Apr 39 - Flagstaff

Left trail at mile 579.6 to spend an evening at Rob's home in Flagstaff. We met Rob on the trail a ways back. He was out with a friend hiking one 200 mile section and we walked with them for a couple of miles. We enjoyed visiting with him on the trail, and again in Flagstaff very much.

Yesterday to our great delight and surprise we found a gallon of water on the side of the trail with a note from Rob. We gave him a call, and connected for dinner and a nice evening visit. We're lucky we crossed paths.

Today we took a 2 mile RT side trip to Visit Walnut Canyon National Monument. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, it's a real treasure. We saw our first Clark's Nutcracker of the trip there.

One or two squalls today while we were under cover at a Walnut Canyon, else glorious weather.

Stayed up way past our bedtime. Happy, healthy, and sleepy.