{"id":1001,"date":"2017-10-20T19:46:10","date_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beltguy.com\/blog\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2017-10-20T19:46:10","modified_gmt":"2017-10-21T01:46:10","slug":"hello-from-flagstaff-az","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltguy.com\/Travelogue\/?p=1001","title":{"rendered":"Hello from Flagstaff, AZ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Hello from Flagstaff, AZ<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Friday evening &ndash; October 20, 2017&nbsp;&nbsp; (First post of this travelogue)<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">Can you believe it, we are on the road?&nbsp; Unfortunately not in the bus, rather a great rented car.&nbsp; We are headed to Perris, CA where I will teach a shaft alignment class next week.&nbsp; We will then do some fun tourist stuff and then Pat will attend a Stampin&rsquo; Up! convention three weeks from now.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">We have had to cut back on planned travel this year because we did not want to be gone when&nbsp; two of our daughters are dealing with breast cancer.&nbsp; They are now in a somewhat &ldquo;stable&rdquo; situation with their treatment.&nbsp; As a result, we (with their encouragement) planned this trip.&nbsp; I should add that Pat had a bit of a scare and had to have a lumpectomy last week.&nbsp; It came back benign.&nbsp; Bottom line, we just needed to &ldquo;get out of Dodge&rdquo;.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">We left Denver yesterday after Pat had her post surgery examination and after a quick visit with her dad.&nbsp; We had made reservations at a Holiday Inn in Grand Junction. &nbsp;Today we are staying at a Holiday Inn in Flagstaff.&nbsp; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">We planned a route for today that we knew would be very scenic.&nbsp; Shortly after crossing the Utah border on I 70, we took exit 214 which is an amazing scenic route to Moab.&nbsp; We have dubbed it the &ldquo;Damon route&rdquo;, since our son-in-law introduced us toit.&nbsp; The first several miles is rather drab.&nbsp; Then all of sudden you drop into a spectacular canyon created by the Colorado River.&nbsp; <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">At Moab we turned south and went through Monument Valley via Utah 163.&nbsp; The rest of the drive to Flagstaff was scenic, but not nearly as impressive as the earlier travel today.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">The weather yesterday and today was wonderful &ndash; sunny and 60s and 70s.&nbsp; It was quite windy as we approached Flagstaff.&nbsp; It is pretty cool in the morning and evening, but a light coat takes care of that.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:12px;\">That is all for this post.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Flagstaff, AZ Friday evening &ndash; October 20, 2017&nbsp;&nbsp; (First post of this travelogue) Can you believe it, we are on the road?&nbsp; Unfortunately not in the bus, rather a great rented car.&nbsp; 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