Drive to Prescott

It was a perfect day for a drive yesterday when we went to Prescott. There are several different ways to get there, but our favorite route is through Wickenburg and then through Congress, Peeples Valley, Yarnell and Wilhoit on US 89. Congress is an old town that actually is listed as one of the AZ ghost towns, although it is hard to find the part that satisfies that description. We went there many years ago with our grand kids and walked through the cemetery at the edge of town which is about as close as you can get to the ghost town description. There is also a pretty famous rock there that always catches photographers:

It was a beautiful drive and we arrived in Prescott before noon and stopped at the Chamber of Commerce to pick up all the information we needed on the various areas of Prescott. We drove around for awhile and stopped at Lynx Lake to have our lunch before driving around some more and then headed toward Prescott Valley to the east. There are some pretty good buys on land and homes in the Prescott area and is one area that we would seriously consider when the time comes for us to decide where to plant ourselves.

The drive home was through Prescott Valley, Dewey/Humboldt and Mayer before hitting I-17 for the drive south. That is a drive that we have taken many times. It was a typical drive until we reached Anthem when we spotted several balloons in the distance:

They were landing at about the same time we arrived at their landing spot and we got some good shots of them up close, one of which is below:

It must have been a perfect day for flying activities as we then ran into a group of para gliders while driving on the US 303 loop just south of Lake Pleasant. There were 4 or 5 that we could see from the highway, and one of them is captured here:

The beautiful weather brings out all kinds of aerial activities.

It will be nice again today with the temperatures in the 70's as we decide how to best spend the day and enjoy the sunny skies...