Flagstaff Travel Blogs

This is my third trip to the Grand Canyon in two years: Can you tell that I love this place? It is like no other place I have ever been to.  My first trip was made during spring break in 2006 whith my daughter: We took a break to visit family friends in Las Vegas and from there, decided i…

Thanks to TRIPADVISOR we found this hidden gem!Yeah so at first I was super excited about this trip, I mean a cave?!?  I read about it, never been there, but decided on heading that way... = )   So honestly I had no idea where it was, I talked to the front desk at the HGI - they were…

The next day, I woke up at 6AM, after a surprisingly restful night of sleep by the traintrack-side hostel. I decided I had time to hike Mt. Elden, just north of Flagstaff. A unpaved road off Highway 89/Route 66 leads to the Little Elden Springs trailhead. The trail leads through a …

Driving took up the rest of our day. After spending three or four hours at Petrified National Park we decided to scrap a couple of other items. We did stop at one short side trip. Red Rock State Park. The colors and rock formations were very interesting and provided several nice pictures. We arriv…

As the sun continued to set and we drove out of Sedona, I made several comments on the stormy sky off to the side, not realizing we were about to head through all that!  As we drove, it looked like rain was forming but it didn't make the same noise rain does as it hits the window.  Could …

Decided that I had better take a look at Historic Flagstaff, since I've been here 4 days and have not gone there yet. First stop this morning was to Flagstaff Mall to see if a camera store there might be able to fix my telephoto lens. Unfortunately, they do not have anybody on staff to handle this.…

RAIN + SEDONA = SNOW IN FLAGSTAFF OMG I should have put 2 and 2 together.  Brett and I both said, once we saw rain in Sedona it would snow in flagstaff. We were driving up to 8,000ft that is snow level. We drove up further and then WHOA I saw snow flurries. Erin says “ITS SNOWING!!!!”…

These are photos since August 2007, as I stated none of them have been edited or changed.  I just wanted these to be pure, untouched by the digital blackroom that is my life.

Flagstaff is a city located in northern Arizona, South of the Grand Canyon and north of Phoenix. Coming back from the Flagstaff Meteor Cretor we drove into Flagstfaff downtown. We already took a look on the internet on Jasmyn's Iphone and searched for a hotel. We found a nice hostel in the dow…

After checking into the hotel, we headed over to the Lowell Observatory in Northern Flagstaff.   We were there just as the evening hours started, so there was no crowds.  After watching a short 12 minute film about what you can see in the night sky, out the back doors we go to…

So we drove away from the Grand Canyon and I was exhausted with a capital E... all I wanted was food... we drove in towards flagstaff and stopped at the first pizza place we found.  I can't remember the name of it but it had a large dining area... you go up to the counter and order your pizza …

Sitting in the lobby of Grand Canyon International Hostel, waiting for the clock to be noon so I can get on the bus to San Francisco. 20 hour trip but I bet it will be worth it.

2 trails, one day. While I didnt do the full loop on Bear Jaw -- which is a rocky well-graded climb, I did get a chance to survey some wonderful colour. The peak yellows really put on a show this year.

Yes, Arizona gets SNOW. This year in particular had some wonderful snow fall.  And being that I don’t ski, I wanted to get some hiking in and the best way to do that is with snowshoes. I rented a pair from REI for a day, I think it cost me $34 USD. You have to return these when you…

Roadtrippin' through western USA. Didn't plan ahead more than a few days. Had a lot of fun, especially in Vegas! Roundtrip Phoenix-Grand Canyon-Albuquerque-Denver-Yellowstone-Salt Lake-Bryce Canyon-Zion Canyon-Las Vegas-Sequoia NP-Pacific coast-Hollywood-Joshua Tree NP-Phoenix About 8.500 km (5.300 mi).