I love Prescott, Arizona SO much!!
So today, I woke up and just didn't want to be in Mesa. Me and Tori's best friend, Michelle Lee Stones, was on the road to San Diego and we were jealous of her road trip (hitting the road is fun!). [[baby girl will have a fun time, she gets to go to sea world and disney!! love itt! im excited to see her pictures!]] . So Anyways, I called Tori, "Hey! Wanna go to Prescott?" . She jumped at the idea and we planned to leave after i got my oil done. [[ Why can't car's just run on water and love? ]]
{{{ANNOUNCEMENT:: I, DARLENE INES, DROVE TO PRESCOTT!!.... If you know me well, you'd know that just this year i was exposed to driving on the freeway. I'd go as far as the Hospital i did my clinical rotation at in phoenix, but never long distance. But we humbly said our prayer and I actually drove. Im proud of me. This is a big deal haha!! }}}
On the road, we stopped at what we thought was a cute little town to have lunch. We cheerfully asked Emmerson (the cutie working) what town we were in and he looked at us with a funny expression... "this is phoenix...uh where are you from?" ....we look down in emberassment... "we're from Mesa..."... HA HA HA!! you had to be there.
We kept on the road and got to Sunset Point. We had fun there, though i can do without the burning OVEN we live in (thanks arizona!)
After Sunset Point, we got a phone call that there was a fire happening near us. We approached the fire and it seemed to stretch about a mile. It looked pretty under control. So we kept on. We stopped by Tori's grandma's old house and it was so pretty! on the top of a hill (scary hills), and it was fun for her to see the house after over years. We kept on the road and finally, PRESCOTT!!
oh how i love prescott! there was a lot going on for the 4th of July weekend. We walked around the downtown square and talked to some fun people. We looked for a boutique to get Tor some jeans since she'd forgotten hers and only had sweat pants. nbd, but we wanted to go to the rodeo and didn't want to be underdressed. We stopped and had frozen yogurt at a fun shop with some cute workers. I caught them dancing and it made me smile. We stopped at candy shop and i got my fix of salt water candy. mmMmMM!!!
We hit the road back towards the shopping mall to get tor some clothes. We stopped at BK and grubbed before the Rodeo. We get to the Rodeo and bam "SOLD OUT SHOW"...NoOoOOO!! we kept walking in though. Security guards were there and we started a conversation with them. Richard from Mesa and Thomas the Cowboy. THey were SO nice. Thomas the cowboy was dreamy!! After a friendly conversation, he went over to some people leaving and asked them for their tickets and gave them to us! yipee!! we got in and saved 12 bucks on the ticket fee. Oh Thomas how i love thee!!
The rodeo was AWESOME!!! crazy horses, barrel racing, and bull riding...and most importantly...cowboys!!! aww yeah!! we were pretty much drooling a lot. There was a scary moment when a bull took the rider by the horns and pushed him back into the stalls. tori screamed! haha!!
By then, it was 10 and we were ready to head back home. we stopped at circle K and this man tells me my headlight is burned. aw crap. We go to checkers, buy a lightbulb and ask for help. the dude working wasn't able to leave the store so...it was just us two. uh oh. we had troubles getting the hood to stay up. success, we got it up. Now, how on earth do you get to the lightbulb? I imagined you just pop the thing out. FALSE. My car is ridiculously 'secure' and has crap all over the place. These two men leaving checkers offered their help. I was SO grateful for them. After what seemed an hour, EPIC FAIL. the two men couldn't even get the lighbulb OUT!! darn chevy!!!....our hands and arms were filthy from helping. sadly, we couldn't fix it. so we drove home with the brights on. haha!!
I LOVE PRESCOTT!!!
I wished michelle coulda been with us but baby girl is in CALIFORNIA with her amazing family. Sad note: I only get to see her next wed/thurs and then i wont see her till August 16th. she'll be in ID and Alaska (LUCKY!!!) and ill be in peru so we're gonna be crossing each other. sad day!!
I love muh best friends!!!
