Our Trip to Sedona.
The last couple of weeks at Back 2 Basics have been eventful. Last week we went to the Sedona area and camped at Beaver Creek. Our campsite was open and bordered by large trees. Me and two other clients set up our tents under one of the larger tents opposite the main campsite. The first day we went on about a 9 mile hike about 5 minutes away from our camp. It started off on an even level dirt road and slowly progressed into a steep incline into a canyon that bordered the river. The trail became rocky and began to fluctuate between incline and decline. After some time we reached the end of the trail at some rocks hanging over the river. We relaxed there for about an hour then decided to begin our trek back.
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Explore What We Can Do →That night we cooked and had a meeting around the campfire. I find that I get much more out of our campfire meetings than the actual ones. It’s a much more intimate experience and since I already have a close relationship with everyone there’s much more open discussion. The following day we headed to a short but strenuous hike at the top of a ridge. Afterwards we went to Montezuma Well which is a large circular water source in the middle of desert surrounded by ancient Native American dwellings built into the ridges descending into the water source. It was an amazing experience. Some of the rock in the dwellings had graffiti from the mid to late 1800’s which was very interesting to see. After viewing the well we returned to camp but quietly ate and left again. We decided since we were low on wood we would go to a meeting in Sedona than have one around camp.
The meeting was actually good, the home group we visited was close and welcomed us with their experience, Strength, and hope. I got a lot out of it and was happy we made the choice to go. We then returned to camp and went to bed. The following day we woke up to pack up camp and visit Montezuma Castle. It is an ancient Native American dwelling like those at Montezuma Well but much bigger and built high up into a vertical rock face. There is a large structure of stone still standing in the rock and we could see numerous holes where supports had been for various other buildings that were built across the rock face. This experience made Montezuma Well fail in comparison. After we viewed the dwellings for some time we departed for our final hike of the trip. It was a brief hike but with a tough incline up a primitive rock trail. Despite the heat and how tired we all were it was worth it. The view from the top was breathtaking and we could see out across the sun drenched desert for miles. We then made our way back to Flagstaff.
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