Tag:Flagstaff

Flagstaff’s Sled Dog Races, Lost in Northern Arizona, and a Bedeviled GPS

Have you ever given a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm on an inanimate object?  In other words, have you ever cursed out a GPS? In the last leg of our recent trip to Flagstaff,  I am ashamed to admit,  I displayed a momentary intensity that perhaps bordered on madness, as our GPS had us abandoned... Read More

A Night at Flagstaff, Arizona’s Inn at 410

The Inn at 410, in Flagstaff, Arizona, is a most wonderful place to lie your head after a busy day of sightseeing in northern Arizona.  This 1894 6,000 square foot mansion, built in the craftsman style, is sure to have every appointment that a discriminating traveler might expect. Most surprisingly, it is a nine room bed & breakfast. ... Read More

Breakfast at Flagstaff’s La Bellavia Restaurant

Upon making our trip up the mountain from Scottsdale to Flagstaff, with our bellies rumblin’ for food, we made a beeline to La Bellavia Restaurant for breakfast. There seems to exist, somewhere deep in my DNA, a magnetic sort of pull to small town breakfast eateries.  To be fair, Flagstaff probably doesn’t qualify for what most... Read More

A Winter’s Drive to Flagstaff, Arizona

Today we made our journey up the mountain to Flagstaff.  When we left Scottsdale, at 9:00 a.m., it was 60º, and when we made it to Flagstaff, two hours later, it was 31º. As we made our climb we saw patches of snow at 5,000 feet, deep snow at 6,000 feet, and gobs of snow in Flagstaff at 7,000 feet. The photograph above is from Arizona’s... Read More

Itinerary: Flagstaff’s 24th Annual Winterfest

This weekend we have planned the maiden journey for The Roaming Boomers travel and adventure website. We live in North Scottsdale with an altitude of roughly 2,100 ft, and enjoy winter weather that is typically sunny, and produces highs of 70º each day.  Flagstaff, on the other hand, sits at roughly 7,000 ft, and is currently blanketed with... Read More