Saturday, April 22, 2017

Sleek tourist trap and genuine mining town...

For years, I wanted to visit Sedona, Arizona.

ure, when we got there the setting was just gorgeous but the perfectly laid-out main street and its profusion of shops created the perfect Las Vegas version of tourist traps!

Thank God, we had the sense to explore the edges of that consumers' mecca and check out some beautiful homes...

We then headed to Jerome, a few miles down the road and discovered that almost ghost town perched on a hill and as funky as Park City might have been when it transitioned to a ski area in the sixties. To us and compared to Sedona, Jerome is the genuine article.

An old copper mining town atop a mountain-side with some great, unique shops and million dollar views. Totally unexpected!

Later, we settled in Prescott for the night; another great old town with its peculiar “Whiskey Row” flanked by large, old buildings and its picturesque Courthouse Square...

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