FLAGSTAFF

WE’VE BEEN DRIVING PAST FLAGSTAFF, AZ FOR 16 YEARS ON INTERSTATE 40, AND NEVER EXITED TO LOOK AROUND OR BUY GAS OR ANYTHING. WE NEEDED TO VISIT BANK OF AMERICA AND SINCE THEY LEFT SHOW LOW LAST SPRING IT WAS A ROADTRIP TO FLAGSTAFF.

AFTER THE BANK WE FOUND THE OLD PART OF DOWNTOWN FLAGSTAFF, AND THE OLD BUILDINGS HAVE BEEN WELL PRESERVED. WE HAD A SANDWICH AND BEER AT THE OLD WEATHERFORD HOTEL ($50), AND WALKED AROUND DOWNTOWN.

ON THE WAY OUT OF TOWN WE STOPPED AT WALNUT CANYON, A NATIONAL MONUMENT, AND THAT’S WHERE THE PICTURES ARE FROM.

IT’S NOT THE GRAND CANYON, BUT IT’S WORTH A LOOK OVER THE EDGE.

WE SAW MORE ORANGE CONSTRUCTION BARRELS TODAY THAN WE DID ON OUR 4,000 MILE TRIP TO WISCONSIN AND BACK IN JUNE. TWICE WE CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SAT FOR 20 MINUTES.

I BET THE TRAFFIC AT THE REAL GRAND CANYON WAS BACKED UP 5 OR 10 MILES JUST TO GET IN.

  “SUNNY & 80”