Flagstaff also had great trees and landscape. We went to the Grand Canyon, or as my teenage son calls it : "the big hole in the ground" . I had been there many years ago, but Steve & Stephen had not. We rode the train there from the depot. The increased elevation was fun to deal with while walking the trails, as was the heat (100f). The train ride was fun, but our steam locomotive broke down about 45 min. into the ride up and they had to send the diesel to take...

One of our favorite towns.

On this trip, we actually discovered KOA, which stands for "Kampgrounds of America (KOA)." We'd seen them previously but for some reason never stayed there...until now. The Flagstaff KOA is a flagship KOA - it was just great! The setting, their friendliness, the little wonderful events, like popcorn and root beer floats at free movie time, (often) free pancake breakfast, etc. We are now members and find KOA very, very convenient - the President's...

After Grand Canyon, we headed to Flagstaff where we enjoyed a great tour of Lowell Observatory, including the telescope used by Clyde Tombaugh to discover Pluto (which in 2006 was still considered the 9th planet). Before departing Flagstaff, we enjoyed lunch at Cafe Ole' and a stroll around the old train station.