West Texas and Arizona

West Texas, need I say more???  The towns are few and far between.  Hotels are the same.  Some are quite nice and others you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy.  In our Toyota Tundra, we felt right at home as every other vehicle on the road was also a truck!

We spent one night in Deming New Mexico before heading to Arizona.  Since we have already reserved our Tucson property for winter stay in 2016 and 2017,  we decided to do a drive by and check it out.  We were quite proud of ourselves!!  It is a lovely neighborhood and backs up to open desert with trails.  I think we will be quite happy there.  And after a short trip to look at the house we built and never closed on in Sahuarita, it was on to Phoenix.

We had a wonderful time in Phoenix visiting with my cousin Tawn.  So great to see her again and just have time to relax and reconnect.  First a wonderful dinner at Sol in Scottsdale with pink guava Crème Brule - yummy!

Tawn took us to Prescott on Sunday October 4th.  Prescott was the first capital of Arizona.  There were two events going on in town and I truly enjoyed both of them.   Dog Festival on the square!!!!  You should all know how crazy I am about dogs so this was THE PERFECT FESTIVAL for me.  Of course I had to search for the dachshund rescue tent and, sadly, there wasn't one.  Many rescue groups and stores catering to dogs and dog owners were there on the town square.  I did meet one older chubby doxie girl but she was an attendee.  And Mike is happy to report we got out of the festival without adopting a lovely greyhound!!

We walked through some stores, window shopping, and then headed to the Sharlott Hall Museum.  She was a local woman who decided in the early 20th century that the history of Prescott and the surrounding area needed to be preserved.  The museum grounds is the site of the original log cabin which served as Governor's Mansion for the first few governors.  There was also a house in which John Fremont lived when he was governor of Arizona.  That was a surprise as I was not aware of Arizona figuring in his history, being more familiar with his California days.  A small one room schoolhouse (where picture above was taken) was on these grounds and an typical rancher's cabin.  The day we were there the museum was also holding a Folk Music festival.  As we wandered the grounds we heard some wonderful music, much of it reminding me of my childhood in West Virginia.  There is nothing like fiddles and mandolins to bring back those memories.

Governor's Mansion in Prescott AZ

Now we are off to Los Angeles and Sacramento....