Sedona Monday

 

Montezuma's Well

...and his castle

            

The second of the expected rainy days started with a stop at Enterprise (or The Enterprise, as Dave called it, which confused me a bit) to get Dave put on the rental paperwork as an additional driver, which was not quite as smooth as it might have been because the Enterprise airport rental place isn’t on the same computer system as the suburban rental places; go figure. We got it done. I was crabby from too much alcohol and not enough breakfast. We went back to Uptown to do some souvenir shopping and the day got much better. First I found a shop selling Sedona teas infused with Vortex energy which I bought a box of, and clearly just having the vortex energy tea in my possession changed the vibration of the day. Lynn stopped to look at wallets, while Dave and I kept walking and I found a fantastic Nepalese sweatshirt/jacket and Dave found a crystal sphere that spoke to him. He’d found one at Tlaquepaque the day before that had spoken to him but sadly what it had said was “you can’t afford me”.

Arizona Sycamore wrinkles

The day kept getting better because lunch at Shorebird was very yummy and had very good views. I’d avoided Shorebird because, well, we’re not near any shores and it seemed like it couldn’t be good, but I was wrong. After lunch we headed to Montezuma’s Well, a small pond fed by an underground stream, and Montezuma’s castle, a cliff dwelling of the ancient pueblo peoples. They are named after Montezuma because the early naming people thought they were Aztec settlements. I liked both places a lot not just for themselves but also because they had two kinds of signs, the big table like ones that do geology and ecology and cultural significance, but also small low to the ground ones labeling the plants with their names and uses.

I liked the low signs because they linked to the crystal stores. In the crystal stores the rocks all have labels on them that tell you the name of the rock and its energies, for example aiding memory, clearing blockages, discouraging thieves, enhancing spiritual power, etc. And the plant signs did the same thing – the latin and common names of the plants and their uses. It’s all very helpful.

Dinner was a delicious composed salad at home, plus puzzle doing. Another good day, even if the weather was not ideal. We had a fair amount of sun while we were at the well and castle, but it was dreary and rainy in Sedona.