We found the only Minnesotan and Norwegian in the middle of nowhere Arizona! We stopped for one night at this RV park enroute to Flagstaff.
Lamest playground we’ve encountered - swings and a caterpillar AND a sign containing 13 rules of what’s allowed and what’s not. 🤦🏼♀️
The home we rented was just outside the city limits of Flagstaff on 5 acres full of ponderosa pines
Our first week in Flagstaff, it snowed on and off
View from the bedroom window
Video - Big flakes - it was nice to see for a little while but still glad it melted quick!
Our home for five weeks
When the sun rose, it gave the mountains a pinkish hue every morning
So much space to hover board
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The kids worked on several metal projects - the guitar was Jackson’s first one to complete
The home had several board games that were new to us
Kids loved this suspend game
Sarah vs Jason 😃
My office and view
With very few places to go, we definitely took the evenings to relax!
Our camelbacks arrived - ready for longer hikes!
The boys still teaching themselves the guitar
A lot of drawing was done during our stay in Flagstaff
And a lot of reading
More reading
And more reading
And some funny faces with buddies back home via messenger for kids
We also took advantage of having a full size oven and did some baking
And played in the snow
Both the truck and RV needed some servicing so we ended up renting a car the first weekend to go to the Grand Canyon
Ready to hike whatever trails we can find at the Grand Canyon
We walked up to the edge of the Canyon and our mouths dropped open
So vast and it goes on forever!
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Thanks to COVID 19 the trails into the canyon were closed
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Vast!
We went a little ways into the canyon
Jackson was not a fan of walking close to the edge so he stayed close to the interior wall!
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View of Bright Angel Trail from the Rim Trail
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Incredible
Rim Trail
Rim Trail
Elk close to us on the trail
The following day we did more hiking close to the house in Flagstaff
She loves her snacks on our hikes
And he loves anything he can climb!
Rocks to climb
Up they go
Getting high
While Jason contemplates how he’s going to run up the rocks if they start to fall! 😂
Sun and ponderosa pines
The trail is called Fatmans Loop because apparently if you can’t squeeze through this you’re a fatman! 😂
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More climbing
Can you find Jackson?
View of Flagstaff from the top
Taking it all in!
More projects to occupy our time - painting!
Video - reading! She’s doing so good!
And there are a hot tub in the backyard of the house we rented
Paint markers for rocks!
Great weather for evening fires
The following weekend (I think - the days and weekends started blending together!) we visited some mountain bike trails
The boys ready to bike
Off they go!
Grace and I rode around the ponds across from the mountain bike trail
Many turtles sunning themselves
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Kids made comets and asteroids one day
And colored eggs!
So colorful
One other weekend day we visited Picture Canyon in Flagstaff
Off they go again!
Examining poop!
Rocks to climb
This was much more of a walk through the forest which typically turns into pine cone wars between the kids and J!
Petroglyphs
More petroglyphs
My little hiker
I do believe a wood pecker had a good time here!!
There was a small waterfall on this hike but we found it!
More quarantine activities - finally a space to spread out the legos
Decorating rocks as Easter eggs
After a couple of weeks in the RV shop we parked our home in the yard and made plans to start painting the interior
Patching holes
Doors are ready for paint
After she scrubs them
We painted over the beige walls with grey paint
They love to help!
Drawing time - characters from the movie My Secret Life of Pets
Shooting time
Baking time
Cooking time
And making dinner time
Random sidewalk chalk drawings
Kids are making my birthday cake
The Easter bunny found us
Kids hunting for eggs around the house on Easter morning
That bunny was busy hiding them all over!
Barbie stuff in her Easter loot
And more metal projects in his
And some fun treats!
Watching online church on Easter Sunday
And enjoying my birthday cake - it was delicious
Working on his new metal project
A red dragon
Making princess cakes
Nailed it! 😂
Back to working on the RV - sanding the cabinets
Assembling the doors to be hung back up
Painting the ceiling fan blades
Video - very loose tooth
And it came out!!!
Amazing view of them playing frisbee in the front yard
Signs of spring
We found elk all over the yard many days
Jackson kicking our butts in monopoly— every time!
Visiting Native American ruins close to the rental house
This was the meeting room
And these were individual houses
One more hike - Sandy Seep
A pretty flat one
But Jackson caught one of his favorite creatures
A horned lizard
Pretty cool little guy
Meanwhile - Grace collects rocks and sticks
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More monopoly and more butt kicking by Jackson
Making the last princess cake while we have a full kitchen
This one turned out better!
Elk right out the front window
And all over the back yard
Sunset at our our rental home ending a 5+ week stay. We are excited to move to Utah and enjoy the renovated RV! Time to hit the road!
