Friday, July 23, 2010

Traffic Jam

We got to spend an hour going 4 miles on Thursday on the way up to Flagstaff. Luckily Eve was napping and the other kids were great sports. We analyzed the garbage on the side of the road, we got a good look at the landscape that we normally go by much faster, and the kids learned about mesas and riverbeds. When I (Mandy) said we were stuck in a traffic jam Ellie clarified that jam is also a food. Since we were going so slow (at least we were moving) we had time to take some pictures.

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The traffic in front and in back.

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Mesas, mountains, and cactus.

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We think this is “Table Mesa” since it was right at Table Mesa Road exit.

When we got closer to Flagstaff we drove into a humongous monsoon storm. The rain drops were so big at one point it was like someone was throwing water balloons at us. At other points you could hardly see. We were thankful to arrive safely in Flagstaff.

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