Flagstaff

Una luz de emergencia se nos encendio ayer en el coche y hemos tenido que ir al aeropuerto de Albuquerque para cambiarlo. Ya nos imaginabamos como nos daban un hammer o un ford mustang pero nos han dado una copia exacta del que llevabamos: un chrevrolet equinox plateado.

Habia rumores de se acercaba una tormenta y que las temperaturas iban a bajar pero lo que no nos imaginabamos era que nos iba a nevar estando el desierto. Tambien nos ha llovido y granizado cuando intentabamos visitar Gallup, la ciudad en la que inspiro la pelicula Cars. La parada en el Ranch Hotel nos ha salvado de una hipotermia.

Hollbrook debia haber sido parada para dormir pero la preparacion previa al viaje nos hacia sospechar que merecia la pena conducir un poco mas y parar en un pueblo mas grande. Ni siquiera hemos podido ver el meteorito del que tanto nos habia hablado Bonnie. Nos hemos hecho fotos en el tippee motel y continuamos hacia flagstaff donde el paisaje cambia radicamente, pasamos del desierto a las montanas boscosas con nieve en las cumbres. En una de estas cimas esta el Lowell observatory donde se mapeo la luna, se descubrio Pluton y se consiguieron pruebas confirmatorias de que el universo se expande.

Cena en el Galaxy Dinner con musica en directo y birras en un bar cercano.

 

 









An emergency light appeared in the dashboard yesterday and we had to go to the airport to change the car. We were imaging us driving a hammer or a ford mustang but we have been given the exact same copy of the car we had: silver Chevrolet Equinox.

We had heard rumours that a storm was coming our way and the temperatures were going to drop but we could not imagine that we were going to get snowed in the desert. We also had rain and hailstorm while visiting Gallup, the town that inspired the movie Cars. Stopping at the Ranch Hotel has saved us from hypothermia. 

Holbrook was the original place to sleep today but the pre-trip research convinced us that it was better to drive a little longer and stop in a bigger town. The meteor Bonnie had told us so much was not even in the city. We took some photos at the Tippee Motel and we continued our trip to Flagstaff where the scenery changed dramatically from desert to forest mountains with snow at the tops. In one of this peaks is the Lowell Observatory where the moon was mapped, Pluto was discovered and confirmation proof that the universe is expanding was obtained. 

We ate at the Galaxy Dinner with live music and beers in a nearby bar.