Vortex Central

One of Sedona's main claims to fame is the presence of energy "vortexes" in and around the city.  This is what the Merriam Webster dictionary had to say about vortexes:

1: something that resembles a whirlpool <the hellish vortex of battle — Time>

2a : a mass of fluid (as a liquid) with a whirling or circular motion that tends to form a cavity or vacuum in the center of the circle and to draw toward this cavity or vacuum bodies subject to its action; especially : whirlpool, eddy

 

Apparently this definition can also be applied to energy, and the city has embraced this concept with great relish.

 

We visited three of the four main vortexes in Sedona:

 

Bell Rock:

 

 

the Airport Vortex:

 

 

and Cathedral Rock

 

 

The Cathedral Rock Vortex can be accessed from several different directions.  We chose the Red Rock Crossing path because it seemed to be the easiest way for us to get there.  We parked at Crescent Moon Park and from there, it's about a half-mile walk to Oak Creek, where the vortex is.

 

 

They say that the closer you get to the energy source and the stronger the energy source is, the more twisted the juniper trees get.  I don't know if that's true, but we saw some amazing trees at the airport vortex.