Bell Rock with Babies

By: Paul S. Cilwa	Viewed: 9/23/2018 Occurred: 8/12/2018	Topics/Keywords: #Travel #Arizona #Sedona #Vortexes #Gianna #Dominic	Page Views: 238
Gianna and Dominic's first visit to the fanous vortex.

Summer is almost over. My grandson, Zach, is about to return to school in Manhattan; his visiting cousins are about to return home to the East Coast as well. We had hoped for a camping trip, but there just wasn't time. So today we made a pilgrimage to Sedona to take Zach's baby brother and sister to Bell Rock for the first time.

Bell Rock is an awesome place for little ones to experience unpaved ground, moveable rocks, and fantastic scenery.

You will require a Red Rock Country Parking Pass, $5 as of 2018. They can be obtained at vending machines in most of the main parking areas and trail heads, as well as the Ranger station and Visitor Center just north of the Village of Oak Creek.

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My youngest grandchild, Dominic, was given an early driving lesson by his daddy, Jimmy while I picked up Red Rock Country parking passes for the three vehicles that made the trip.

We drove up through Oak Creek Village, so our first full-on Red Rock view was of Courthouse Rock (also known as Courthouse Butte, as indeed all of these rock outcroppings are technically buttes.) Geologically, Courthouse Butte is composed of horizontally bedded sedimentary rock of the Permian Supai Formation.