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Trailheads: A hat tip to Pat Stein and Picture Canyon

An overland version of Air BnB comes to Flagstaff

The hulking Toyota Tacoma, off-road 4x4 edition, that constitutes (so far) the fleet for the adventure startup Overland Flagstaff is painted orange, technically. But it’s not a garish orange, not some hideous spray-tan orange, more like a burnt sienna pigment that can blend in well with, say, a sunset in the Southern Utah red rocks. That’s fitting, because the premise behind Mike Rickerd’s idea to rent Tacomas fully loaded with camping gear, from cutlery to tent and everything in between, is to have people get close to nature, to see as much as they can in a limited amount of time, and most of all blend in and become one with the environment.

Outdoors: Search for solitude high up on the Mooney Trail

Ex-Flagstaffian pays it forward to Taco Bell workers

Each year around this time, Shan Dan Horan’s thoughts naturally turn to, well, Taco Bell. No, he’s not hankering for a toasted cheddar chalupa, per se. He’s thinking back to 20 years ago when, as a 16-year-old saving for college and for equipment for his band, he was working the drive-thru window at a Flagstaff Taco Bell. Near closing time, two masked men entered, toting guns. One robbed the safe, and the other kept the barrel of a gun pressed against Horan’s temple throughout. The traumatic episode made quite an impression on the teenager, and its memories stuck with him in the years since, rearing up seemingly unbidden every Dec. 14, the anniversary of the robbery.

SUNDAY FEATURE: Even in a pandemic, Flagstaff remains a draw

They come to Flagstaff in moving vans or sedans stuffed with possessions and expectations. Their satchels brim with hope and anticipation, be it an opportunity to hit it big or maybe just cobble together a fresh start with a clean slate. They are looking for adventure, perhaps, or just a foothold of stability. People move to town for any number of reasons, and inherent in such life changes is a measure of uncertainty compounded now by the specter of COVID-19 and all the economic and social upheaval that has engendered. Some moves are pandemic-related, attempts to find work or just a safer place to stay, or to hunker down closer to loved ones. Other moves, though, have little to do with our current fraught times; they simply reflect America’s storied migratory history, alighting for new horizons to chase one’s dream of success.