Delightful Tuba City and Coal Mine Mesa

Our friends remember seeing this
sign when they were moving to
Tuba City - not a tree in sight!

We finally managed to leave Tucson to head back to our boat. Our route this time was planned to allow us to use the 4Runner as much as possible.

Very interesting architecture but a typical souvenir shop now.

Our first stop was in Flagstaff for a night of rest before heading on to Tuba City, Arizona.

Our friends Ed & Joanne encouraged us to visit Tuba City and wanted us to see the Tuba Trading Post in its original building. They gave us wonderful advice about the area and we thoroughly enjoyed visiting and exploring the area.  




We found the home that Ed & Joanne lived in during the  mid 60's with their family while he practiced at the hospital across the street. The home was at Pine St. and Elm St.

They also suggested that we should drive out to Coal Mine Mesa which is about 30 miles or so south.


Coal Mine Mesa is almost a miniature Bryce Canyon with no people. Very interesting. The area is unimproved and full of 4 wheel/high clearance dirt roads with many vistas of the Canyon.

We did not find a trail down as we did in Bryce Canyon but it was beautiful

This was a pretty easy stretch of the road but we had no problems anywhere.

A few wildflowers were blooming and added a lot of color to the mesa.

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