I spent a few days in the Sedona area earlier this week and found time to photograph my favorite rock.

After returning from Kauai I spent a few days in Sedona visiting family. I’ve driven over Midgely Bridge many times coming and going through Oak Creek Canyon but never stopped to photograph it. One reason is there is a small parking lot to the left of this shot that it always full of cars and hikers plus a never ending stream of cars crossing the bridge making a “clean” shot difficult. However, early morning on the day after Thanksgiving the place was deserted and I got what I wanted.
All of the shots I posted from my recent trip to Northern Arizona were the popular ones that most have seen or heard about. The ones I wanted in my collection. Today I thought I would post a few photos of the same areas but scenes that are not as common.
Totem Pole can be shot from the south at sunset but in order to get to it at sunrise you need a Navajo guide to take you north and west. We met at 5:30AM and took his four wheel drive off through rough roads, sand trails, and deep ravines. Then hiked a bit to get under the sand dunes in the foreground. A beautiful morning. We went on to a few other sites as well but as I mentioned in my last post the weather was not very user friendly.
After driving along the rim of Canyon de Chelly I went into the bottom the next morning. You must have a Navajo guide take you because of the many ruins and sacred areas. Looking up gives you a much different perspective that looking over the edge. This shot is typical of the walls in color and shape. In the next couple of days I’ll post a few more.