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Post by htmb on Sept 21, 2014 3:27:36 GMT
Typically, when I visit my family in Flagstaff, I take a shuttle from the airport, but on this trip my son had business in Phoenix so he and my middle grandson, age 4, were able to pick me up. My son enjoys reading reports on AnyPort. He suggested we drive through Sedona, rather than take the more direct route, so I could get more photos of the magnificent red rocks. All of the following photos were taken from the car, with mixed results. Heading north out of Phoenix the elevation immediately begins to change. |
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Post by htmb on Sept 21, 2014 3:56:17 GMT
We later learned we had inadvertently avoided driving through a hail storm by taking the Sedona route. Off in the distance we began to see red rocks, marking the beginning of the Sedona area. The landscape was greener than I'd seen on any previous trip. |
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Post by htmb on Sept 21, 2014 4:17:22 GMT
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Post by htmb on Sept 21, 2014 5:01:19 GMT
As we climbed up the twisting canyon road towards Flagstaff we saw the areas that had been scorched in a summer wildfire. And then, we were at the top of the canyon and on the edge of Flagstaff. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2014 20:46:34 GMT
Some of those photos are almost of Monument Valley proportions. I had no idea. They don't convey the feeling of high temperatures. How hot was it outside?
I spent a night in Flagstaff once but my main memory was "oh, motels are considerably more expensive here than in other towns where I have stopped!"
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Post by htmb on Sept 21, 2014 21:02:04 GMT
It was about 70F, but it can get quite hot in Sedona in the summertime.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 8, 2014 19:45:47 GMT
Magnificent! Glorious! Those absolutely breath-taking photos really give a sense of the landscape. And those clouds -- damn!
So many of these really beg to be printed out full-sized. Thanks so much for taking us on this ride.
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Post by htmb on Oct 8, 2014 20:29:04 GMT
Aw, thanks, Bixa.  |
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