Month of AUGUST recaps

8/26-27 tue & wed: Nancy & Lisa arrived in Flagstaff. Joined them at the hotel tue am for breakfast. The day was filled with Lisa's appointments with different Marketing directors. Went to Cococino Art Center, Pioneer Museum, N. AZ museum & the Arboretum which included personal tours. The Arboretum was fantastic, beautiful mountain gardens. On wed they came here , Meteor Crater, for a tour. I BBQ some chicken for a late lunch. Then to the Flagstaff Mall so Lisa could buy a MP3 player. Fun days.

Picture: top- ar center, Pioneer Museum, N.AZ Museum. Ctr row-Mkt Dir of N.Az Museum, Nancy & Lisa, Flowers in Flagstaff, Tree watching you. Bottom row-sun flowers, Sawmill park, N & L in Buffao park.

8/25 mon: Projects around the RV. Then to flagstaff for geocaching but it started to rain. ecided to go to the show. Saw the "Mirrors". Scary.

8/21 thur: My humming bird feeder attached to the RV window is great. Have four birds that use it everyday. Here's a early breakfast pic.

8/20 wed: Did some cleaning in the RV and then off to Flagstaff for another afternoon of geocaching. One area near a Golf course has a small lake. the Homes here are huge (lots of $$$ here :) ). Then back to old Flagstaff for a early dinner .

8/19 tue: Off to Flagstaff for some geocaching. One area was the wetlands. A popular trail for the college kids to do running and biking. Had to climb up to get the cache. Like "Oh no".





8/18 mon: Another movie, Momma Mia, in Flagstaff. Lunch later. Getting some heavy rain coming back to the RV.

8/17 sun: Boy what a day. Weather is so bad. Thunder so loud its scary- lighting & heavy heavy rain. This started about 2pm while at work. Lasted until 9pm. Monsoon season.

8/11 mon -wed: Trip to Yuma. Nice to be home. But awful hot. Did alot of geocaching on the way back to the RV.

8/08 fri: Opening of the 2008 Olympic's

8/05 tue: Off to Page AZ. refer to separate log entry.

8/04 mon: To Flagstaff to see the movie "Mummy". Lots of action.

Day Trip to Page AZ

Started out early since it was going to be a 140 mile (one way). Traveled on hwy 89 north of Flagsaff. Interesting drive since the elev was going from 7100 down to 4000 then back up to 6000. The drive took me thru little towns like Grey Mtn, Cameron, Gap then up thru Antelope Pass. The pass was under road work, only 1 lane which caused some delay in time. Then into Page. My goal was to see the Antelope Canyon which is on Navajo land. They charge a entry fee of 6.00 and 20.00 to do a 2 mile walk to the canyon. It was very hot and lots of people so I elected not to go. Instead went to the Antelope Marina which was great and had lunch. This marina is new (about 4 yrs old) and they have plans for a hotel and a RV park. From there left to do some geocaching in Page. Another area I visit was Glen Canyon and the Dam. Left Page late.. On the way back stopped in Cameron at the Trading Post. So much history there.

Arrived back at the RV about 8pm. Neat day.

Antelope Pass




For more pictures go to web album- http://picasaweb.google.com/frankflp

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.

Month of JUNE recaps

6/30 mon: Did some geocaching in an area call Buffalo Ranch. Then onto Flagstaff to see a movie "Get Smart"- funny.

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6/24 tue: Nice Drive to Gallup NM. Old Town do the famous Route 66. Lots of history there. Had lunch at El Rancho built in 1930. Famous place where the movie stars stopped overnight when using the train. Did some geocaching. Went onto a area , Continental Divide. see pic. Then back to RV.

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6/23 mon: Took Ed from the Crater to do a geocache near a Bridge (built in 1903). Still used by the cattlement. It was part of the Rt66. Then onto flagstaff for a movie. The "Happening". Interesting but didn't like the ending. Stopped at Flagstaff Mall off I-40- shopped at Best Buy for external hard disk drive.

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6/15-17: Left sunday afternoon to see Russ in Prescott Valley. Only a 2hr drive. We did some geocaching and hiking monday am. Then a ride to Prescott in the mountains. Neat town.

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06/09-11 : Geocaching and hiking. Love the place call Bullfalo park in Flagstaff. All kinds of hiking trails. Then on wed off to see the Old Caves Crater. Great hike.

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6/02 went to Pinetop near Show Low. Met Ed (from the Crater) and his friends, Bill&Carol. Nice lunch in town. Then to their home. Bill is a Car collector-whow. Ownes about 6 of them. From there we went to the Casino. End of the day back to the RV park. Did some geocaching next to a small community lake.