Off the highway where the hot air balloons land the Earth Module has come to rest. Down the road about six miles are the two main Indian Ruins everyone and their grandmother visit when they come to Sedona.
Prior to our arrival the Kadizzlites attended a lecture on Tim's Cave. Tim is dead, but his brother Andy gave the talk. The story is long and convoluted, but Kadizzle will try to condense it. Tim had cystic fibrosis. Tim died at age 24, but before he died, Tim developed a love for Indian ruins, and culture. Alex was eight years younger, and his brother Tim was his hero.
In 1991 someone gave Andy the gift of a helicopter ride in the Sedona area. Five people went on the ride and all the occupants did not know each other. Since the ride was primarily for Andy the helicopter flew over the Indian sites Tim loved. As the helicopter was running out of the paid time, Alex agreed to pay for 15 minutes more air time.
As the helicopter came around the bend near the red rock cliffs the sun was just right so everyone in the Helicopter could see into a cave. The cave was in a very unreachable location. In the cave in clear view were three very large pots, and two baskets. Alex stood on the outside of the helicopter and got a good picture of the cave contents.
Immediately the people on the helicopter reported the find to the USFS. However, before the Forest Service got to the cave in nine days someone had stolen a basket that was in the cave. Withing 17 days before the contents were removed someone stole a large pot. The total value of the cave contents could have been a half million dollars.
In honor of Alex's brother the Cave was named Tim's Cave. Quickly the FBI was on the case and the person who stole the artifacts was in danger of being caught. Whoever took the artifacts had to have been tipped off by one of the people on the helicopter ride. Kadizzles suspects Alex knows who the culprit was but did not say probably for fear of getting sued. However, someone in the audience blurted out the name. The stolen pots were returned anonymously through the Hopi Indians and the person was never charged. Kadizzle suspects it was someone with money and connections who was able to avoid prosecution.
There are more twist and turns to this story and you can get the full story on line. Yesterday the Kadizzlites set out to find Tim's Cave. Remarkably the people at the major Indian sites knew nothing about this important find with the exception of one. It turned out the cave was not where Alex seemed to describe it. Alex may have been deliberately misleading people to protect the cave. Also if someone in the audience had shouted out during the lecture " That is not where it is", that person would have given away the fact they may have been in on the robbery.
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