We are on our way to Flagstaff Arizona, and now we are running into snow on the road sides, humm!!
This is the train station near the center of town.
The old Bank building on Main St.
We always drive around towns like this to check out the historic areas, and there is always a beautiful church.
Another view down Main Street, actually Route 66.
Wagon Wheels used to pull the timber from the mountains to build the town. We didn't stay long in Flagstaff, we were anxious to see the Wupatki National Monument just up the road and then on to Salt Lake City, before the next snow storm hits.
This is the Visitor Center at Wupatki National Monument.
A wonderful example of Volcanic rock nearby.
And another piece of rock.
Example of Sand Sagebrush, you see it growing everywhere.
And this is the Monument, from a distance.
There was a rock near the walkway, I wondered if it was a place where they might have pounded grain, the design around the whole facinated me.
This is a close up of the ruins, they are trying to keep what is left stable, so they are actually filling up the rooms with sand.
Amazing how they formed their rooms around the rock.
You have to remember this is sand stone, soft, and all this land was under water at one time, when the water receeded it left all these odd shapes...amazing!
The ball court, they actually played some type of ball games in these circles.
Just an amazing structure to see and to walk inside, you can almost hear the people yelling and cheering.
The blow hole, never seen one before, it blows in, and sometimes out, depending on the surrounding air, the day we were there it was warm so the blow hole was like a vacumn sucking the air into the hole, really strong...on cooler days it would blow out... Today the Hopi refer this blow hole as "Yaapontsa" meaning the wind spirit.
Check out Paul trying to feel the wind, sucking his hand down. They have a heavy screen in the hole to prevent an injury to anyone....Can you imagine finding a spot like this??
First Lizard of the trip so far, cute hugh?
I am not sure of the name for these stones, but they were used for grinding grain...Notice the colors of the rocks.
You can see even today the volcanic ash on the ground, quite a contract with the red earth.
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