Flagstaff, AZ
Sep. 1st, 2006 03:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
llcoolvadStill in Flagstaff this evening. We decided that having a tiny bit of stability would be a good idea, so this morning we told the hotel we'd be staying a second night.
The day started out raining, so we wondered if perhaps we wouldn't go to the Canyon after all, but thankfully it cleared soon after breakfast (MartAnne's, a Mexican breakfast joint. Good food, but very spicy! Seems to have a young, alterna-type clientele).
We headed up to Grand Canyon and got there midday. Spent a few hours looping around the driving part of the park, took tons of pictures. Very beautiful. I would love to travel down in the canyon some day, go along the Colorado -- or maybe ON the Colorado! Anyway, it was pretty swell. The weather was alternately sunny and rainy, so the lighting was sometimes very flat, sometimes very dramatic.
We entered the park at the South Rim Entrance, so we left by the Desert View end. That's the East Entrance, and takes you down rte 64 to rte 89. Much more scenic and very Arizona feeling -- all flat and deserty and red stripey mountains and winding scary road. Lots of other deep holes in the ground to see, too. Definitely the way to go if visiting the park from Flagstaff.
We got back to the hotel, and since it was only 4pm we decided naps were in order. I'm not really good at napping, so I called Mom, called Mary Ellen, sent some more post cards, started getting my photos in order, played around looking for hotels for Vegas, generally puttered. Soon it was dinner time, and then back to puttering.
Part 1 of my photos are now up. Only covers Boston to the beginning of Arkansas, so there's a lot more to post. More tomorrow, unless shiny Vegas distracts me!
The day started out raining, so we wondered if perhaps we wouldn't go to the Canyon after all, but thankfully it cleared soon after breakfast (MartAnne's, a Mexican breakfast joint. Good food, but very spicy! Seems to have a young, alterna-type clientele).
We headed up to Grand Canyon and got there midday. Spent a few hours looping around the driving part of the park, took tons of pictures. Very beautiful. I would love to travel down in the canyon some day, go along the Colorado -- or maybe ON the Colorado! Anyway, it was pretty swell. The weather was alternately sunny and rainy, so the lighting was sometimes very flat, sometimes very dramatic.
We entered the park at the South Rim Entrance, so we left by the Desert View end. That's the East Entrance, and takes you down rte 64 to rte 89. Much more scenic and very Arizona feeling -- all flat and deserty and red stripey mountains and winding scary road. Lots of other deep holes in the ground to see, too. Definitely the way to go if visiting the park from Flagstaff.
We got back to the hotel, and since it was only 4pm we decided naps were in order. I'm not really good at napping, so I called Mom, called Mary Ellen, sent some more post cards, started getting my photos in order, played around looking for hotels for Vegas, generally puttered. Soon it was dinner time, and then back to puttering.
Part 1 of my photos are now up. Only covers Boston to the beginning of Arkansas, so there's a lot more to post. More tomorrow, unless shiny Vegas distracts me!
