Jerome--and.........

What a great little town--Jerome--set way up in the mountains--once a mining town and now taken over by artists--neat to walk around.  Just outside Jerome is another abandoned mining operation but now a bit of a museum--the eccentric owner has many old trucks and tractors--lots of memorabilia from  years ago.  Then we took a drive to Prescott through a mountain pass--again wonderful views.  Yesterday we toured Montezuma's castle, ancient houses in the rocks--much like the Gila Cliff Dwellings except you could only look a this one from a distance--whereas in Gila we were able to wonder all thru them.   Then on to Montezuma's well--a pond of water high on a plateau-thousands of gallons of water pour in from 2 underwater spouts every day--and then flow out underground at the base of the hill.  Needless to say it was a special spot for the native peoples,  but unfortunately if they drank the water they were probably poisoned with arsenic!! On the way we stopped at a small local pow wow--kind of neat to watch  So that's it for today--looks like the weather will hold so will probably try to get to the GC tomorrow.