On the Road, Flagstaff, AZ - 8/22/2016

Had an interesting experience this morning while taking a shower.  We had spent the night in a campground in Gila Bend, AZ, and it was very hot.  The water connection for our RV is a 25 ft. hose that we connect between the RV and the water faucet.  Didn't need 25 ft. to reach the faucet but that is what we had so the extra hose was just coiled up on the ground.  It was so hot out that we found when taking a shower that we didn't have to use any hot water.  The "cold" water coming out of the tap was bath water temperature.

After breaking camp, we headed north and east towards Phoenix.  We then took the bypass around Phoenix and headed north toward Flagstaff.  Lot of climbing today.  Gila Bend is at 735 ft. elevation, Phoenix is at 1,086 ft. but Flagstaff is at 6,910 ft.  This was a short days drive so we arrived in Flagstaff in time for lunch and had a nice lunch at the Sizzler on the east side of town.  Our oldest son, David, used to work in the Sizzler corporate office in LA and he still has friends who work there so we try to give them our business when we have the opportunity.  We then checked into our campground and set up our RV.  Site wasn't very level and we had to add blocks of wood under the rear jacks to get the RV level.  We ended up with the left rear wheels completely off the ground.  Here are a couple of photos of our setup.

Flagstaff was a railroad town and was settled in 1876. It got its name when, on July 4th, one of the early settlers climbed a tall pine tree, tied a flag on top and then trimmed off the branches on the way down making a tall flag staff.  It sits on one of the main east - west routes of the Santa Fe railroad, and the historic US-66 goes right thru the center of town.  At almost 7,000 ft. it is one of the highest elevation cities in the US.  It is also one the the snowiest, averaging over 100 inches of snow a year.

After we had set up camp, we picked up a rental car as we will be in Flagstaff for a couple of days.