Blogs from Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, North America - page 11

So here i am back in Flagstaff after another fun filled week at the Wupatki. Much better overall experience there this week but at the same time i'm glad i am going somewhere different next time around. Most of the crew members were the same and we had the same supervisor so not many new faces or names to get used to and i felt as though the time at camp was a lot better than last week. Day one had the usual early start: wake up at 6, have breakfast and head off to Cedar house to load up the van and then an hours journey to the camp site at Wupatki. This week we set up camp as soon as we arrived which meant starting and finishing work later but allowed us to get ... read more

Sooo, i'm back from Wupatki and it was rather awesome. We left at about 7 am which meant waking up at half 5 only 2 days after a 10 and a half hour flight with the effects of jet lag still present. The first task of the day was driving over to Cedar house to load up the van with the weeks food supplies and tools needed for the project. After this, the journey to the national park took about an hour and everyone was still sleepy and quiet. Day one involved putting up tents in windy conditions, which turned out to be fun, and generally preparing the camp where we were going to be living for the next 3 nights. The work on the first day was probably the most interesting and varied: me and ... read more

Whoa. Since my last entry, we have driven all around the state of Colorado, visited Utah, and hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon and back. We originally planned all these great places to see...Yellowstone, Yosemite, etc, but between concert tickets I bought for a show in Colorado and a last minute opening for the hike down to the bottom of the Grand Canyon, the time restraints eliminated a lot of options. However, it did create the chance to see a lot more of Colorado than originally planned. I'd like to start by saying how much I appreciate: A. Hiking Boots B. Wool Socks After putting $10 bucks in a quarter slot machine and coming out of a Casino $120 ahead, I decided that money would be well spent on a pair of quality hiking ... read more

Geo: 35.1982, -111.651We made it farther tonight than we had originally planned. We left Tahoe in the morning and drove a few miles through Nevada before getting back into California. The drive is long across the desert, and there are not very many towns along US Highway 395. It finally joined back up with I-40, and we felt like we were back in civilization, although it's still a long way between stopping points on I-40, too. We had planned on staying in Kingman, but it seemed early so we changed our reservation to Flagstaff. As it turned out, Kingman would have been better. Just a few miles east of Kingman we came across a complete traffic halt on the highway. A bad wreck a couple of miles in front of us kept traffic stopped for over ... read more

I've been to Flagstaff several times. All the times it's been great. The first time I went, I ate at the Beaver Street Brewery. It was amazing. I wasn't old enough to have the microbrew, but I heard it was good. The pizza was phenomenal. The wait was a little long, but the people who ate there were friendly, so you always have someone to talk to. The second time I went, I ate at Sizzlers. It is like a buffet I guess you could say. A whole group of us went, so the wait was long, but the food was decent. The service was friendly. The thing I loved about Flagstaff was that it was cool when we were there. It wasn't particularly hot. In the winter, there is snow, which you rarely get in ... read more