Flagstaff and area - May 26th

Today, decided to get a rental car to toodle around the area, into places that are less accessable by RV. Turns out there is an Alamo place just up the way, so I walked the 1/2 mile or so, and ended up getting the last car they had to rent - a Buick Sedan. Memories of my brother's Buick going A-Flambee several times still haunt me, but it's the only thing they've got.

We take a drive through "historic downtown Flagstaff", and kept on driving... Ended up heading down to Sedona, which is one of B's favorite places, and only less than an hours drive. Ate at a Thai place that we remembered from last year, walked around a little, as Delilah's fuse got shorter and shorter, and finally headed back to camp.

Found the laundry facilities here sub par, and somewhat humorous. Almost half of the washers, and more than half of the dryers have "Broken - do not use" on them. There are in fact only two functioning dryers, and one of them has a broken interlock switch, so that when you open the door, it keeps running. The previous "resident" of the dryer told me he was done, and let me have a go. It is surprising how hard it is to load a front load dryer that is spinning... You get to a certain point where it is nearly impossible to put something else in without somehow upsetting the delicate balance, and having a sock thrown out onto the floor. Changing between loads was even better sport - trying to remove all of the things, guessing where in the arc they will fall, and trying to catch them without banging your knuckles on the hot spinning ribs of the dryer barrel. On some level it was a "so this is what some people do for fun" moment...

The RV "resort" as they call it is very mediocre in terms of amenities (including laundry as above), beyond one - there is a "Black Bart Dinner Theater" here, which appears to be a local hang out as well as a stopping ground for the mobile class. Decided to do a dinner there, which was a lot of fun - especially for Delilah - and a whole lot of food. Have decided that tomorrow we are going to try to subsist on leftovers from today, which shouldn't be hard, if we are in the area - problem is that with the rental car, I do feel somewhat compelled to wander...