We planned to go to the Lowell Observatory on Monday night to see their Holiday Skies show. We called at 4:30 to see if they were going to be open because of the snow and they said yes. By the time we got there an hour later, they were closed!! The guy driving the snow plow up and down the hill said they had problems with employees driving on the hill so they decided it would be best to close. We took a few pictures and took a slow drive down the hill and went to WalMart instead...
We decided to go back yesterday to take a tour of the Observatory during the day, but the stars were not in our favor - they were closed because of Christmas Eve...
We were planning on going up to South Rim of the Grand Canyon on Wednesday, but the weather forecast called for the snow and chains were recommended. The low brake fluid light had come on in the van so we tried to buy chains when we dealt with the brake fluid, but they did not have any. At that point we decided it wasn't worth it to take the risk since the storm was expected (it turns out the snow didn't start until later in the evening, but we had no way of knowing that at 9:30 in the morning).
Because of the snow that fell and was on the ground most of the week, most of the outdoor activities that we had talked about doing were put on hold until another season of the year when we can make a return trip.
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