Taking a day off from looking at homes, we headed for Carefree, Arizona. At an altitude of 2,382 feet it's 1,296 feet higher than Phoenix and usually 5 or so degrees cooler. The center of town is somewhere around the corner of Ho Hum Road and Easy Street. In years past the town was filled with shops and restaurants. In particular, there was a Mexican restaurant that always saw us for lunch. However, on this visit there seems to be a lot of vacancies and our restaurant has now been gone for two visits.
On the other hand, the Cactus Garden is still going strong. I don't know how many varieties there are, but dozens and dozens comes to mind. Somehow we hit the right time of the year, because most were blooming. And every one has some sort of spike. Some short, some long, but everyone sharp. One is named the Toothpick Cactus, which tells you the size of it's protective spike.
Back at the house I tried my hand at a Bloody Mary and I'm pretty happy with adding a little extra lime. Without question more experimentation is necessary and I'll try to be up for it.
Later in the afternoon we were off to Fry's for a little shopping and we discovered something pretty cool. Right in the middle of Fry's was a wine bar. Yes, there was a bar, stools and wine by the glass. I don't suppose something like that would fly with the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which controls everything liquor back home. We are finding most grocery stores carry a good number of Oregon and Washington wines.
Dinner found us at yet another unnamed restaurant, which will not be revisited. Live and learn.
Finished up the movie "Captain Kid" (1945), with Charles Laughton, Randolph Scott and John Carradine. You may remember Carradine as the Preacher who lost the calling in "Grapes Of Wraith".
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