9.21 Boynton Canyon, the home of Sedona’s greatest vortex
“We’d like to borrow a skirt for today’s hike,” we asked our dear editor. We are not too naïve to expect a smooth outcome to this unusual question. “A what?” she asked, thinking she had misheard. We explained what we needed and most importantly why. Our editor stared at us with wide, blue eyes. We get tingling feelings when she looks at us in that manner. However, we knew her mood might be a little on the dark side following the request. Why the skirt you ask? We’ll get to that later. Nature's Balancing Act Could be the resting place of the vortex but we're not sure where the 'bugger' sleeps A couple of weeks ago , we approached a volunteer ranger near a trailhead to ask exactly where the hike began. It took the woman, very sweet and all that, twenty minutes to give us incorrect directions. During this period, she explained the vortex position, what happens to the gyros on a helicopter as it approaches Sentinel Rock, that she is a biologist, pilot, engineer, tra...