Started out the day by heading up to Prescott - great little city northwest of Scottsdale. Had lunch at Raven's Cafe - great little spot right in downtown. We both had the Squatters IPA - very good. And our lunch was really great too.
We then headed up to Jerome along miles and miles of windy mountain roads, white knuckling it pretty much the entire way. By the time we got to Jerome (an artsy little town perched precariously on the side of the mountain), we were pretty tense. We walked around for a bit - you can see for 50 miles from Jerome and the views were amazing.
After Jerome we went to Tuzigoot National Monument. It's an ancient hilltop pueblo, and super cool. You can walk up to it and walk up on top of the highest point on the pueblo - the views were so wonderful. It was windy, but a beautiful day.
Then we went to Cottonwood, looking for wine boxes so we can check all of our beer onto the plane. Don't ask. It's so dumb. Anyway, we had a wine tasting at Arizona Stronghold Winery - pretty good - and then got boxes that won't really help us for $3 at some other wine place. D-U-M. DUMB.
We then headed back to Scottsdale to have dinner at the Praying Monk. It's supposed to be a great beer bar. Yeah...not so much. On the way in, there was a guy peeing on the wall outside of the restaurant...in the front! Classy. The beer list was good, but all the hype? B.S. Our food was good, but Minneapolis is certainly WAY more advanced than Scottsdale when it comes to beer bars. Wouldn't you expect a place called "Praying Monk" to at least have ONE sour beer? The closest they came was Lindeman's Framboise in a bottle. That doesn't count. And the beer special, the "Monk's Brew," was Full Sail Amber. Hmmmmmm...adventurous!!
Came back home, had some Oreo's, watched Law & Order SVU, then went to bed.
Good day.
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