{"id":2880,"date":"2023-02-28T20:09:32","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=2880"},"modified":"2025-04-21T17:41:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T17:41:53","slug":"february-23-prescott-grand-canyon-misc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=2880","title":{"rendered":"February &#8217;23 Prescott, Grand Canyon, Misc"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Drove to Prescott to &#8220;hang out&#8221;.  Fun quaint downtown.  Some interesting eateries.  The topology there is interesting, it&#8217;s more &#8220;low mountainous&#8221;, just above desert plains in elevation.  They get snow on a regular basis. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northernloon.smugmug.com\/2023\/02Prescott\/n-pqGBwz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for photo gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After Prescott, we drove the couple of hours to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, gaining elevation, seeing more snow.  Got a room on the far west side of Grand Canyon Village.  Drove west before dark, stopped at the first four lookout pullouts to take in the stunning views. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the morning we left for home, heading east on Desert View Drive (Hwy 64). Multiple viewing pullouts presented themselves. Some were quick pullouts, some were quite a bit off the road.  Many presented with trecherous, icy footing which made it real &#8220;interesting&#8221; to approach a 1000&#8242; drop-off. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northernloon.smugmug.com\/2023\/02GrandCanyon\/n-3nkQd6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for photo gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miscellaneous pictures to follow:<br> &#8211; Barrio Brewing, near downtown Tucson<br>&#8211; Tap and Bottle (south)&#8217;s stunning inventory of semi-rare tequilas<br>&#8211; Some of the tequila, and then later, bourbons, on display at neighbor Mike White&#8217;s vast &#8220;library&#8221; of bottles.  He lead me on a guided tour both sessions, we dove deep into history, background, and tasting notes on all these bottles. A 3rd session, attended by four of us and 6 others on Zoom, was all about making fancy cocktails with a bewildering variety of ingredients.<br>&#8211; Sunday morning burritos at Barista del Barrio<br>&#8211; Marcado San Augustin Annex<br>&#8211; Watson drip system rebuild<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/northernloon.smugmug.com\/2023\/02MiscBarrioMSAtasting\/n-S93cvN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for photo gallery.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drove to Prescott to &#8220;hang out&#8221;. Fun quaint downtown. Some interesting eateries. The topology there is interesting, it&#8217;s more &#8220;low mountainous&#8221;, just above desert plains in elevation. They get snow on a regular basis. Click here for photo gallery. After Prescott, we drove the couple of hours to the south rim of the Grand Canyon, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/?p=2880\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;February &#8217;23 Prescott, Grand Canyon, Misc&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2880\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/northernloon.net\/travelogue\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}