Hi Garth,
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From: "Garth Wood" <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Like to thank everybody collectively for their responses. Some of you
were
> also kind enough to post to me personally; 'preciate it.
>
> Some things are just better if we base ourselves in a few places: a couple
> of days in Denver, a week in Santa Fe, four days (or so) in Flagstaff,
then
> back to Denver and home. Got people already to come and live in the house
> and take care of the dogs while we're gone.
>
> Flagstaff looks to be within reasonable driving distance of a few things,
> as does Santa Fe. I appreciate the recommendations to keep moving around,
> but for my wife and I, we've discovered that schlepping our bags around
> daily makes us cranky -- we'd rather drive a little more to see places
than
> always be trying to find new hotels/motels/whatever. (This strategy has
> worked well for us in the past while traipsing around Europe.)
>
> May have to re-think my kit: perhaps the 200/4.0 and the
> 21/2.0. Dunno. Trying to stay ultra-minimalist considering the potential
> vistas and details available to be photographed.
>
> May also have to re-think the SUV we're renting -- I think it needs to be
> more "muscular," just in case. More expensive, but then, if it gets us
out
> of a jam...
>
> Thanks again, everyone. Unless the weather's unusually nice, we'll
> probably have to bag the North Rim this time around and hope for a repeat
> sometime in the future. Perhaps El Nino will work in our favour this
year.
>
> And then there's the food. Mmmmmmm, bowls and bowls of spicy green
> chili... mmmmmmmm...
>
> Garth
I second the comment about the beauty of the North Rim and about Bryce and
Zion but you'll probably be too short in time to see everything.
I've not seen anybody "talking about" the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff...
who knows if the weather was bad :)))
Have a nice time there
regards
marc
namur
Belgium
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