I LOVE Prescott. It is just such an incredibly wonderful place with great social opportunities for me. Right now, it is absolutely perfect for me. AND it has a really GREAT radio station with just oldies! Frosting on the cake!
First, it's a little ironic that I'm here because it's a much bigger city than I normally prefer. In fact, when I went with Jennifer to Phoenix in January, I had planned on looking at a place to live in Prescott, but when I saw it on Google Earth and how big it was, it turned me off. That was my head talking. My heart, on the other hand, totally wanted to be here. When Jennifer and I stayed at a hotel in town, the desk clerk said that in the "quad-city" area, it's about one hundred thousand people. Way way WAY bigger than I prefer. But, the quad-city area is deceptive. Chino Valley is sixteen miles away, Prescott Valley is ten miles away, and Dewey-Humboldt is twenty miles away. So, it's not like they're all crowded together and you don't know where one ends and the other begins. In 2011, there were 40,000 people here. Still too much for my preference. But . . . Prescott has, what I think is known as, urban sprawl. It "ain't" a good thing, let me tell you. On the other hand, it has preserved a lot of the wild spaces, which is a good thing. There are beautiful areas right in the city. That is what is allowing me to live here. It has the benefits of a city (Trader Joe's!!) and everything fairly close to hand, and it has the benefits of a beautiful place also close to hand. For me, at least for now, it's the best of all worlds. I love it here.
Prescott is in the mountains of central Arizona. They call it the mile high city at 5400 feet. So, I will not be getting the oppressive heat of Phoenix. And I will be getting snow . . . which I love and would miss terribly if I didn't have any! This is a very doggie city with dogs everywhere . . . but, and a big but here, they are almost all on leashes. That is good for me and Moki! The "Courthouse Square" is close to my house and I drive by it all the time. There are always lots and lots of dogs walking there. When I hike, there are lots of dogs. Everywhere I look, there are lots of dogs. Luckily, I LOVE doggie communities! Oh, and there are plenty of dogs at my apartment building, as well.
Another thing I love about Prescott is produce! Yes, produce! When I lived in Maine, cherries were available only one month a summer . . . if I remember correctly. In Colorado, they were available all summer. Here in Prescott, I've already been eating them for a week or two! Great produce here at great prices. It's really awesome!
Prescott is not perfect. There are things here and there that I'm not particularly happy about. But, I prefer to think about the things that I love about it. In fact, I prefer to look at life that way. If everyone looked at life that way, I think the world would be a much happier place!
I've done some cool hikes here, too. Thumb Butte has a couple trails that I've tried. And then I did the "petroglyph trail" and couldn't find the petroglyphs!! I had to go back home, look it up on the internet, and then drive back and find them that way. Actually, I still couldn't find them. Moki and I were trying to climb up to them. We couldn't find a way up. Luckily, we ran into a couple women who told us "ya can't get there from here!" (Joke for my Maine friends!) What they said was that you can see them from here, but you can't climb up to them. I looked up, and there they were. I took the petroglyph pic from the close to the bottom. More adventures coming soon! [I would have forgotten about them, but luckily I took pictures!!]
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| Thumb Butte - this is close to my house. |
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| Petroglyph rock. |
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| One of the trails that Moki and I hike. |
