Grounded by nature:

A bucket list road trip to red rocks, vortexes, cacti, and canyons


"Visiting Arizona has been on my bucket list for as long as I can remember, especially Sedona and the Grand Canyon. When I heard about the swirling energy vortexes in the region, I knew it was something I had to check out. When my partner and I landed at the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, I was excited about how the rock formations looked from the plane—but it didn’t prepare me for the drive. We stopped for a quick lunch at In-N-Out and hit the road in our Jeep for Cottonwood, Arizona. The drive along I-17 was stunning. The towering saguaro cacti were unlike anything I’d ever seen—they stood like sentinels protecting the rocks. Being from the Midwest, I’m used to flat land and prairie grasses, and with every spike in elevation, the rock formations seemed to grow. "

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Coded by: Meosha Bates