Saturday Night at Greasewood Flats

Out of the pool, time to head out and show Diane some sites. Now that Shirley has Diane to help sway our activities, we headed to Scottsdale's Phoenician Hotel and Resort. This is where people with money that have to wear their wealth on their sleeve stay. Lots of marble, fountains, and plenty of staff for the rich people to throw money at. We walked and gawked around there for an hour like the first trip of the Beverly Hillbillies to the big city.

Once we finished there, it was off too Greasewood Flats for a burger and a few beers. There we ordered cheeseburgers and MGD and sat down at the picnic tables to listen to some live music. Now this place is an old ranch transformed into a large outside bar. It once was out in the middle of the desert, but now the suburbs of Scottsdale are encroaching on it. There is a stage with a round concrete dance floor which is surrounded by barrel fireplaces. As it gets dark, the customers are responsible for starting and maintaining the fires. Three buck beers and 7 and a half buck half pound cheeseburgers. It was a good meal, but after a couple hours we were ready to head back. Diane was up since 2:30 am, and the rest of us are old, so we called it a day.

Monday, Diane and I headed north to Holbrook on our way to the Petrified Forest. It was going to be almost 80 in Mesa, so I thought I'd bring Diane north where it's in the mid 40's. I was afraid she'd melt in that heat so soon after freezing in Wisconsin.You don't want to thaw someone out to quickly; need to prevent tissue damage. I also had an opportunity to see snow in the mountains which I haven't seen in some time. Once in Hollbrook, Diane acquired a free one pound petrified wood rock from John Grey's Petrified Wood Store. Not really sure what she is going to do with it, but I'm hoping I'm not going to see it approaching me at high velocity anytime in the future.

Tuesday we head to the Painted Desert and Petrified Forest and spend a chunk of the day. Then head back to the heat in Mesa Tuesday night.