Lake Mary

Lake Mary-A little south of Flagstaff (I-17 I-40). Lots of trees. First stop was a area called Sandy Canyon for a small hike. Trail connects with the Arizona Trail. Found the cache in a tree stump.

Then moved onto to another called Vista canyon. This was a cool hike. The trailhead was in a campground. Trail took me down into a canyon with a canyon wall which is popular with rock climbers. Fun, fun. Talked to some hikers along the way.

Getting ready to go down into canyon.

Lake Mary. Stopped here for lunch before heading back to Flagstaff. Beautiful area.

Snowbowl Day trip

Wed. Nice drive to the area. Lots of aspen trees. The Snowbowl lodge and ski area is at 9500. Sking started here around 1939. In 1963 the chair lift was built. The ride to the top takes about 30 min to elev of 11500. Great Views. The area is called San Francisco Peaks, the top here is known as Agassiz. Do to some thunder going on, the staff was asking everyone to leave the top in order to close down the lift. Then it started to rain. Snowbowl is celebrating its 70 yr Anniversary.
From there, down about 2 mi did some geocaching. Small hikes to the cache. The one called Stone-Wall was great because I had deer watching me. Took their picture.

Proceeded to the Museum of N. Arizona. What a great place. Spent 2 hours there. U can read more about the museum at http://www.musnaz.org/

Pictures of the day are in my web album
http://picasaweb.google.com/frankflp/SnowbowlOtherSites

Month of JULY recaps

07/30 Wed: Did some projects here at the RV. Then into Flagstaff for some geocaching. Later to Wal-Mart. One area I visit was the Sawmill Park which runs along a canyon near the NAU campus. This park has a art walk that leads to a playground. Several themed gardens, humming bird, flower garden, etc. Nice trail that leads down into the canyon with posted signs about posion ivy. Decided not to go since I'm in shorts. Moved more on to the campus to a small observatory. This campus is huge. Very nice.

Yes, where I get my haircut in Old Historic area of Flagstaff

07/29 Tue: Went to an area called Lake Mary do some hiking (geocaching). see separate log.

07/28 mon: Another movie in Flagstaff - "X-Files". Interesting but disappointed.

07/23 wed: Day trip to Snowbowl. Created a separate log.

07/22 tue: Lazy day . No day trips. Just had fun relaxing around the RV and working on the computer.
07/21 mon: Movie time, saw Bat Man. Good but its 2 hr 30min.

07/16 wed: Went to the Meteor Crater to do the Guided Tour. Did this before starting the job, but wanted to create a picture album. Then in the afternoon to Flagstaff to the Riordan Mansion State Historic Park. Lots of history there

07/15 Tue: Coming down with a cold. Day trip to see the Sunset Crater Volcano Nat'l Monument. A visit to the Visitor Center in the state Park then a small hike on the Lava flow Trail. Then some rain. Crater was created in a series of eruptions about 900 years ago. Its still the youngest volcano on the Colorado Plateau. More info at www.nps.gov/sucr

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07/14/mon: Movie day. Saw Journey to the Center of the Earth. Very good.

07/09 wed: Back to Flagstaff. Took the jeep to Jeffy Lube. Walked around the historical area and had lunch .

07/08 tue: Spent the day at the Walnut canyon (state park) area. Did three hikes searching for geocaches. The last find, was located near the edge of the canyon- what a view. Fun day. Did about 5 mi hiking.




07/07 mon: went to Flagstaff to see the moive "Wanted" . Good. Then some shoppping.

Creating Blog

Creating and learning how to use the google Blogger.
Plan to go back in time and create some entries.