Slide Rock Ahead
by Connie Fox
Title
Slide Rock Ahead
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Color Film Photo. Landscapes, Landmarks, Nature
Description
"Slide Rock Ahead" by Connie Fox
Film image from 1993, updated in 2014, showing Slide Rock on Oak Creek from upstream. Slide Rock is the curved area at the center of the image, where the water suddenly drops to a lower level. This creates a thrilling ride for those up to the challenge, for one literally slides down into the waters below.
A few people are seen standing on rocks in the distance, but no one in this image is identifiable.
Slide Rock, now a State Park, is part of the Pendley Homestead Historic District. You will find more information in the Description for the "1927 Pendley Homestead House" in this Arizona Gallery. The Pendley Homestead Historic District, including Historic Orchards and the house built in 1927, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Slide Rock Park was originally part of the homestead. It is located in Coconino National Forest, south of Flagstaff.
As a high school and college student in Arizona, I have great memories of this area when my girlfriends and I had Slide Rock all to ourselves. As a camper, I stayed in one of the bungalows built in the Thirties, three of which remain. Back then, in the Sixties, the area was unspoiled by tourism, and the fire that has closed Oak Creek Canyon until further notice.
With that sobering thought in mind, I am especially pleased to share my of Oak Creek Canyon, Slide Rock, and Sedona. You will find them in my Arizona Gallery. I hope you will enjoy all of my Arizona pictures, both photographs and painterly styles.
This photograph of Slide Rock would make a lovely fine-art landscape a wall of your home or office and bring back good memories if you have been privileged to enjoy it yourself. Photographed in the summer of 1993 with a Minolta Freedom Escort and Kodak film. Scanned and restored in 2014.
Copyright 1993-2014 Connie Steitz Fox. All Rights Reserved. Please note: The watermark, if visible here, will not appear on your purchased artwork.
Featured on the homepages of PhotosRUs, Places You Visited, 3-A-Day Waiting Room Art, and Premium FAA Artists, September, 2014. My thanks!
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September 6th, 2014
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