Tuesday was a long travel day so we just went across the street to the Cowboy Cafe for dinner. Cowboy it was, but it was good food. Dan had a hamburger that he had to send back because it was too raw. I had a pork loin chop with sweet potato mash, fresh steamed vegetables and a reduction of onion, apple and bacon as a finish on the meat. You all know I love my meals and this one was good.
Wednesday we went to check out a time share in the valley. Interesting hour and a half. We had lunch in a little local place and drove to Jerome. It is a little mining town perched on a hill. Steep windy road and steep hill. There were lots of windy little streets to walk with dozens of little shops to see. All sorts of things, antiques, papers, books, clothes, gifts, and more. One of my favorite stores was a giftshop that specialised in Kaleidescopes. I spent at least an hour in there playing with their toys. Finally Dan told me to just buy something already so we could just move on. I found a beautiful wood teleidescope made out of black walnut and maple. A teleidescope is a tube with a clear lens on the outside so that anything you see through it is multiplied by the mirrors inside. Great fun to play with. On the drive home we stopped for mexican food,(ok) and ended up in our hotel early.
Today we had breakfast at the hotel, (good!) and hit the streets for a little walking before our activity of the day. Pink Jeep Tour. It was so much fun. They really are pink jeeps decked out for sight seeing and it was such a good, fun ride. We took the Broken Arrow tour and it was hard core country four wheeling.
Here I am on submarine rock with the tour guide, Dan.
And here was the first of the stunning views of the tour.
Dan is standing on Chicken Rock. It was so named because the early jeep drivers would drive around the point to scare everyone in their cars. Thank goodness they don't do that any more.
And these are the before and after shots of a 45 degree grade. We had a quick explanation of what a controlled slide was and off we went.
This was so much fun that I can't wait until we get another chance for a ride.
We should have further tales tomorrow.
Love you all!
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