I'm behind again!

Thursday we just stayed home. Did chores and relaxed. I know we watched CSI.

Friday we drove up to Jerome again. When we went with John and Kathy it was crowded with tourists and parking was a problem so we just drove through. This time it was a week day and we found a spot to park our big truck.

The town reminds us of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Lot's of crafty shops and galleries.
They even have a Flat Iron building. But it's an old mining town and therefore not as pretty or quaint as Eureka Springs. We had fun wandering the shops, there are some talented artists displayed! We had lunch at Mile High Grill that was delicious! Jim had an Angus burger and I had blackened chicken on ciabatta bread, we both had fries and beer. I could only eat half my sandwich.

Saturday we stayed home to start getting ready for our departure on Sunday. We just did a few things and decided to head into Sedona one more time for Pizza! We like to get pizza at every stop and hadne't done so. For dinner we went to Picazzo's Gourmet Pizza and Salad. What a menu! And if you didn't like what was there you could design your own pizza. We thought our choices were as good as Pizza Rustica in Manitu Springs. I had a Putenesca, tomatoes, greek olives, feta cheese and fresh basil. Jim had a sausage pizza. Both were very tasty!

Yesterday we packed up and left Camp Verde at 1000! Good start for us and we should get into Tucson in no time at all. Wrong!!! As we were leaving we noticed a Highway sign that said 60 miles down I-17 there was as accident and delays could be expected. We figured the accident would be cleared up by the time we got there. It wasn't and we pulled off at Anthem to wait for it to be cleared. It was about a three hour delay. But not a problem as we were parked in an Outlet Mall!

I fixed sandwiches for lunch. Then we strolled the mall with Boo in tow. Jim stopped at Big Dogs, big sale but he couldn't find anything. Stolled some more and found a Harry and Davids, this time I shopped! Got some truffles and snacks. Some of it sale priced. We saw that traffic was still stopped on the Highgway so we went back to the rig and tried to nap. That didn't work for me so I headed back to Harry and Davids and bought some Wolferman English muffins. Then I went to the Dress Barn and got three t-shirts and a pair of white pants. I just love a good sale! The shirts were all under 5 bucks and the slacks were 7.50!

At this time I noticed the traffic had cleared up so we headed out only to find the ramp still closed. So back to the parking lot we go....We checked maps and Jim talked to others that we stranded. We concluded there isn't a good way to get around and so we just waited.

We did find out that it was an overturned tanker and as you can see from the picture he slid for bit. Not sure if he got out alive. The firemen were still spraying and cleaning up as we passed so going was slow as folks were rubbernecking. once past that we had no problems. And no more stops!

We made into Tucson and the Air Force Base just after 1700. The office was closed but we found a site and we were all set up in no time at all. But we were hungry so I made Spaghetti again.

Found an old movie on tv, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex staring Bette Davis and Errol Flynn...what fun for me, not sure if Jim enjoyed it.

We were bushed and in bed by 2200.