Jerome, Sedona, Williams

Hello from Route 66! We are currently staying on "the Mother Road" in a small town called Williams, which is the gateway to the Grand Canyon. We plan to visit the South Rim tomorrow.

Today we mostly went shopping in Jerome and Sedona. For those of you who were concerned, we did get to go to the House of Joy, and it was everything I hoped it would be. Haha, seriously it was a really neat little shop, and we bought a couple of gifts including a "Brothel Inspector" badge for my brother.

The shops in Sedona were nice, but pretty overpriced. Even the food is ridiculous. Travis almost had a nervous breakdown in the middle of the street because he was starving but refused to pay $12 for a deli sandwich. Sedona reminds me of a classier Gatlinburg - shop after shop after shop of mostly the same stuff. I did go to the Three Dog Bakery and bought a doggie cookbook, much to Travis's chagrin. Now I can make Jax all sorts of tasty homemade treats!

Williams is a really cute little town. We spent this evening walking up and down the streets, and we ate in a 50s-style diner and had milkshakes. We went to a store/B&B/bakery called "The Red Garter" which is a historic brothel. I'm becoming quite the collector of brothels on this trip. Anyway, I only mention that because they had a really neat exhibit of things they had found when they excavated part of the building (the old outhouse). They found shoes, whiskey bottles, morphine bottles, and opium paraphanalia. Through a hole in the floor, they found dice, shot glasses, and some more whiskey bottles. It was really interesting - kind of reminded me of my favorite cancelled tv show *sigh*.

This evening, the town put on an Old West shootout in the street with some actors who really looked like gunslingers. It was loud.

That's about it for today - no exciting stories to report. Go Celtics!