Prescott

We went to Prescott, AZ this past weekend and it was freezing...35 degrees when we left the hotel this morning. We were disappointed that we didn't get any snow though. We stayed in an old hotel with character, saw a gingerbread village & the mile long festival of lights, and hiked up to Thumb Butte. We did a lot of walking around in the cute little downtown, window shopping and looking in all of the art galleries. On our way out this morning, we stopped at Watson Lake to see the Granite Dells, which are beautiful round boulders surrounding the lake.

Playing the Donkey

Oatman is an old mining town but is now the land of donkeys. They roam the streets begging for carrots, which are sold at all 12 of the businesses in the city. The young donkeys have to wear a sticker on their foreheads indicating that they are not allowed to have carrots since they don't have their molars yet and can choke.



This 7 week old baby rolled over on her side to let me scratch her belly.

Sunset Crater Volcano

This inactive volcano outside of Flagstaff blew ash and lava 200 miles when it erupted a few hundred years ago.

Wapatki National Monument

This was my most favorite part of the trip. The ruins were awesome and the landscape was amazing.

Flagstaff

I LOVED Flagstaff. It's a cute little mountain town with outdoor stores on every corner of it's 10 block downtown area. The locals are a mix of granola eating liberals and flannel wearing outdoorsmen, but everyone was laid back, even on Black Friday. We planned to stay at the hostel but after one sleepless night a block from the railroad tracks, we moved to the Monte Vista hotel, which was equally as quirky. It rained a lot while we were here and even began to sleet at one point. I can definitely see myself living here in a little log cabin up in the mountains.