Streams In The Desert

The first night Brian and I stayed in Sedona, we went on a seven-mile hike on a trail through Oak Creek Canyon called the West Fork Trail. This trail's path crosses the lower end of the West Fork of Oak Creek thirteen times, so at times it was challenging to determine the trail, but it was fun to follow.

The West Fork of Oak Creek gently flows year round in this forested canyon that is hundreds of feet deep.

(I captured my husband in this picture.) Most of the cliffs in Sedona are reddish orange because they are made of Coconino sandstone.

The whitish rock located higher up on the cliffs is Kaibab limestone.

The sandstone rocks are multi-layered and have been eroded into curvy shapes with tunnel-like passages.

The West Fork of Oak Creek Canyon was a wondrous introduction to the many hikes Brian and I adventured during our one week stay in Sedona. It was surprising to view this lovely stream in the heart of the dry hot desert of Arizona. The Bible says that when each of us invites Jesus into our hearts and lives, water too will gush forth in the wilderness and streams in the desert.

"Then will the lame

 leap like a deer

and the mute tongue

shout for joy.

Water will gush forth

in the wilderness

and streams in the desert."

Isaiah 35:6 (NIV)