We figured it all out eventually. The early mornings are cooler than midday. With this incredible insight, pushing our brain capacity to the limit, we have hiked earlier lately. However, it does clash with office work when we depart early. Nevertheless, as we don’t seem to understand how things work these days in the world of finance—apparently, the rules have changed; our presence at the ‘office’ is academic. After this somewhat clumsy explanation, we set off going north from the Village of Oak Creek, passing through Uptown Sedona on the way to the trailhead, cleverly hidden from most hikers. Some states do that pretty well—the hiding of trails.
On the way down, we met an interesting couple from Florida. The guy is an east coaster, so we made allowances for him. However, the new wife, a woman somewhere in the fifties, hails from Mozambique, South Africa’s eastern neighbor. The only other person we know from the former Portuguese colony is our friend, Mario Baptista, a gentleman of the highest order. Anyway, these two who married recently, are traveling across the country and camping under the night sky—they obviously are hopelessly in love.
On hike-about, we meet many people from all over the world who often share interesting, different and sometimes fascinating insights. Fellow hikers, not all, tend to be more open than a typical New Yorker commuting to the city at 6am on a Monday morning.
Today’s hike was a steep climb, over 1200 feet, towards the pass of very attractive cliffs. Although the terrain is considered semi-desert, when we arrived at the pass, the view down into the opposite valley was of forest. The views on the way up, including the trail covered in greenery, contrasted wonderfully with the red and yellow rock-faces. The trees appear to grow from the rocks at height which is fascinating and very attractive. We suppose semi-desert can mean anything—as we wrote earlier, we don’t understand many things in man’s world nowadays.
Finally, this is an exciting weekend; Jacob Sclar, the son of Zara and Gavin, becomes a bar mitzvah. We have known the Sclars since they arrived in the country, unmarried at the time. We’re proud to be their friends. We wish the whole family a hearty mazel tov and much blessing.
Airport Mesa Loop, a few snaps from this delightful hike
Cheers,
Jenni and Jeffrey
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