Saturday, March 7, 2009

Sixth Stop - Flagstaff/Sedona, AZ

Flagstaff/Sedona, AZ - We didn't really think we were going to stay here for more than a day or two, but then were captured by the beauty of the landscape, the sunshine, and the Vortex energy (look it up). We stayed for almost a week.

Flagstaff basically is a mid-sized college town housing the University of Northern Arizona. It boasts a small historic downtown, a ski resort, and a highway to one of America's most famous landmarks - the Grand Canyon.

We were going to be cheap at first and skip the Grand Canyon, especially since several people said it wasn't really worth it. But then we gave in and drove up there and, let me tell you, it was really worth it. You will NEVER see anything like this. I will try, but the whole thing is so unreal that it cannot be captured in a picture.

You will have to go and see for yourself.

Sedona is a small, artsy town in the Red Canyon only 25 miles south of, but 25 degrees warmer than Flagstaff.

Everything here is red, the rocks, the houses, the street, even the dirt they dig up in construction sites is red.

We fell in love with this little town and even went to a few open houses. The real estate market here has been hit pretty hard and house prices have come down 30 to 40% off their highs. As a result, the agents seemed genuinely happy to see us and told us ("off the record, of course") that the asking price was ("in their opinion") a little high and we could get the place ("which is a short sale, by the way") for probably 25% less. The view was something like this:

We told them that we'd think about it.

How could we not...?

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