It's mid October and it feels like Autumn everywhere expect here. The oven that is summertime Phoenix is still too hot to truly enjoy the changing season, and Colorado is too far a weekend drive to quickly get to cooler temps. So I settle for someplace closer to home, a trip to the high country, in and around Flagstaff AZ. My only plan for this three-day road trip is to get in lots of hiking, and to interrupt each hike with many stops to take pictures of the colorful changing leaves.