Flagstaff hiking

Our next stop was the Flagstaff, Arizona area. This is a view of the San Francisco Peaks from the trail up to O'Leary Peak which is near Sunset Crater National Monument.The high point on the right is tallest peak in Arizona, Humphrey Peak (12,635'), which we got to the top of a few days later. All these mountains are volcanic, so lots of great geological features in this area. 

View of sunset crater from O'Leary Peak

We hiked into Doyle Saddle in the middle of the San Francisco Peaks on the Weatherford Trai. This was our lunch time view. It had snowed a foot up here three days earlier, so we were hiking in slushy snow part of the way up. Great hike and not many people on the trail.

Proof that we made it to Humphreys Peak. It was cooler day, which helped me get to the top (Jolie had no problem making it up there)

Panoramic view from the top of Mt. Humphreys

Snowmen on the Mt Humphreys Trail.

Just outside of Flagstaff on national forest land there is mile long lava tube that is tall enough (up to 30 feet) to walk along the entire length. Completely dark, so we each had multiple headlights. The cave entrance is right behind us.

Jolie inside the lava tube. 35-40 degrees year round. We didn't see any sign of bats or any other living creature in the cave.