Labor Day Weekend in Flagstaff

At first I thought Flagstaff was just another boring place in Arizona, probably due to the fact that we had way too many grade bonding trips all over weird places in the state when I was in middle school. But after a weekend in Flagg last year and the same this year, my opinion has totally changed for the better on this beautiful and cute little town.

For the past two years we have rented this gorgeous house in a gated community, Forest Highlands, with another family. The neighborhood is great and even better with a bunch of friends around, as we found this year when we biked almost everywhere we went, a drastic change from Phoenix where you have to take a car to cross the street. Our house is placed right on a golf course, making an amazing view and great backyard (if you ignore the golfers), especially the first day when it poured rain all afternoon.

One day we took a trip into town, which was probably not the best idea due to the insane amount of traffic we had to wait in to get there. But the caramel apples we got from a little store called Sweet Shoppe, were totally worth it. 

Honestly, I think this apple was one of the best things I have ever eaten. The first day I got the heath bar one which was later stolen by my dad so of course I had to get another the next day. This one was even better, an apple dipped in caramel and topped with crushed Oreos. Seriously heavenly. 

One of my favorite places in Flagstaff is this fishing lake, a short bike ride from our house. Its a super pretty area, surrounded by flowers and tall green pine trees on the edge of the grassy golf course (golf seems to be a staple of life in Flagstaff). Anyways its a great place to go fishing if you're into that kind of stuff... our friends caught a trout and a bass in the same day!

Pretty much every hour we took a trip down the street, mostly to get out of our constantly chaotic and loud house of eleven people (five under the age of 11), on our bikes or via walking. 

 The roads our wide and safe, tucked in between sides of grass and tall green pine trees. Here is a photo I took of everyone walking through the "forest" on our way to the park down the street.

This was at the park, of the two twin girls picking some of the many dandelions here to blow wishes.

And last but not least, we all biked to a fair on Sunday at the local country club down the street. Tons of people were here and there were a couple game booths set up for kids with food and drinks. Of course the baby pig in the petting zoo was the highlight of this place. It was so cute and so small! 

 I hope after reading this your perspective has changed on this town in Arizona, it really is a much better place than you would expect! With a great bustling ski town, rolling green golf courses, amazing weather, and friendly people, it is an awesome place to spend a long weekend and get out of this terrible heat! 

XOXOXO Rana