Flagstaff, Arizona is one of my favorite little towns.
The road to Flagstaff has mountains and desert. Miles and miles of it.
Miles and miles of it.
No seriously. Miles and miles and miles of it.
But it is a pretty drive.
Flagstaff itself is small.
It’s a college town.
With cute houses that have cute fences.
Like this.
There are colorful picnic spots.
It gets snow in winter. It is not hot in summer, despite being in Arizona.
It has grass. And pine trees.
And mountains too.
Flowers.
And an arboretum. With more flowers.
Plus a butterfly house.
But at the end of the day, it’s time to drive home again.
Through the same mountains and deserts.
For miles and miles.
Back to the familiarity of home.
Love the use of these pictures to tell a story. Especially liked the photo of-and-through the rear view mirror!
And the arboretum. Partly because I didn’t know — till now — what an arboretum is. Had to look it up.
My wife, Cheri, loves that section of Arizona and has told me many times how beautiful it is to her. But I was under the impression it’s really hot in the summer. Now that you tell me it isn’t, I can’t wait to see it for myself!
Oh no, it’s not hot at all. At least, for us who drive up north from Phoenix, it is not. It is our easy(?) escape from the heat, at least 25ºF cooler. For example, it’s 88º outside right now here and 59º in Flagstaff! Phoenix and surrounding areas are in a valley. There are mountains and a plateau about 50 miles north which block the cooler air from the north from reaching this valley. Once you drive over that plateau, into and past those mountains, it is noticeably cooler. There are mountains to the east and west too. Same thing southwards too, although I don’t know where this other side of the valley is. But if you go to Tucson, which is quite a bit to the south it is again cooler. I heartily recommend visiting Flagstaff, in summer, in spring, in fall and if you like snow, in winter. 😀
Thanks for stopping by and I am quite proud of myself for teaching a new word to the word-master!
Sounds as if the weather in Phoenix is similar to that of Knoxville, Tennessee. Here it was 88 degrees F. today.