After having breakfast at the hotel with great mountain views, we started the day with climbing up the Cathedral Rock. We met TWO Japanese groups at the parking lot, where only 10 cars can park, so I started asking one group "is it popular in Japan?", and the lady was saying "hell yeah".
This is the mountain (rock) we climbed.
It is already 4000 feet above the ocean so breathing was not that easy. We needed to stop every 10 minutes or so.
Even though the sunshine was very strong, thin layer of cloud and constant winds helped us keep cool, or at least not so much of sweat. This was the view from the top (actually not on top of the rock but in between the rocks) seeing the other side. It was breath taking view. Surprisingly you can see a lot of greens even though it seemed very dry. If you drive 20 minutes or so north, there was a huge apple firm in the past.
Look at the color of the sky... So blue, and the contrast with red rock and green. It was a bit of spiritual experience to directly face with this creation by nature. I have to assume "someone" made this natural creation millions of years ago.
Our hotel was 10 miles south of Sedona downtown, so not so many tourist except the hotel we are staying. Our pick for the dinner was Italian restaurant. Good (again we are from NYC, so it is very difficult to find a great restaurant on vacations) food and nice atmosphere. Outdoor seating was nicer, but we did not have a reservation so it was not assigned to us. That was OK since we had great views all day.
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