law finally caught up to them. It is not clear why it is here.

More trees shake their fall booty.

Sorry. More Cathedral.

And even more Cathedral ... it is everywhere, from every view .... or so it seems.

The Oak Creek Vortex flexes its considerable influence.

More vortexin'.

The World-Famous Red Rock Crossing. Nobody ever does cross here. Crocodiles.

An impressive array of colour.

The meadow ablaze with autumn.

The Grand Ol' Trees are getting old, but still hanging on.

Up above, tourists at Secret Slickrock.

One of the many mysteries of Crescent Moon: where did this giant fossil originate? It is certainly not related to any known dinosaur. Where are the Black Helicopters?

This poor fellow - still trying to escape from the Marriott. Hope someone comes out to deliver a hotel breakfast every now and then.

We weren't supposed to get any cloud action today - but there it is. You never know what may happen when the Oak Creek vortexes are agitated.

 

 

 

 

 

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