Day 17 on the Arizona Trail

We stayed decently warm last night. This morning was cold and the snow was starting to come down. I made the decision to go ahead and call a taxi then get a rental car and site see why this snow storm passed. I am over the snow, rain, and cold especially since we are in Arizona where it is supposed to be warm. Family Mule would have kept going most likely, he stays warm all the time so the weather didn’t bother him! It’s okay to be jealous, I am! The snow began to fall faster and was starting to accumulate quickly.

The taxi driver called and said the roads are getting covered too quickly and was scared she would be stuck. We started walking towards her, which she was about 3 miles away. Shortly after we started walking a truck with three hunters stopped and asked if they could give us a ride. We jumped in! By this time, the roads and everything was covered. We made it to the taxi and switched vehicles. We went about 15mph all the way back in to Flagstaff. She dropped us off at the airport to rent the car. The snow storm was unexpected and even flights had a delay. The locals said they usually don’t get this weather until much later in the season.

We got the car and headed to go see Sedona. We ended up stuck in traffic behind a four car crash for over an hour. Once we finally made it past, we came to another four car crash only about 2 miles up the highway! Several vehicles were off the side of the road since they were now covered in snow and ice! People were clueless about driving in these conditions. It was scary!