Watching for Rocks Love these signs in Oak Creek Canyon. Talk about belaboring the obvious. What d'ya think we're HERE for but to watch for rocks!!?! The other signs I saw that made me smile were the U.S. Forest Service ones: "Healing in Progress. Stay on the trail." It wouldn't make me think twice anywhere else, but here in New Ageville, I could easily imagine a Ranger with crystals... |
Bus Parking Only 11,000 residents, 5 million visitors a year: you do the math. One young resident, asked his views on the tourist invasion, said, "Dangerous." Referring to our tendency -- stunned into stupidity by the views -- to stop in the middle of a road, park any which way and walk blindly into traffic, with our face stuck in a camera viewfinder. And there just ain't enough parking. Frustrated in my attempt to get anywhere NEAR "the" sunset viewing place, I finally swung into "Bus Parking Only" -- which turned out to be a huge empty lot, with shade no less, and an excellent place to pull out the paints and do a little sketch to celebrate the sight of the almost-full moon. |
So, back to Airport Mesa the next morning, a quiet visit after the dawn tai chi crowd had departed. This is where one of the vortices is. I was feeling it, but a minibus of tourists arrived and climbed this little "mini-mesa", laughing uproariously the entire time; they were clearly not feeling it. The hawk riding the thermals above the canyon floor didn't seem to give a darn either way.
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