Quickie Flagstaff Trip
Wednesday I was going to go out for an overnight trip to the Mojave, but my wife had something she needed delivered to a professor at Northern Arizona University, so on the spur of the moment I decided to drive it all the way out there instead. The whole trip ended up being about 1100 miles round trip, and I only spent the one night there in Flagstaff. So it was tiring, but it was also kinda fun to go on such a long trip on the spur of the moment.Flagstaff is a nice town, and it had been blanketed with a few days of snowfall when I arrived.
The San Francisco Peaks, including the highest point in Arizona, are just a few miles north of town.
Thursday afternoon I headed up to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, where you can see a young cinder cone and some lava fields.
Nearby is Wupatki National Monument, home of the well-preserved ruins of an 12th-century pueblo.
You can walk right up to the ruins, which even include a ball court.
You can see the whole photoset here.
posted by Adam Villani @ 12/14/2007 04:14:00 PM
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Those are some serious icicles!!
I like Sunset Crater a lot. I visit it every time I'm in or around Flagstaff.
Did you sample some of the local food? Maybe some stuffed sopaipillas or Green chile?
Small town Williams, west of Flagstaff seems like a good place to retire.
I didn't eat any Southwestern food (or, indeed, notice any restaurants serving them, although I wasn't really looking), but I did the last time I was in New Mexico. I ate lunch at the Beaver St. Pub (sausages) and dinner at Bunhuggers (grilled hamburgers) on Milton Rd.
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