Day 2 - Spring Break: We'll go back to day 1 later; there were too many pictures to select from! We spent the night at the historic Weatherford Inn after a pleasant drive from Blue Diamond to Flagstaff. We had lunch at a neat little restaurant that Adam knew about and then hit the shops. The downtown area is delightfully walkable and looks like it has had an EG&G streetscape. It is touristy but not overly, nice shops and galleries, lots of eateries. All in all, a very nice afternoon
Night shot of the historic Weatherford.
It is billed as an "entertainment" hotel. The bar was open on Tuesday night till 2:00 and it was busy till then...the music and bar noise was a not unpleasant sound in our room which was 2 floors above. And the trains rumbled through town throught the night:-)
Our room was on the 3rd floor and the lovely balcony was accessed by 2 doors, the one you see and its sister door around the corner, which is where our room is. There was a bar and ballroom (both origional and restored) on the 3rd floor and it would be a great place for a party (max 50). Unfortunately, it was a little too cool to sit outside.
No TV, no phone, but who needs 'em? Some of the rooms had their own bathrooms, but ours did not - again, not for everyone, I guess, but we didn't mind. The radiator heat kicked on during the night and it worked VERY well!!
The room was pretty "rustic" but did the job. After breakfast in the hotel dining room - also origional and restored (mmmmmm, french toast is on the menu) we will continue our trip - about an hour more to the South Rim. Weather report is partly sunny, high 60. Love you all and wish you all were here!
Vaneta and I made our annual Mother's Day visit to Ithaca to spend a couple days with Keith and Sarah. We were blessed with nearly 3 days of no rain and actually quite a bit of actual sunshine. Thay are a few days behind us season-wise, but Sarah has her garden seedlings growing inside and these wonderful garlic scallions are already up. We actually ate them and they were yummy!
Keith got in a little slack line practice.
This is their bird tree right outside their door. I am going to attempt to list the birds I saw: chickadees, sparrows, cow birds, finches, red winged black birts, wrens- house and barn, grosbeck, woodpeckers, cardinals, bluejays, bluebirds, and I am sure I missed some. There were these tiny, smaller than finches, gold birds that I forget the name of. Keith and I walked down the street Sundany morning. The water in the lake is really high and there out a ways was a beaver lodge with the beaver working away! It was cool to see.
We went out to Pat's house so I could meet the horses. Vaneta and Sarah went for a nice long ride. Keith and I did a little walk-about and then went into town for a bit to eat. All in all a delightful couple of days. 
