Great Wi-Fi at the campground yesterday, but the Blog didn't do what I wanted it to do and caused much frustration. Will see what happens today!
By 10:00, we were packed up & heading south on Hwy 89 to Flagstaff.
Interesting landscape as we emerge from a canyon.
Once out in the open, it was a 6% downgrade for the next 2 miles. We passed many roadside stands selling Navajo items (jewellery and pottery) most of them were empty - off season?
The everchanging landscape - desolate with very little growing on the rocky terrain. Has warmed up to 28C.
Now we are getting into the mountains & trees at 6400 ft. elevation. A sight for sore eyes after seeing so much desert, rocky and barren land.
After setting up at the campground just north of Flagstaff, we went to Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument. Sunset Crater is a 1,000 ft high cinder cone formed by a volcanic eruption about 800 years ago. We took a 1 mile walking trail which explained the history of the area. The trail took us past the lava flow, which was quite amazing.
Hundreds of volcanic eruptions gave life to this region's present landscape. All the hills and mountains around are volcanoes. They are part of the 2,200 square mile landscape of lava flows, cinder cones & other volcanic wonders know as the San Francisco Volcanic Field.
We continued on the park's loop road to the Wupatki National Monument, which consists of several ancient dwellings of Puebloan peoples.
We stopped to tour one ruin called Wukoki, which resembles an old castle. Meticulous corners and lines of masonry rise up from the bedrock to a 3-storey-height.
Despite exposure to the elements for 800 years, it still stands as a tribute to Puebloan ancestors who paused to farm here during the 1100's.
End of the day!
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