From Flagstaff we headed south towards Phoenix into the Sonoran desert.
One thing we missed that I wanted to see was Meteor Crater, which is between Flagstaff and Holbrook. If you google the images of it, it's pretty cool. It was dark by the time we passed it the previous night. It's about a 45 minute drive from Flagstaff and we considered going back to see it, but ultimately didn't want to backtrack.
I thought it would be fun to ride horses in Phoenix, similar to what I did as a child with my family. Yanmei has never ridden a horse (but she has ridden a camel). Unfortunately all the trail riding operations were closed for the summer. We could soon see why as the heat continued to build throughout the day. We had lunch at a nice Thai buffet, then headed west towards California.
Once we got into California we stopped at an Airbnb in Cathedral City for the night.
-David
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