Flagstaff, AZ

By contrast the landscape around Flagstaff, AZ was kind of boring, although in a pleasant way, the way I remembered it. Walking around the town, I was shocked at how little had changed since 1994 -- same youth hostel I stayed at then, same restaurants, same used bookstore (maybe even the same used books?), same sleepy pale earth-tone experience, especially in the vicinity of the classic train station, seen below.