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FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA |
| We leave Cottonwood heading towards Flagstaff. It is about 65 miles when the elevation rises to 7,000 feet. We stop at a few rest stops and look at the countryside. When we approach Flagstaff I see what Paul calls a mountain. It is huge, standing right in front of us with snow topping its peak. We stop at a gas station to get directions to a campground. I get out of the RV and look towards a ranch. I can see people riding horses with dust kicking up in the air. There is a bunch of mounds on the ground near me and little furry, brown creatures start coming out of the holes in the mounds. They are scampering around and standing up on their hind feet. I ask Paul what they are and he tells me they are prairie dogs. They are adorable. There is a whole community of them with underground condominiums. Later I called them ground dogs... oh well, I was close anyway. |
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| We find our home for the night
at Woody Mountain Campground and then venture to town to do some food
shopping. The town of Flagstaff has a university in it. I really like the
way it looks. College towns seem so alive... kids with dreams and looking
towards the future. I don't know the population here but it is a good
size. It has a Wal-Mart, Burger King, movie theater, etc... things you
don't find in the desert.
A train passes around the mountain and the size of the mountain makes the train look like a miniature going around a Christmas tree. We have seen many elk crossing signs, but we haven't seen one yet. I'm sure that if we've seen a ground dog we will eventually see an elk. |
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It's about 5:30 AM, Monday,
March 22. The sun is thinking about rising. I'm reading a pamphlet on
Arizona and find out they don't change to daylight savings time. They keep
the same time all year. Good for them! The Navajo Indian reservation here
does change their time, so if you go on a reservation you step into an hours
difference and then step out of it again.
When Sir Knight unhooks the water hose, drippings have formed an icicle on the ground, so I don't have to tell y'all that it can get cold at an elevation of 7,000 feet |
| We leave the campground at 11:00 AM.
Our mileage is 2,315 since we left home. We stop by the post office in town
to mail our latest Explorer Report. We pull off the highway and take a break for lunch. I have mentioned it before but the trees are so tall that it makes me feel like a small child. We can hear the wind whispering through the pine needles and the birds singing ever so gently. It is a beautiful day. I have always gotten my strength from nature and I am rebuilding my energy thanks to God and the teacher he has put in my life. |
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