Friday, June 21, 2019

Prescott

On Monday, June 10th, Amelia and her four children and the two of us traveled to Prescott, AZ so that Esther could participate in a music camp.  We stopped first at a Taco Bell.
  
Karsten, Esther, Maylee, Shirleen
                  Amelia, Melody

Then we went on through town, and drove along Senator Highway until we came to the turnoff that would take us to the cabin we would stay at for the rest of the week.  The cabin is owned by Amelia's in-laws.  Here are some pictures of it:
  
Amelia and Maylee (looking out of an
 upper window one evening!)

 This view looks down and away from the cabin property (which is to the right of the camera)
Melody in the Driveway
On the left is the (shared) driveway entrance as seen
 from the access road (looking toward Senator Highway).  

We settled in on Monday, and spent the day there on Tuesday.  On Wednesday Amy & Esther left for the opening day at the music camp.  Bryce arrived at the cabin later on Wednesday.  On Friday, Don & Laure (Bryce's parents) joined us at the cabin.  Each day there were new adventures for us.  Inside, of course, there were meals, games, etc.
  
Karsten, Maylee, and Shirleen

Karsten

Shirleen and Maylee

Then, there was outside...

Not far from the cabin there is a decorated statue of a deer.  We visited that deer a number of times each day.


As seen from the cabin property

Melody, Maylee, and Karsten (way back there, on the hill)

Melody, Maylee, Esther, and Shirleen

Melody

Maylee

There was a craft activity:


Amelia, Shirleen, and Maylee

Shirleen, Maylee, and Amelia

Shirleen
Karsten
Maylee

Esther

Melody, Maylee, and Karsten

Shirleen, Melody, and Maylee


And there was hiking and rock climbing, etc.:

Paul and Melody

Amelia, Melody, and Paul

Esther

Shirleen

Esther

Bryce

Bryce and Maylee

Maylee

Maylee and Don

Don

Laure, Amelia, Melody, Shirleen

Maylee, Esther, Amelia, Melody
(Spruce Mountain Rd Fire Lookout)

Maylee, Esther, Karsten, Melody, Amelia

Esther and Paul

                      Maylee, Don, Melody, Amelia, Karsten
   Bryce, Laure, Shirleen                                                     

Bryce
Karsten
Melody
(What one can do, three can do better!)

Shirleen and Maylee

Melody, Shirleen, Bryce, and Maylee

Maylee, Karsten, Melody, and Bryce

Maylee, Bryce, Karsten

Melody and Bryce

Paul

Esther and Karsten

Shirleen

Esther, Amelia, Melody

Esther, Amelia, Melody, Bryce
Karsten, Maylee, Shirleen

Bryce, Karsten, Maylee

Melody, Bryce, Maylee

Melody

Paul and Melody

Shirleen

Karsten, Esther, Maylee, Melody, and Bryce

Bryce, Amelia, Melody, Esther

Paul and Shirleen

Did we eat well?  Of course we did!
Melody, Karsten, and Esther

Flowers & decorations & trees & critters & such:




Ladybugs

More Ladybugs

Maylee and a Ladybug


Esther


Cactus Blooms
Cactus Blooms

Maylee


Melody, Karsten, Esther, and Maylee



On the cabin property

At the end of the driveway






Shirleen and Esther
(BTW, Ponderosas smell like vanilla - not makin' this up!)

Maylee and a Lizard

No shortage of pine cones!

Some activities were more exciting than others...:

Bryce

Bryce

Bryce

Bryce

Don (background), Bryce (leaping in), Maylee, and Karsten

A moment later

Maylee, Karsten, Bryce

Karsten and Esther

Karsten

Esther and Melody

Esther (and the deer down below)
    
Interesting training regimen at the Suzuki music camp:
Esther (third one back)

The music camp conducted a recital at the Prescott St Luke's Episcopal Church on Saturday, June 15th - which we all attended.
   
Esther (from left-to-right, she's third from the pianist)




There were some special visitors:  Cecily and Tiffany live in Prescott, and they came to the recital!
Paul, Shirleen, Cecily, and Tiffany

We then traveled home to Mesa.

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