Rainy Day in Flagstaff

The forecast called for rain all day in Flagstaff and it delivered.  The high was 60 and it ranged from slow drizzle to steady rain all day.  So, another planning session was convened over an excellent breakfast, brought by one of the best waiters any of us could remember...all in the lobby of the Double Tree Inn, which of course is another fine Hilton Hotel establishment.  Yes, I've become a Hilton fanboy.  Our planning session was tasked with laying out an indoor activity plan.

Following breakfast we made our way to the Museum of Northern Arizona which focuses on Arizona's natural history.  Their website makes this claim:

"Located in Flagstaff, Arizona, our 200 acre Museum campus includes an exhibit building, research labs, and state of the art collections facilities for more than five million Native American artifacts, natural science specimens, and fine art pieces. The Museum of Northern Arizona is recognized internationally for the quality of its collections, its first-rate exhibitions and festivals, and its renowned Native American Shop."

In addition, the museum had an exhibit of western artist Curt Walters who has been recognized as a top notch western landscape painter and has been called the greatest living Grand Canyon painter.  The exhibit presented more than thirty of his paintings and they were breathtaking.

I was mesmerized by a mural painting in a simulated Kiva described by the museum as follows:

"The gallery includes a re-created subterranean space like a kiva, complete with a 5 x 48 foot mural entitled Journey of the Human Spirit, painted by artists Michael Kabotie and Delbridge Honanie. The work depicts the artists' individual and cultural explorations of a sophisticated artistic history, from ancient stories of emergence to traditional life."

After the museum tour, we decided to see a movie that has a 99% Rotten Tomatoes rating..."Hell or High Water" starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster and Chris Pine. 

KC proclaimed it the Best Movie I've Seen in Ten Years.  It was a great movie...go see it asap.

Dinner was a very casual affair at the Beaver Street Brewery...a fun, casual micro brewery that caters to a local, college crowd. By 7:00PM my eyelids were drooping and I was ready to return to the hotel and get a good nights sleep.  Buh, bye.....