Welcome to cowboy country. Where you could mine at 'the crik' and then spend your whole pay at 'The Palace'-drinkin', gamin' and with women of disrepute in the back room upstairs....
We started our day on Saturday with an early walk around Prescott Square (which incidentally is a rectangle but that just does not sound as nice). Mike King a special Rotarian with an amazing knowledge and passion for his town showed us the highlights and shared some of the rich history. It is not hard to think about how it was less than 200 years ago.
Businesses and abandoned babies were won with the turn of some dice.
A big fire in 1900 cleared out Whisky Row, the haunt of those looking for entertainment then and now. 'The Palace' saved its fantastic bar by patrons carrying it across the street out of harms way to the square!
The walk was fascinating and Mike knew it all! We enjoyed a lovely lunch with some Rotarians at an day long assembly and then ventured back in time to Sharlot Hall Museum. Named after the founder, our guide, Jodi introduced us to Sharlot's great poetry.She was in character and usually dresses up to complete the return to 'the olden days'. It was cool! We also saw examples of architecture and got a feel for the way life had been for those first settlers and pioneers. What a fantastic facility obviously a proud part of the tourist trail in Prescott. The Phippen Museum was our next stop. We are getting very good at getting in and out of the van.
Sally has a wonderful talent for seat belt placement so no one is injured, hung or maimed while alighting... Anyway the Phippen is a celebration of art and heritage of the American West. Some wonderful artists have dedicated their talents to immortalising this important time in the history of Arizona. The last stop after freshening up at Mikes lovely home was the Chino Valley Rotary Beer/Wine night with art auction thrown in. We enjoyed looking at some varied art (knowing that Kincade print would be too hard to fit into our suitcases) while sipping a variety of ales and wines (Jacobs Creek was there I am sure because we were!). By this time I think we were all fading a little (yes I saw you Peter) and after some nibbles and meeting some locals we headed back to our hosts to rest. I apologise we did not blog last night but the days are BIG. Just for the record...I think I prefer tainted dove to shady lady....maybe in my next life!
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