When you visit Flagstaff, Arizona, you find yourself in a place you’d never consider a desert. Tall pines, green grass, soaring mountain peaks…it looks more like an Alpine village than the middle of a barren wasteland. Flagstaff lies in what is considered a semi-desert and has the largest contiguous Ponderosa Pine forest in North America. But one of Flagstaff’s most [...]

In June 2008, I escaped the confines of city life and flew west to visit my brother in Flagstaff, Arizona. I love the town, and had visited a few times, but  never had the opportunity to enjoy the wealth of outdoors activities available there. During my week long stay there, I took advantage of the long, warm days and headed [...]