June 1, 2011 Seligman to Home

Well gang, I guess it's time to head home. But instead of heading straight home we decided to visit an old favorite town of Prescott, AZ. We stayed there many years ago and found several great antique stores. Some of the same antique stores are there, but it seems the town has gotten bigger and more congested. Betsy seemed to remember that a few years ago Prescott was one of the places to live. It seems a lot of people moved in because between 1990 and 2010 the population increased by 34%. And they seemed to have invented an all new town called Prescott Valley. I'm afraid that it's lost quite a bit of it's appeal to us. Betsy did manage to find a couple of items in the antique stores. I'm a speed shopper normally but today I was even quicker in a couple of the stores as they would only allow Tipper in if I carried him. Doesn't take me long to look at a bunch of old stuff while trying to carry a 25 pound dog!
As mentioned we timed our trip to avoid the heat in the desert and we sure did that. A couple of nights got down into the 30's and most days didn't get above 70. While driving home we found the heat again and it hit 101 between Phoenix and Casa Grande. While we were on our trip I discovered some things that I miss--field grass, hardwood tree leaves, and water that comes out of the faucet cold. Along the way on this trip we noticed all the foreign tourists driving RentAmerica RV's. We even ran into a young Austrian (?) duo a couple of times. As we were driving home we discussed where to take our grandson on his first RV trip. Hadn't even arrived home and we're planning our next trip. What a life. I'm always on the lookout for old vehicles so here are some we saw along the way. Stay tuned as we'll probably head out again in a couple of weeks.