Prescott

Today we decided to head to the Verde Valley, specifically Camp Verde. We had breakfast at the Cliff Castle Casino, they have a breakfast buffet for only $10. It had everything you wanted in a breakfast and was very delicious. The casino is run by the Yavapai Apache Nation. After breakfast we went down to their outdoor events area as they were having a Pai nation pow wow with all the Pai bands from all over the valley. We walked around and checked out all the vendors but it was early in the morning and they were just doing the opening ceremonies and unfortunately they would not start the main events for a couple of hours.

So we were originally going to check out the national monument in the area but instead we saw a highway sign that said Prescott so we decided to go there instead. We didn’t really have any plans for the area but because it was early we thought that it was a good day to driver further.  As we were driving Brenda saw a sign for a thrift store and a garage sale so I turned right in.  The thrift store was the largest one in the entire Prescott Valley, it was huge, probably at least as big as an ice arena.  We found some great deals, just have to figure out how to fit it all in the truck to take home.  After the thrift store we headed to the garage sale and met a great guy. His name was Alan and he is trying to start up an online garage sale. He was definitely a salesman and he knew his dad jokes. He was an absolute hoot to talk to and we did purchase some items from you to turn into some craft projects. He gave me his e-mail address so that I can send him some pictures of our completed projects.  He was very entertaining. 

We continued down the road when we found a huge flea market. There must have been around 75 vendors. They had everything from shoes, tools, lots of rocks, garden art, household items, stun guns, hand bags, knives and of course guns.

We picked up a variety of rocks and Len found some metal garden art. Brenda found a couple of decorative statues and some knife blanks which she is going to change the handles by using polished rock slabs. We probably spent about 3 hours there walking around and met a lot of people.  We did by pass the booths that were selling guns and Trump memorabilia. Decided we didn’t want that kind of negative energy. 

We did make it to downtown Prescott but they were having a bike race so it was really busy and we were a hot and tired from being out in the sun.

We didn’t really do much today but it was really fun. Tomorrow they are coming to clean our condo so we will probably head down to Camp Verde again. We will make it to the monument this time.

The only picture I took today was of this pretty little flower.