We left Prescott for the Petrified national park. A park full of petrified wood. We weren’t sure what to expect but it didn’t disappoint. Looking at these large logs you’d swear they were freshly cut pieces of wood but when you touched them they were hard as rocks. Doesn’t sound very exciting but it really is in person. There was also an old Indian Pueblo that was sort of interesting. We did a fair amount of walking and I was…
Prescott is a “back in time” old cowboy town that has the notorious honor of hosting the oldest continuously running rodeo in the country dating back to 1888. It also has a bar called the Palace bar that was built in 1877 and has had such patrons as Doc Holiday and Wyatt Earp. Yep, we had a delicious steak at the very bar those old cowboys sat at! It burned down in the early 1900’s but was quickly rebuilt and…
Jamie went to training the next couple of days while Jim played some golf. He played at two beautiful courses, Troon North in Phoenix and Wickenburg Ranch halfway between Phoenix and Prescott. Jamie returned from training on the 23rd and we drove up to Sedona to spend the night. Sedona was an interesting, what I’d call “yuppie” town. It was full of holistic health types of places and chic little restaurants. We had breakfast at one then headed up to…
Today we drove to the tiny town of Jerome. It was a thriving mining town in the late 1800’s that went bust when the mines shut down in the 1950’s. It then became a ghost town for many years until it was revived and turned into a great little town where real estate prices have sky rocketed and great little establishments have popped up. We had lunch at the Asylum restaurant at the Palace hotel, an old hospital turned hotel…
A miracle, we finally left Vegas! Jamie finally got released from physical therapy and off we went. First stop was northeast Arizona which was an area we hadn’t been to. We found a beautiful campgroundin Prescott with plans to stay about a week and visit Prescott, Jerome and Sedona. Unfortunately Jamie got a last minute assignment for training so she could get requalified for work. It put a minor dent in our plans but we made the best of it….