Blogs from Flagstaff, Arizona, United States, North America - page 14

With our home base in Flagstaff, we set out to explore the many attractions in the immediate area. At the top of our list was Sedona. Situated at the southern edge of Oak Creek Canyon, about 20 miles from Flagstaff. The drive itself is very picturesque, the highlight being Slide Rock State Park where hundreds of people were picnicking, bathing or simply relaxing among the rocks and pools. Then Sedona itself, is a beautiful little town, very artsy with many craft shops and galleries. The red rock formations surrounding the town are a stunning backdrop and make it a hugely popular tourist mecca. Many famous people, movie stars et al are either frequent visitors or have a residence in Sedona. Our next excursion was to Sunset Crater and Wupakti National Monument. The two are very close ... read more

Well, we arrived safely in Flagstaff tonight after a relatively easy drive from Vegas. We stayed in Las Vegas until the early afternoon for Tony to finish writing his FINAL PAPER for his Master's Degree! Once here, we attempted to check in to our hotel, but we were unable to do so, since the hotel we had a reservation for did not allow pets. They had already spotted Tucker jumping around in the truck. So, we were able to check in to another hotel, and are planning to head out in the morning to Amarillo, our next stop. It'll be a long day tomorrow!... read more

Hey Loyal followers, how are we doing? Nikola and I have had quite the adverture since we last posted a blog. We've been to Monterey, Carmel, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Las Vegas and we are currently residing in the little known town of Flagstaff, Arizona sitting at 7000ft (about 2500m for you metric types in less developed nations than the almight USA) and completely covered in soft white snow!!!!! (Niki finally got to see some, yay!!) Its been quite a trip I have to say. Carl and Becky picked us up in San Francisco, which you already know about, from there we headed south to Monterey Bay, we were heading for Carmel-by-the-sea (remember where Clint Eastwood was mayor) but we realised that Monterey was cheaper, so we found a nice cheap motel, complete ... read more

THE AMERICAN ADVENTURE SOUTHWEST AND THE ARIZONA AND UTAH CANYONS On the 28th of September we farewelled the Grand Canyon and headed south to Flagstaff - a university town popular for skiing and the train crossroad town for Arizona on Route 66, where a train goes through about every 15 minutes, some being hauling 140 double levelled containers. We spent the weekend here getting topped up on our groceries and awaiting Corrie’s dentist appointment on the Monday morning to get the cap put back on that fell off just before Tracey’s wedding. During the weekend we visited Wupatki and Walnut Canyons and the Sunset Volcano crater. We also hiked the Elden and Buffalo mountains, enjoyed some time in the old historic part of Flagstaff and bought ourselves some NZ Merino wool Icebreaker tops and a ... read more