Anyway, if you hadn't already guessed by reading the title I'm in Arizona this week, on a business trip no less. Unfortunately as business trips oftentimes go Murphy's law was in full effect and our first day onsite was a 14 hour day. Thankfully I was able to get about 9 hours of sleep last night so I'm feeling much better today. One thing I will say about Arizona, the scenery is much prettier than California. (though not quite as pretty as Colorado) So without further adieu here are a couple of pictures we were able to take...
Here's an example of that beauty, you can kind of see the red in the soil with the mesa in the background. We actually did see a sign on this trip for an exit called Table Mesa, talk about redundant. :)
A picture taken at daybreak, unfortunately I didn't catch it while the sun was on the horizon, which was much prettier. This picture still doesn't do it justice though.
Our handy GPS, which kept us from getting lost when we were driving in the middle of nowhere.
Yes there was snow, at least at the higher elevations, there was quite a bit in Flagstaff actually. Hopefully the storm they're predicting won't cause a problem friday when driving back to the airport.
Beyond the stop sign warning sign you can see a lovely horizon with the National Forest in the middle. We are working in the Apache-Sitgreave National Forest and it is actually quite beautiful.
Our destination at last, the Black Mesa ranger station. This was our view when we arrived.
A lovely view of the forest near the ranger station.
A typical information center like you often see at rest stops and ranger stations off of major interstate highways.
And I thought they only had these in the Northeast, like in Vermont.
A view of the entire tree. (almost)
A very nice tribute to a man with a very good name. Unfortunately I didn't get a chance to ask about who he was.
The only "fast food" in town. I guess maybe that's why Subway is the largest fast food chain in the US. (that's our Infiniti M35 parked out front by the way, it's a very fast car!)
Why does my co-worker JT look so happy? Perhaps it's because we're getting ready to leave at a little after 4 instead of a little after 11 like the night before.
Here's a little better view of the stuffed bear in the lobby of the ranger station.
I couldn't resist getting my picture taken with it. :)
A double warning about the ice.
The name says it all, though I think perhaps trimming is in order here.
A lovely view of the ranger station as we leave.
As we drove back through Holbrook on our way to Winslow I snapped a shot of this place. Don't see too many of these anymore.
A couple pictures of the clouds, though again, the pictures don't do that sunset justice.
Now just in case some of you took offense at what I said about Arizona not being as pretty as Colorado; here are a couple of pictures that I did take while in Colorado that will hopefully give you somewhat of an idea of why I said that.
Ok, so two pictures may not seem like much proof, so I guess you'll have to take my word for it.
With that I'll conclude this post. Until next time, (hopefully in less than 2 months) thanks for stopping by and I hope you enjoyed it!
