Road Trip West 6, The Longest (Weirdest) Day
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Richard Rathe April 2026 (Birds, Flowers, History)
Longest Day — April 14, 2026
I planned to stay overnight in Flagstaff, AZ so I could visit the Lowell Observatory in the evening. Apparently they give tours during daylight hours and then setup smaller telescopes to view whatever's happening in the sky that night. Alas, dark clouds moved in and there was precip predicted for the early evening. So I went to bed early…
The Motel
In the late afternoon the room above me started rocking. It sounded like kids bouncing off the walls. This continued overnight in short bursts.
The next morning when I opened my door it at snowed!
I started loading my car, looked up and saw a box set out next to the door directly above mine. I looked a bit closer. It was a child's trampoline!
Las Vegas
The mountains to the south of the Hoover Dam are extremely rugged. But the dam, river, etc. were obscured by high concrete walls that suddenly appeared on both sides of the roadway.
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