Our Telluride ‘20 plan was to fly round-trip to Flagstaff, AZ and then (a) rent a car, (b) briefly visit the Grand Canyon, (c) do the festival, (d) hit Monument Valley (which American tourists don’t visit much as a rule) on the way back, etc. When Telluride went south we decided against cancelling the flights and sticking with the scenic stuff. So the first leg of our American Airlines journey (LAX to Phoenix) has just landed…
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