Phil: Flagstaff has incredible biking and hiking. = Sedona the same. I went to Flagstaff, through Sedona to Prescott, and on = to Mingus Mt. last Memorial Day. Just pulled off the no./so. hiway (89) going = through Flagstaff, north of town and used that for a central point to ride from. = Get some maps of those areas and info. here in Salt Lake (I live here = too...the Avenues) and plan your trip. You'll want to move to the area. Flag = is at altitude 7K so it'll be cooler than Sedona this time of year. They have = a ski resort there. Have fun. http://plasma.nationalgeographic.com/mapmachine/index.html?id=362 ....try this Nat'l Geo site for creating a map to/of the areas you'd be = interested in going to.
Bob
'91 Westy 
----- Original Message -----
From: phil walker
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM =
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, = 2001 8:52 AM
Subject: Advice: = Camping/Biking/Hiking in NM and AZ

My wife and I bought our VW for two reasons:

1) = The killer dog Star (Picutres can be seen at http://www.users.qwest.ne= t/~walker100/). Once we had the dog, the camping was more difficult, and finding a = hotel on the road was even more difficult, especially considering item number 2).

2) We can't plan a trip to save our lives. We've never been = on a real honeymoon (airplane, tropics, etc). The more we try to make a = plan for something, the less inclined we are to do it. The Westy allows us to = make up our minds at the last minute and and go whereever w/o having to commit = too much.

Case in point: A month or so ago we decided that we would = go to St George/Zions for Thanksgiving to do some biking/hiking. Well, just = last night we both realized that we could easily get out of work for the = beginning of the week, and we could take to whole week off. We've bagged St. = George b/c it is so close and decided to go another state or two south. Now I was = hoping for a bit of feedback on places to camp/bike/hike in New Mexico/Arizona.

We were hoping for a centrally located area = where we could do our activities without driving around too much during the = day. We've been to Chaco in NM and really enjoyed that. We were thinking about = Sedona in AZ, and it looks to have the biking/hiking, but I don't know anything = about local (primitive) camping. We try to stay out of campgrounds to give = the pooch some room to run.

Any help would be much appreciated, and I'll = return the love I can when someone is looking for places to go/stay in Utah. = I am itching for some good/new bike rides, and my wife loves good = hikes.

PS. Thanks for the help with the little screw caps. The knife blade is the = best trick. I was able to get my shelf apart and run the wires w/o any = problem. Thanks for the help. As always, the list is great.

Phil
89 = Westy
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