Nelson

In just more than an hour, we're going to be leaving Flagstaff on our way to New Mexico. It's a six and a half hour drive from here by car . . . so it might be as many as 8 hours with the motor home, depending on whether the road is flat or not. But we're also planning to get off the freeway a couple of times and follow historic Route 66 through places like Winslow, Arizona. If you're a fan of the Eagles, you'll recognize the name Winslow. It's mentioned in their hit song "Take it Easy". Should be fun. I guess there's a sign on a lamppost someplace in town that says, "Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona", the lyric from "Take it Easy".

The Grand Canyon was amazing. The only way to describe it is to use the new word my honey made up yesterday, "unwordable." There just aren't words to describe it. If you've never been, it's definitely something that you should do, and take the family. It's absolutely true that pictures of the canyon just don't do it justice. They don't . . . but once you've been there and seen it for yourself, the pictures sure help you remember how awesome it is.

Sedona and Jerome on Sunday were really fun. We stopped in to a little tavern in Jerome for an afternoon beer and the place was really cool. It was just like it was back in the 1800s when Jerome was a bustling copper mining town. The ceiling of the tavern was even lined by a punched copper sheet. There was some sort of big gathering of Harley Davidson riders in town that day, so there were bands in the taverns. The one we picked had a jazz band playing that was pretty good, actually. We enjoyed ourselves.

And, as Dawn has said, we've found Flagstaff to be a fantastic town. We love it here. Mountains, trees, GREEN, and the town is really cozy and cute. It's an old town with a bit of a new feel, thanks to the college atmosphere and the dozens of coffee stops in town. But we really, really like it here.

More when we get to New Mexico!