Sonya and I have always enjoyed spontaneous mini trips.  Around the the time we were married it was spur of the moment trips to Vegas.  With Quinton it was weekend trips to San Diego or LA.  In a sign the Triplets are getting older we did with them for the first time!

We left Sunday around noon for an afternoon visit to the Vulture Gold Mine near Wickenburg.  We had driven past this “ghost” town several times and decided to take it in.

Vulture Gold Mine was alright, a nice hike on a perfect day.  The buildings were interesting enough, however very little history or other insight was provided.  The few signs telling the tales of history were so worn by the elements they were unreadable.  In fact this site http://www.jpc-training.com/vulture.htm has significantly more history than the “museum” itself.   It’s makes touring the mine worth while and is an interesting read.

We decided to continue on to Wickenburg, then Yarnell and finally Prescott.  We stayed overnight in Prescott even though we had no overnight intentions. The next day we went to Jerome, AZ and visited the Jerome State Historic Park. This museum was very interesting and included a brief video history with an amusing “ghost” narrator.  It was well worth the admission fee’s.

We could have called it a trip yet we decided to venture through Sedona, AZ to take in some beautiful Arizona scenery.   This was a pretty good step for us!  It seems like just yesterday it required 3 hours preparations to take the Triplets to church let alone anything like this!

Click on the Photo page for more pictures of our trip! (and some bonus dry humor!)

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