From Winslow we headed to Flagstaff. After few nights of dry camping it's time to charge the batteries, empty tanks and get water. Flagstaff however is not a place full of cheap campgrounds. The cheapest one we found was by the Black Bart’s Steakhouse. The first price we heard was 26 USD. We were not too excited about it... But then we found out that toilets and showers were out of service, water in pipes was frozen and WiFi didn't work. Price went down to more acceptable 15 USD.
We left Eddie, put warm clothes on - there was snow here and there - and we went on a day trip to Sedona. We didn't get there. Just before Sedona the traffic was so bad that after half an hour of not moving too much we turned around. We totally forgot that such thing as traffic jam existed! Well, Flagstaff is quite big university town. Besides for a while we didn't remember what day it was, and it was Saturday. Too bad, but at least we got to the area with more bearable temperatures and the views from the road to Sedona were amazing! With such views we can get stuck in traffic more often.
In the evening we went to see Flagstaff. We felt old. For some young people were an extinct species for us, and in Flagstaff there were only students and their parents visiting them on weekend. We did Japanese-style sightseeing - we drove around town taking pictures - it was cold plus it started raining. We even tried to get out of car to see an old train station (Flagstaff is a classic exanple of Route 66 town, railroad and road run along crossing town in the middle), so that we could take a picture of Maciek with an old engine. But Maciek ran straight back to the car.
So we did what all responsible parents would do. Flagstaff is famous for its microbreweries so we went to try local brews. We ended up in Lumberyard Brewing Company. We liked it.
So we did what all responsible parents would do. Flagstaff is famous for its microbreweries so we went to try local brews. We ended up in Lumberyard Brewing Company. We liked it.
In the meantime we did some planning. The first part of the plan was easy - Grand Canyon and then up north. For a moment we thought about taking a train to Grand Canyon, but Disney-like ticket prices were pretty discouraging. After checking the roads we found out that one of them between Grand Canyon and southern Utah is closed due the landslide, there are also a few places still closed for winter.
Besides it's been a while since we had breakfast outside... As soon as the sun goes down it's getting really cold, at night it goes to freezing temperatures and in the morning it's around 1C / 35F. Way too cold for us. We decided that we'll see Grand Canyon now and than we'll go to some warmer place. We'll come back to Utah in a few weeks.
Besides it's been a while since we had breakfast outside... As soon as the sun goes down it's getting really cold, at night it goes to freezing temperatures and in the morning it's around 1C / 35F. Way too cold for us. We decided that we'll see Grand Canyon now and than we'll go to some warmer place. We'll come back to Utah in a few weeks.
With one day in advance (as usually) we found a free campsite. This time it's BLM campsite just a few miles away from the park's gate, near Tusayan. It's just a turnout at the side of the forest gravel road, just after you pass "camping allowed" sign. Sounds good to us.
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