Flagstaff Trip #2 - First snow of the season
Adventure #5
December 12th, 2014.
2 years ago, my wife and I had only been in AZ for about 2 months when we decided to drive to Sedona and Flagstaff.
Little did we know what we were about to experience, the most beautiful driving experience of our lifetime thus far.
(I will share some of those pics at the end of this post).
We wanted to have a similar experience this year so we decided to drive up North when heard it was going to snow.
Here are a few pics from a pit stop in New River;
My son and younger brother Eric;
Sedona was grey, cloudy and it was raining.
Sedona is gorgeous regardless of the weather conditions, the drive by was beautiful as we expected.
(Sorry no pics of cloudy Sedona).
What we wanted to experience and see was snow while driving the up 89A which is considered the most beautiful scenic drive in AZ, and thanks to my planning, everything worked out. The news said it would snow @ 2pm around 5,500ft ... we were driving up 89A around 1:50pm, temp was 30F and there it was, snow left and right and then it began to snow on us.
We stopped at a viewpoint to use the restroom and to enjoy the scenery which we never get tired of.
Here are a few pics I took right after we left the viewpoint;
We drove to Flagstaff (elevation 6,600ft) where we had a late lunch at the Lumberyard Brewing Company Restaurant.
Delicious as usual, good craft beer, amazing Sonoran dog and creme de corn to die for.
We drove around town before heading back home.
Here is a pic of the Pat in Flag while it was snowing;
We also stopped by a viewpoint right before we began the decent to the Valley.
It was perfect timing, the sky blew up with pink clouds, it only lasted 5 minutes.
Here are the pics from my wife's first Sedona/Flagstaff experience.
All were taken with a canon point and shoot.
Taken from the Airport Rd Viewpoint;
Taken on way to the Crescent Moon Ranch;
Heading back to 89A N;
Taken by the Sedona bridge;
Driving up 89A;
Taken up in Flagstaff, Sunset Crater and the San Francisco Peaks;