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Soaking in natural beauty
By Carol / February 9, 2015 /
Some places encourage – perhaps even demand – that a person stop thinking, stop talking, and simply soak in nature. Sedona, Arizona, is one of them.
I had the pleasure of spending two days this past week in the natural beauty of red rock splendor. A Pink Jeep Tour was worth the money as we journeyed to remote locations and learned about the geology, botany, and human history of the area.
I invite you enjoy some of the beauty, too.
Red rocks reveal history of millions of years.
View from the top of Submarine Rock
Cacti frame red rock spires.
Cyprus tree 1,000+ years old
Pink Jeep Tours get two thumbs up.
Writing take away? It’s no wonder so much art is created in Sedona. Nature inspires me when I take time to absorb what it has to share. Then I return to the keyboard refreshed and with new insights.
Where do you go for inspiration?
I love that place. It must be quite an inspiration. I’m so jealous.
You’d love it Christoph. By foot or by jeep or just driving on the roads open to all cars, the views are magnificent.
I think it was 1975 when my husband and I were there. We left our two children with my parents and took a holiday before going to a missions conference. I have vivid memories of that beautiful place to this day. Thanks for reminding me!
A special – and romantic – place to come with your husband, Elfrieda. I’m glad the pictures recalled memories for you.
I visited Sedona last year. Loved it. The combination of bright blue sky and red rocks has inspired both writers and artists over the centuries, and it’s easy to see why.
Good time to re-read Country Girl Author Willa Cather. 🙂 Especially Death Comes for the Archbishop, The Professor’s House, and The Song of the Lark.
The blue and red were stunning as was the blue and white created by the bark of the sycamore trees that weren’t leafed out yet. Good point about “Country Girl” Willa Cather. I read Death Comes for the Archbishop some years ago. Time for a re-visit.
Beautiful pics. Thanks for refreshing my memory of Submarine Rock. We were there several years ago and I’d forgotten the name.
It’s always fun for me to see the rock shapes. Like clouds, we can all use our imaginations in regard to what to name them. Normally, I’m not wild about having other people in my pictures, but the people in this picture illustrated just how expansive the top of that rock is.
I’m with you on having unspoiled natural beauty, sans intruders. But I’m beginning to realize that people are part of the landscape at certain places around there, like Submarine Rock, Cathedral and Bell Rocks and similar site. I’m starting to think of them as similar to wildlife.
Speaking of shapes, is that Bill and Monica perched behind the cactus? Your driver may have mentioned those rocks …
People as wildlife. That’s an interesting perspective.
Speaking of perspective, I hadn’t thought of that formation as Bill & Monica. There was a discussion of Snoopy …
Bill and Monica might be elsewhere. Or maybe the topic has lost its punch.
Perhaps. They were no where on this tour.
I love the pictures. There’s a place called Garden of the Gods in Colorado that I visited a long time ago. It has similar beauty.
Thanks for reminding me of Garden of the Gods, Chuck. I visited the area some years ago with my family and we really enjoyed our time there. The red rocks and formations are spectacular and so different from the Midwest. One of the reasons they inspire me.