If It's Friday, It Must Be Flagstaff!!

Hi, Ya'll,

We arrived in Flagstaff late this afternoon. We had to wait a little bit for our room to be ready, but we had help to move everything in, and it was wonderful.
We were not happy with Homewood Suites, so we were thrilled to be back in a Residence Inn. There is such a difference. Here, we moved in for five days. If you know us, you know that we always take our food, our refrigerator things, and our wine with us. We take three ice chests--one for our freezer stuff, one for our wine, and one for our other food. A luggage cart was not available, so one of the assistant managers helped us move everything into the room!

We will post pictures later because we used all of Ellen's battery life. We just wanted to let you know that we got here safely. We took a detour through the Petrified Forest this afternoon. It is a fascinating place. We were able to obtain a pass to enter every National Park in the United States. Thanks to the fact that Sharon is 62+++, whoever is in the vehicle with her, gets in at no charge. Had we gone back to the Visitors' Center, it would have been free because she also has a handicap sticker. It seemed too much trouble and we didn't mind paying the $10.00 for the "Golden Age Pass". The National Park Service is a worthy investment!

We have a lovely view of the mountain and the hotel sits on a golf course. We are about 15 minutes from the downtown historic area. We will probably investigate all of that tomorrow. Of course, the Grand Canyon is on our list of things to do. We will just watch the weather reports and decide which day will be best to go there. At the present time, it is raining. The temperature outside is in the high sixties. Oh my, how nice!!!!! (Sorry, El Paso friends!)

Until next time. . . . .