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11,000 Miles: Walnut Canyon National Monument, Arizona
This was another cliff dwelling monument we visited near Flagstaff, and in contrast to Montezuma Castle, this one has far less dwelling, but a lot more hiking. The hikes are measured in miles instead of meters, and had some pretty…
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11,000 Miles: Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument, Arizona
I don’t have many pictures of this place, and we weren’t there for long due to a rain storm, but … wow … what a cool place! I strongly recommend you check it out if you’re in the Flagstaff area.
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11,000 Miles: Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona
I’ve been to the Grand Canyon a few times, but this time was special because I got to share it with the kids, and they got to share it with their grandparents. We didn’t take very many pictures due to…
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11,000 Miles: Montezuma Castle National Monument
I mentioned in a couple other posts that we ended up in this part of Arizona by accident. This National Monument had not been on our list, but since we were nearby in Camp Verde, we decided to go check…
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11,000 Miles: Flagstaff, Arizona
Even after more than a week there, Flagstaff remains one of our favorite towns to spend time in. More than anywhere else in the country, we feel like these people are our people. And the town feels like our town.…
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11,000 Miles: Sedona, Arizona
We found ourselves in Sedona, unintentionally, because the nearby wildfires closed down the Cinder Hills in Coconino National Forest where we had intended to stay for a few days. Because of this, all of the Flagstaff area campgrounds were completely…
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11,000 Miles: Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah
I’d like to start this post by saying that Dead Horse Point is so indistinguishable from the Grand Canyon that I have had serious trouble sorting the pictures now that I’m back at home. This place is absolutely spectacular, and…
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11,000 Miles: Monument Valley, Utah
You know the place. It’s the iconic landscape of the American Southwest. It’s where Forrest Gump stopped running. We were only here for an overnight stop between Moab and Flagstaff, but we were graced with a herd of grazing sheep…