Flagstaff to Willcox, via Saguaro National Park (12/12)
Willcox to Socorro, NM (12/13):
We decided to make Flagstaff one of our rare multi-night cities, joining Cleveland, Knoxville and Las Vegas, as it is well-positioned near both Petrified Forest and the Grand Canyon. So we headed north to the Grand Canyon, still riding the high of the Cleveland victory, and made our way through quite a bit of snow to the park. The canyon itself is fine, and by all means grander than Black Canyon CO and King's Canyon CA, and maybe grander than Canyonlands UT, though Bryce Canyon UT gives it a run, Bryce is smaller but its hoodoos are pretty good. We didn't hike much on account of the snow, instead heading back to Flagstaff, swinging by Target and spending the rest of the day in our motel 6.
Saturday we headed south, coasting into Sedona where mystical vortexes are said to enhance one's energy. We didn't feel the vortexes and weren't that into the psychics, so we split for Saguaro National Park, which is the first time either of us had seen cacti, not little window-box cacti, but giant 50 foot cacti that look exactly like you'd find in a 5 year-old's drawing of the desert. So we hiked around the cacti until sunset, then made it to Willcox for the night.
Sunday we drove to Socorro New Mexico, setting us up for the VLA in the morning. We got a growler from the Socorro brewery and are watching the Giants lose as we both Consult.
-B
Grand Canyon:
Grand Canyon snow:
Sedona, no vortexes here!
Cactii
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