Heading Backwards
Kurt, Carol, Kari, Andy and Sue hug goodbye. |
Two hours and about a hundred miles later, we passed through Albuquerque on our way back to Flagstaff. There wasn't a single balloon. "The Festival goes a few more days," said Andy. "With such a big sky view from the freeway, I would have thought we would see at least a few balloons dotting the sky."
"Maybe the wind?" I half-suggested.
"No," he answered. "It's actually pretty calm, and with predictions for snow moving in above 7,000 feet, they won't have good weather much after today. I'm surprised not to see anything today since the Festival goes through Sunday."
At the Arizona Welcome Center we stop for noon snacks. |
"But that would really curtail our outdoor activity," he answered.
That settled it. He booked Las Vegas.
Route 66 is famous as a Chicago to Los Angeles byway of the past. |
Behind the bronze statue is the mural with a girl in her flatbed Ford truck. |
Andy makes friends with the traveling guitarist who memorialized Winslow, Arizona, in the 1970's song. |
"Well, I'm a standing on a corner
in Winslow, Arizona
and such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed
Ford slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is
gonna save me
We may lose and we may win though
we will never be here again
so open up, I'm climbin' in,
so take it easy."
A group of middle schoolers dressed in wool hats and scarves leaned on the street lamp. We ignored them and took pictures anyway. The car thermometer read 81 degrees. "This part of Arizona does get cold," said Andy, "but I don't think it's that cold." We were 58 miles from Flagstaff.
In the distance loomed the San Francisco peaks. The closer we got, the more trees popped up and the higher we climbed, the more the temperature dropped. By the time we reached the city, it was 61 degrees, a 20-degree drop!
"Can you believe the difference!" said Andy. "No wonder people flock to Flagstaff. It's desolation for miles around in every direction, and then you come upon tree-covered peaks that rise 5,000 feet above everything else."This must be Mecca.
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