Commute from Flagstaff to Tuba City? (find a job, to live in, price)

[soster]

My husband may take a job in Tuba City, but we don't plan to live there (the town is too small, and I probably couldn't find a job there.) We are thinking of relocating to Flagstaff. This means he would have to commute from Flag to Tuba City about 4 times a week. Does anyone else out there do this commute? How long does it take, and what is it like? (Is this a realistic plan at all?)

[motormaker]

Well Yahoo shows Flag to Tuba is: Distance: 77.6 miles Time: 1 hour 26 mins (approx.)

Gas and time, road can get snotty in the winter.

[JetSet]

Originally Posted by motormaker

road can get snotty in the winter.

............and full of boat traffic from Powell in the Summer.

[Badland wonder]

The plan is realistic enough. Hwy 89A is well traveled as it is one route to the Grand Canyon and the route to Lake Powell. Also a major artery to the Navajo Reservation,ie Tuba City. The drive is easy enough. They have really worked on the road and it is mostly 4 lane to the turn off to Tuba. Starting from Flagstaff, you leave the high elevations within 5 miles and the rest is desert and does not get really any snow.
If you picked the northeast side of Flagstaff to live in, that would take a great deal of time off the trip as driving through Flagstaff can take awhile. The biggest problem you might find is affordable housing in Flagstaff! It is fairly pricey these days, so I would start there by finding if there is a place for you to live.