The Trip: Day 2
It's after 10:30 pm and I should be going to sleep, but I'm too worked up by the days events to get to sleep right now...so I'll catch up on a bit of traveling.
Day 2
St. George, Utah to Albuquerque, New Mexico...via Snowflake, Arizona.
From St. George, we headed toward Snowflake, Arizona via Routes 9 and 59, through Hurricane, Utah (that's Hurricn, not Hurricane). At the Utah-Arizona border are the lovely towns of Hildale and Colorado City...unbeknownst to me, these two dinky dots on the map are polygamist towns...interestingly, the houses are large and plain; go figure.
Across the border 59 turns into 389 and winds up toward Fredonia. Fredonia is a pimple on the landscape. We stopped at a service station for a potty break and that's about all that's there (okay, there are some houses, but not many).
Why on earth would there be a Snowflake in Arizona, you ask? Well, in 1878, the town was founded by Erastus Snow and Jordan Flake, two Mormon pioneers/colonizers.
We went to Snowflake to visit my mother's 91-year-old cousin Elva and her 95-year-old husband Harvey (and their 14-year-old poodle). Their son and daughter were there, also (their daughter brought her 17-year-old poodle).
(I have come to the conclusion that the poodle is the senior citizen's dog of choice; I asked my parents when they are getting one...they just laughed).
After Snowflake, we went back to Holbrook, got some A&W food (yummy!) and then proceeded to Albuquerque, via I-40. It was a long day and I didn't get too many good pictures, but the night-time drive into Albuquerque was beautiful; you approach the city from above and when you round the corner above it, the city lights sparkle! Breathtaking!
Day 2
St. George, Utah to Albuquerque, New Mexico...via Snowflake, Arizona.
From St. George, we headed toward Snowflake, Arizona via Routes 9 and 59, through Hurricane, Utah (that's Hurricn, not Hurricane). At the Utah-Arizona border are the lovely towns of Hildale and Colorado City...unbeknownst to me, these two dinky dots on the map are polygamist towns...interestingly, the houses are large and plain; go figure.
Across the border 59 turns into 389 and winds up toward Fredonia. Fredonia is a pimple on the landscape. We stopped at a service station for a potty break and that's about all that's there (okay, there are some houses, but not many).
BELOW: Looking back at Fredonia from the service station. There is more of it around the bend...but not much.
After Fredonia, the road becomes 89 again and winds through the Kaibab plateau up to Jacob Lake, and then down through Marble Canyon and various other scenic mountain vistas and then south to Flagstaff. From there, we took the I-40 to Holbrook and then south to Snowflake.
BELOW: Kaibab Plateau
Why on earth would there be a Snowflake in Arizona, you ask? Well, in 1878, the town was founded by Erastus Snow and Jordan Flake, two Mormon pioneers/colonizers.
We went to Snowflake to visit my mother's 91-year-old cousin Elva and her 95-year-old husband Harvey (and their 14-year-old poodle). Their son and daughter were there, also (their daughter brought her 17-year-old poodle).
(I have come to the conclusion that the poodle is the senior citizen's dog of choice; I asked my parents when they are getting one...they just laughed).
After Snowflake, we went back to Holbrook, got some A&W food (yummy!) and then proceeded to Albuquerque, via I-40. It was a long day and I didn't get too many good pictures, but the night-time drive into Albuquerque was beautiful; you approach the city from above and when you round the corner above it, the city lights sparkle! Breathtaking!
BELOW: Holbrook.
BELOW: Before the Arizona-New Mexico border. We went through several rain storms that day and this is what the sky looked like just before the border.
BELOW: After the border. A pull off we stopped at so dad could stretch his legs and walk around. Third picture is the refinery across the freeway from where we were.
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