DAY 7 (August 19th)

KANAB-FLAGSTAFF

We had pretty bad night again, it just felt too weird, I guess. We got gasoline, coffee and hit the road again. Somehow I missed the turn and we ended up on 89A instead of 89 (difference of about 25 minutes. Another nice day. It was flat and endless to start with. At this point, we were not sure what to expect from Flagstaff. We did not have time to research and do much thinking, so we were just hoping it would be nice. Within minutes, we were passing sign welcoming us in Arizona.

We had to move in and J. had to work next day, so our plan was to arrive to Flagstaff around noon. No real plans to stop or do sightseeing. For a while, it was boring and not much to see. Then it changed and we were climbing some and seeing some rock formations and a lot of red color.

It was interesting, how the landscape was changing. The cliffs and hills in the back created really impressive pictures. The red color was all around. And then there was river. We cross the bridge and stopped by small site. There was small pedestrian bridge and deep canyon. It used to be crossing on the way from Flagstaff to Kanab. Now, it was just incredible.

The landscape was still changing. It was between the plain (almost like desert) with smaller settlements of (probably) Navajos, and rocky and hilly formation rising up and creating something really pretty. The long stretches of road were boring, but helped us to keep our time schedule. The weather was really nice and welcoming.

Even the sky was creating really nice background for picture taking and viewing. Honestly, we were both looking to be done with driving. For a while, the landscape was different, there was much more trees (pines perhaps) and it looked pretty green. At this point we were hoping Flagstaff will look like that. It was really creating nice country (red rock, trees and mountains in the back). Getting closer to Flagstaff, we started to see San Francisco Peaks (one of them is the highest point in Arizona).

Even they are pretty tall (over 12000 feet), they do not look as impressive as mountains in Washington state. Being so close to Peaks meant we were really close to Flagstaff. There were some other sites, that we will visit, but for now, we just wanted to be done.

Well, there was Flagstaff. It was nice and green, nestled between the mountains. We were slightly early, so we decided to get groceries. And then arrived. Really nice place, too big for us, but … Unfortunately internet was not working and J. needed to get some license stuff done, so we visited info center in town, went to Fedex business center and printed the forms.

And … let’s next 13 weeks begin.

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