Williams, AZ March 2

Hi everyone,
 We made it to Williams, AZ (west of Flagstaff). We stayed in the Pheonix long enough to get to know the roads and saw some of them many times, so we knew it was time to move on. We  got to Scottsdale, Tempe, Mesa, Glendale, Pheonix, an snuck thru Peoria so we covered that area. We had been told that there was a huge liquor store in Mesa that we just had to see so we made a galant effort but never found it. We did find a big one(Bevmo) but not anything HUGE.  This morning we picked a few oranges and packed up and headed north.  As I said before it was a nice high ride.  We got here and setup and walked to the railroad depot and got our tickets for tomorrow then walked to town. About two blocks and took in alot of gift shops and neat Rt 66 stuff. RT 66 runs right thru town and it's fun to think of all the stuff that has happened here over the years.
My turn-Russ was being very nice to me.  We travelled some very high roads.  Arizona must be very proud of their elevation as every time we went up another thousand feet, there had to be another sign. 
We passed signs at 3000, 4000, 5000, and then a chain up sign.  I've seen enough of  'Ice Road Truckers' to know what 'chain up' means.  I wasn't looking forward to heading down those hills.  Then it was 6000 and finally in Flagstaff, we were at 7000.  We started seeing snow along the side of the road, and finally saw nothing but snow.  It was kind of nice to be reminded of what we have been missing.  Jeff Smith had told us that Flagstaff reminded him of NE and it really does.  The houses are no longer adobe, but look like the chalets up in North Conway.  We finally reached our highest point at the Arizona Divide which was 7335.  Not sure what it will be tomorrow, but we are both really looking forward to seeing the Grand Canyon.  After that, another two nights here in Williams, travelling Route 66 and then we start heading east!  East, we haven't done much of that.  Hope it will be a slow trip.  There's more to see before we get home. 
See you all then-love-linda