Sedona Hike November 2011

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President and I finally made it up to the northernmost part of the mission for a zone activity! We met the Cottonwood zone up in Sedona to hike Bell Rock. You can see why it got its name when you see the shape. It was an absolutely beautiful November day!

We started at the trailhead and walked to the backside of the formation to start the hike.

Elders Martin, Pierson, Pres & Sis Taylor, Elders Malmberg, Jones, Geren, T. Johnson, Killian, Simcox, Beck, Hastings, Coakwell and Harline.

This was a "real hike" where we actually had to grab crevices and tree branches to haul ourselves up and slide down rocks to get back down!

Up on top of one of the high plateaus, Elders Martin, Johnson, President and Elder Simcox.

Sedona is infamous for spiritualism...vortexes and the such, so Elder Hastings was poking a little fun at some of these traditions.

Elders Malmberg, Hastings and Simcox up a steep rock side.

We were very high up at this point and the view was just amazing! You can see the nearby cliffs and rocks.

As we left Sedona, this is what we saw as we drove away...the most brilliant rainbow we had seen. It was a wonderful day with the Cottonwood Zone!