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rth rim the scenery along this road is even more amazing than the scenery around sedona and cottonwood all these colorful sandstone ramparts and monuments carved into fantastic shapes looming overhead or thrusting up out of the flat desert we drove through one area that looked like hundreds of piles of gravel set up for the road crews to use in the winter but one pile was gray and one was buff and one was red and one was almost blue we stopped in page for gas and lunch if you stop in page around lunch time be aware that tour busses stop at the macdonalds and taco bell we got there just after a busload of asian tourists debouched they all had menus with pictures and their translator was doing her best with quarter pounder and sweet potato fries we decided to get lunch elsewhere we pulled out of page with tanks full of gas and hearts full of gratitude for our forethought the cupboards are packed full of yummy treats to get us to the next stop we crossed the little colorado river at the lake powell dam and before you know it we were in utah headed south was a flatbed truck piled with stacks of bran new fire hydrants kyle pointed it out to me and said look disaster relief for all the dogs in houston we drove and drove thro ugh red and gray and buff colored country over hills and down gullies and across washes and through cuts we passed an old sheepherder s wagon headed in the other direction drawn by six mules and bedecked with enormous signs stating jesus saves there was traffic behind us or kyle would have pulled over for photos i couldn t believe my eyes and we were past before i could turn on the camera i have seen the most amazing sights on this trip kyle has been immensely kind to me the drive today has been just over 300 miles we are now comfortably established at the kanab rv corral it s clean compact right off the main highway in kanab utah attractive and fully equipped with electric water and sewer hook ups and offering the extras of showers a laundromat and a pool i am so very grateful we walked about half a mile to big al s burgers and had a very tasty early dinner i recommend big al s if you are ever in kanab do be aware though this is an open carry state i especially appreciate that judicious marksmanship is appreciated posted by roxie 5 31 am 2 comments tuesday september 12 2017 jerome yesterday we departed for the old mining town of jerome but on the way everyone seriously indulged me and we stopped at the quilter s quarters store while i wandered around petting the fabric and oohing in awe over the finished quilts brother in law dennis started chatting with the owner turns out they are neighbors dennis now has permission to bring the kids and his camera down to the farm and interact with the cows and chickens and chester the donkey meanwhile i found the washed fabric this marvelous store will re sell people s overstays for greatly reduced prices fat quarters for 1 50 each i exercised terrific restraint and got out of there for less than 30 and then on to jerome jerome is a mining community tons of copper gold silver zinc and tin came out of these mines however the mother lode is thousands of feet up a wickedly steep ridge the drive up to the town is exhilarating following a two lane road with more hairpins than madame pompador s wig the views just keep expanding and people hang houses on the side of the hill where there is no flat land what so ever at least you don t have to mow the lawn the town itself is a historic site with many of the old stone buildings preserved and in operation the boutiques are very artsy and charming mostly displaying the work of local artists if you go there do take the time to visit the liberty cinema and spend the 10 to see the movie about the town s history it s narrated quite charmingly by an ghost character who lived in the town from 1922 till his death in 1927 the script is very well written managing to be engaging and informative at the same time the theatre is allegedly haunted as kyle was trying to get a photo in the dim light i was looking over his shoulder and saw the face of an indian watching the movie he was dressed as a miner with a sweat band binding his hair back it was just a flash i could have been mistaken jerome is supposed to be quite haunted evidently they have quite a wild time over halloween we had lunch at bobby d s barbecue omigawd yes i had the ribs with no sauce the meat literally fell off the bones tender juicy and full of that wonderful smokey flavor dennis had a burger with two patties cheese barbecue sauce and bacon yolanda had the taco sampler with chicken brisket and pork and kyle had the chicken they offer 6 different sauces ranging from mild and sweet to incendiary the coleslaw has chunks of green apple in it and the corn bread lavishly spread with butter melting in is almost a meal in itself we ate on the deck in the shade of a friendly tree with gentle breezes and a hundred mile view the old hotel is in operation and is booked up five years in advance at one time the largest hotel in arizona was in jerome 200 rooms but fires repeatedly swept the community wiping out everything but the stone buildings the mines built rooming houses for their workers and three different hospitals but the veins of ore played out and eventually the mines closed in the 50s there were about 100 people living in jerome but they were stubborn people and found ways to attract tourist dollars and now it is a thriving community of about 3 thousand you have to have legs of steep to live there everything this is uphill going the length of a city block takes you up about three stories parking spaces are rare and probably not wasted on residents but the view ah the views we stopped at a jewelry store where the artist owner does commission work if i had several hundreds of spare dollars but kyle bought me a a geode about the size of tennis ball there we cracked it open with a hammer when we got home it s all white and clear crystals inside neat posted by roxie 4 18 pm 0 comments monday september 11 2017 tuzigoot tuzigoot ruins another pre columbian community this was nothing but a stony hill in the 1920s when some locals began mining it for arrowheads and pots to sell to the tourists archeologists managed to get it protected and were able to get funding to excavate in the 30s wpa paid for a proper archeological dig and the site was made a federal park it is just too cool for school you can walk among these walls that sheltered up to 1100 people centuries ago the corn mortars are there in ever room and i imagine the women grinding away every day most of the mortars are made of lava which will break down under persistent abrasion so there was some lava dust in the ground corn which can t have done the teeth of the consumers any good but they probably didn t live long enough to suffer much dental problems this hill is in an elbow of a river with rich flood plaines for farming to the west and to the east a fertile marsh their diet must have been varied and abundant they clearly traded all over there as there are zuni and hopi pots in the ruins and they even have a piece of woven cotton fabric omigawdomigawd it was in a case next to a handful of the cotton they would have harvested with all the seeds and vegetable matter included it made it clear to me how very labor intensive and time consuming the process would have been cotton fabric must have been incredibly valuable i was jazzed all day