Jerome, AZ

The day after Thanksgiving we were still camping with our friends, Wendi and Bob, and his parents at Clarkdale, Arizona. We all loaded up in Wendi’s car around 10:15 a.m. and went to Jerome, Arizona. Kevin and I had been here before, back in 2022. What a fun place. Jerome is an old mining town but has been kept up with fun shops and activities. It is on the side of the mountain and a lot of the buildings have slid. Even the jail has slid down around 225 ft! They even built a road to go around it. HA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliding_Jail

We walked through a lot of shops and an ice cream parlor. We went in Wendi’s friends store and met her. Before I knew it was her store, we saw some nice wood carved ornaments of nativity. We purchased several for gifts. The pictures above are old brick molds. Who knew!

At The Blazing Owl we watched a lady dip candles and then carve and peel desert scapes. We were mesmerized! We bought a candle and an LED light. That way we don’t have fire in our 5th wheel. She said there are 3 people who make these candles. So cool to watch and support!

While the others stopped for wine tasting Kevin and I were hungry so we decided to eat at The Miner’s Cafe. The sign says, “7 steps down, The Miner’s Cafe, best breakfast in town.” Tiny place but warm and good food. I had French dip and he had eggs and sausage. 

Everyone was done walking around and we were back at the campground around 2:00 p.m. At 4:00 p.m. we went to Cottonwood for pizza. The place opened at 4:00 p.m. and was packed but thankfully we got the last table. Kevin said it was very loud. He had salad and I had spinach artichoke bruschetta. Very good. 

Back at the campground we sat around the fire pit. Wendi brought over a bag of presents for me: a whirly that is bright colors “it is happy and reminds me of you”, one of the first pottery she ever made and painted, a small wood board, like a cutting board, with “bee humble and kind” burned into the wood that she made, 2 boxes of herbal teas, and…. As I started to unwrap tissue paper both Wendi and Bob got excited. I quickly saw it was the white 3-D printed nativity scene they had made! She had sent me a picture and I about fell over because it is so cute! I was touched so deeply that they gave it to me. OH, the pieces are tiny and at one point baby Jesus fell out of the manager as I unwrapped it. Thankfully he fell by my leg and I was able to rescue him. HA

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