Sedona, Arizona
My name is Alex Pick, and I just moved to Colorado a month ago as a transfer student to the University of Colorado Denver. Although I am loving the excitement of exploring a new state completely different from Arizona, my love for my home state and its unique beauty will never go away.
My family has made regular trips up to beautiful Sedona, and they are often to hike a famous trail along Sedona's Oak Creek Canyon. A beautiful, crystal clear river runs through the bottom of the canyon, and one must follow the river to reach the destination of the hike- the ruins of a small town that once stood right along the banks of the river. In this deserted town are clues to a past civilization- one is able to walk through an old teepee made using part of a concave rock, through an old home with only the stone fireplace and window casings still intact, and through a majestic garden that is believed to have once housed magic herbs.
Sedona has made quite a reputation for itself with its colorful scenery and winding rivers, yet Sedona is also home to many popular myths and beliefs about its hidden healing powers. Sedona is said to be the home of four vortexes which are believed to be psychic places of power. It is often referred to as the "heart chakra of the planet" or the "new age capital of the world", and is able to attract over 4 million annual visitors due to this reason alone.My love for Sedona is one that will last a lifetime, and I am extremely eager to further explore and dig in to what exactly makes Sedona so unique- everything from how the rocks get their varying shades of color to what exactly is happening among those rocks for them so emit such strong feelings of power and holiness!
