However on approaching Sedona we started to become aware of some of those great energies as the sky darkened significantly. This is nearly always a heads you win, tails we lose situation when riding a bike, especially in the heat. If we stop to put on the waterproofs then it certainly won't rain. Although the temperatures have dropped, it's still in the 30°C's and we will overheat and get just as wet from sweat. If we don't put them on, it will certainly rain and we will get wet. We got to 2.5kms of our accommodation. We should have been more proactive. It was immediately too late. Never have we been so wet. Luckily there was a Laundromat with industrial sized dryers running off 'normal' energy where Paul spent a significant part of the evening. We are not convinced that the alternative energies and healing on offer in Sedona would have been anywhere near as efficient.
The following morning was bright sunny and hot, so we went exploring. We are now in red rock country and Sedona is surrounded by them. They all have names as you would suspect and we chose Cathedral over Coffee Pot and others. We climbed to the top of Cathedral Rock, which isn't actually the top but halfway up. But that's where the trail stopped and it was high enough for us and the views.
Red Rock country will be about photos not ramblings for the next few installments.
This just about marked our 8 months on the road with just over 32,000km covered. We have harked on about not having had any/much rain on our trip. It's no longer the case...
