FUN IN FLAGSTAFF

A ton of fun is what we had in Flagstaff!! It was such a nice get away and even relaxing too. Usually, when we go at this time of the year, we camp, but since Jacob is so young, we opted to hotel it this time. It is Monsoon season, and on the way up to Flagstaff, we did have some heavy rain, but the storms never really interupted our outings. While we were up in the area, we headed to Sedona......beautiful place......actually, one of my favorite places to visit in Arizona. We went to the Red Rock Crossing State Park. The Oak Creek runs through the park, so we hiked through the park, and the boys loved swimming in the creek, and going on the natural water slides. We also had a picnic under a HUGE willow tree, with the creek flowing right behind us. The veiws of the red rock mountains/hills are absolutely spectacular. It was a great day!! While we were visiting Dave's parents, Gregory decided he'd like to spend the night with them, so he did so. He had a great time and he's ready to go back! Dave's mom does beautiful artwork, using water colors. So, she helped gregory do some paintings, and he was so proud! We all headed up to Snow Bowl Ski Resort for a picnic. We were hoping to ride the scenic sky ride(ski lift), but it had been stormy that morning, so it was closed for the day. However, the weather did cooperate for our picnic, and the sun was even shining too. After the picnic, we went hiking up the second mountain, to the other ski lodge and lift......we made it about half way up, and it was a bit too steep for the kids to hike. We then headed to the Lowell Observatory. We went through the museum, watched a movie on the planets/universe etc., and went on a tour of all of the telescpes. It was very informative, and the location of the observatory, is over looking the town of Flagstaff......very scenic veiws. The hotel that we stayed in had an indoor pool and hot tub, so over the course of our vacation, we did a lot of swimming as well. The boys all had a great time, and really enjoyed all of the hiking, swimming in the creek, and all of the new sights. It was one of those vacations that we weren't on any specific timelines, we even had time to veg out and watch movies in the room. When it was time to head home, we felt very refreshed! It was so much fun!!