after seeing that if you are enjoying taking this trip with me imagine that it is a lovely fall day in arizona everyone is happy because the temperature has not gotten into the triple digits it s a brisk 96 degrees since we are near the river the humidity is right up there maybe 7 butterflies of all sizes and colors drift by though god only knows what they find to feed on the flowers though abundant after the monsoon season are teensy weensy little dots of color scattered through the brush there is an intermittent breeze and even though it is sunday the visitors are few and far between you can feel the time and the lives that have passed here the rangers scattered around are cheerful and well informed and happy to discuss all associated topics they have built a ceiling on the highest room so you can climb up top they built stairs for us wimpy tourists the natives would have used ladders the roof was built as the original inhabitants would have built it which means they would have had to walk about a day s journey up into the mountains to find a tall enough tree then chop it down with a stone ax and drag it all the way back to the community and lever it into place using only manpower across the logs went reeds from the marsh then brush from the surrounding hills then mud to seal it all water tight the current roof has rats in the rafters they park should get some resident cats the view from the roof of the highest building the community spreads downhill on both sides the view is breathtaking pictures don t do it justice posted by roxie 7 17 am 0 comments sunday september 10 2017 wow just wow saturday we went to crescent moon park outside of sedona sedona is evidently a center of great spirituality and now i see why the scenery is breathtaking the red sandstone has been eroded into cathedrals and spires and the quiet little river at the foot of these monuments is a divine oasis of greenery the pioneers built a waterwheel and a mill here imagine the labor necessary to create this in the middle of no damn where it s days of travel by horse and wagon through seriously stinking desert to get nails and iron and the timber would have been hewn without power tools have you ever seen two men working a misery whip it s a long two man saw sometimes used to cut logs into boards it s aptly named the river flows over plates of sandstone and local families were all around picnicking in the shade and playing in the water it was peaceful it was full of life we all took our shoes and socks off and sat on a slope of sandstone with our feet in the water miss m started splashing and her mom said don t splash anyone miss m looked cunning and splashed me i grinned evilly and said do you really want to start a splash war with me little girl she giggled and dashed a spray of water at me i kicked a wave back over her startling her so much that she sat down and got her shorts wet no one gave her any sympathy so she quietly got up and sat on the dry stone leaving little wet butt prints ma little further down the trail we found a place where some well balanced person s had been stacking rocks does anyone know what this is all about we instinctively all added our own stacks a way to say i was here my stack wanted to be near the water we were all hungry and headed back to the car on the way back we saw a fledgling red tail hawk perched on a branch calling for momma to come feed him the parents were back in the tree coaxing him to spread his wings again and try just a little harder to get to the nest soon he will be flying all over the park hunting for his own food and in no time at all he will mate and raise his own fledglings a buddhist nun and some friends enjoying the scenery and the vibes we feasted at steak and stuff and were tended to by the sweetest waiter it was 2 30 by the time we headed home we lay around the house watching mash reruns and digesting the food and the experiences i stepped outside just before dinner the sunrises and sunsets are perfect here posted by roxie 6 58 am 1 comments rodeo yesterday we went to the yavapai county fair and rodeo this is country where livestock and horsemanship are still significant parts of daily life for most folks it was a small fair but great fun one of my favorites in the horse showmanship competition was the young lady who had boots the same color as the tape on her horses ankles we saw piles of piggies and strutting turkeys and marveled at the wide variety of ducks western domestic ducks are built rather like mae west or marilyn monroe short and placid with full plump bosoms indian runner ducks are built like twiggy or kate moss tall lean and very nervous looking miss m and miss p had a great time in the petting zoo we had to teach these city girls about how you feed the critters with an open palm and let them nibble the alfalfa pellets off your skin it tickles the goats got fairly aggressive trying to knock the cup of pellets out of your hand there was one determined ewe who was going to get her share dammit and then we tried the pony ride the guy running it was great being very kind and patient with kids who were not familiar with those big scary quadrupeds we played some games and won prizes we ate fair food miss p tried deep fried macaroni and cheese kyle had deep fried pickles i went for the deep fried frog legs i bought kettle corn the large bag it was about three feet long i thought the others would want to share but it turned out that it was all mine the california girls were delighted to find an in and out burger in prescott az we had to stop meanwhile dennis had stayed behind to talk to sales people about putting in a fence and while he was there the city watermain out at the corner started a gusher we returned to a house without water the city workers were gathered around a hole seven feet deep dennis was watching them and saw them expose a number of different mains what are those he asked the city worker rapped the wet one with his shovel this here s the water then he rapped the one wrapped erratically with electrician s tape and other patches this one s the gas line thanks said dennis i won t bother you any more he went back to the house and tried not to think about yahoos with shovels bashing that fragile gas line water was turned back on at 9 pm i had been in bed for two hours by then posted by roxie 6 39 am 0 comments friday september 08 2017 quiet day thursday kyle was down with a bad tooth a very very quiet day i got a lot of knitting done kyle and i have moved into dennis and yolanda s basement with the cats because the ac in the rv is just not co operating thank god for tolerant and understanding family today we hope to make it to the local county fair and rodeo i love fairs can t wait to see how the local ladies put up their preserves carrot coins arranged in a meticulous spiral in the jar cucumbers selected to be all precisely the same size and tucked into their pickling jar with orthographic precision and i understand that arizona has some demon quilters i m eager to see photos will be forthcoming it s another cloudless day one of the things i love about this place is the vast expanse of sky and the way the light changes through the day have you ever read any of the tony hillerman mysteries sgt joe leaphorn and detective jim chee of the navaho native police work in this country and being here brings the books vividly to life i m going to have to re read when i get home when tony hillerman died his daughter took over the series she very cle...