We had a couple of quiet, lazy days over Labor Day and the next two days in Prescott. Unfortunately, there are no sidewalks on the streets around us. The side roads have limited traffic so that is fine, but South Senator Road is a fairly busy street. I did walk on it one morning and found the lanes are generally wide enough so that traffic can pass pedestrians, but there is not a lot of room to step off the road. Here are some views from South Senator Road looking west towards the south side of Prescott where Arizona Route 89 heads south towards Wickenburg.
Here are some exterior views of our rental in Prescott. The first shows the driveway from Karen Drive, the second shows the driveway from South Senator Road, and the third shows the front of the house from Juniper Drive.
Wednesday evening, Patty drove me to the Arizona Shuttle office, I took the 7:00 p.m. shuttle and arrived promptly at the Phoenix airport at 9:00. I was upgraded to first class on the 10:45 p.m. red eye flight to Newark and slept some. I had breakfast and worked on classes at the United Club in Newark, then caught the morning flight to Burlington. I picked up the rental car and drove to Johnson State, arriving around noon. As JSC and Lyndon State consolidate into Northern Vermont University, I had to get an interim change in my ID card and pick up keys for my office and the class room I use - adjunct faculty have to turn in the keys at the end of each semester and then pick them up again at the start of the next semester - I had turned in my keys last December and will turn these keys in this December.
I got lunch, worked in my office, met with different people and then drove to the Smugglers Notch Inn in Jeffersonville. I went out for my evening walk and saw some nice clouds in the evening sky.
And the leaves on the maple tree in the front of the Inn have started to turn into colorful foliage.
On my morning walk Friday, I was thinking about Hurricanes Harvey and Irma as they are all over the news now - then I saw this sign about Cambridge being "Storm Ready" (Jeffersonville is a village that is part of Cambridge).
I have seen many signs on churches, but I do not recall seeing one that advertised all the services they provide - plus I failed to take a photo of the large rainbow colored flag that welcomes all people.
The picture of the tree above was from the west Thursday evening. This is the same tree from the east on Friday morning, with the front of the Inn to the left.
My class Friday went well, including the technology - no blips so far. Last year, there was one session where the technology failed and I used my cellphone as a speakerphone for us at JSC and a student used his phone as a speakerphone at LSC. The Power Point slides were online, so we managed to get through. This time everything worked as expected - the only minor glitches were that sometimes there was feedback from the mikes at LSC and the changing of slides was delayed at LSC.
After class, I went to the Fledermaus Tea House to visit Renate and Glenn. They had changed their second home from a long term rental to now having it as AirBnB rental. We had lattes and I had a piece of pineapple upside down cake that had some chocolate chunks mixed in - very good.
Driving through Jeffersonville, I had seen that there were a lot of changes. The bridge on the bike path had been removed and things were being rebuilt. Things had changed with the silos, so on my morning walk Saturday, I decided to explore. First, I went to the silos and walked around one to see the artwork on all sides.
Besides art work, there is even a bush growing out of one side and the art works around it.
I thought perhaps this had something to do with the new Union Bank branch on the south side of Route 15 just west of the traffic circle junction with Route 108.
I continued on to the other silo and walked around it as well.
Finally, on the other side, I found this very small sign about 100 feet away - each page is a small 8" by 11" piece of paper telling about the Silo Project by the Cambridge Arts Council. It has taken an old building site that was somewhat of an eyesore and changed it into an attractive area with open park like land. I will have to explore more on my next visit.
I then passed by the Smugglers Notch Distillery across the street and have added that to the list of places to explore more on a future trip.
I had seen the work being done on the bike path (actually the Railtrail) from Route 15, but then found that there was more work being done and connecting the trail to a park and other towns - again, more places for me to explore on a future trip.
Class went well Saturday from 10:00 to 1:00, then I drove through Westford (to check out our old haunts) on the way to the Burlington Airport where I walked several miles to get my steps in. I napped on the flight to Chicago, then had a bite to eat and glass of wine while I worked in the United Club. I was upgraded to first class on the flight to Phoenix, so I got a small glass of wine on the plane before departure - and I slept for most of the four hour flight. We arrived a few minutes early, so I was able to get the 10:15 shuttle to Prescott (rather than the 11:15 shuttle on which I was scheduled). I arrived in Prescott around midnight, took a taxi to our rental house and was in bed before 1:00. Another good week and trip with good classes. Life is good.
Here are some exterior views of our rental in Prescott. The first shows the driveway from Karen Drive, the second shows the driveway from South Senator Road, and the third shows the front of the house from Juniper Drive.
Wednesday evening, Patty drove me to the Arizona Shuttle office, I took the 7:00 p.m. shuttle and arrived promptly at the Phoenix airport at 9:00. I was upgraded to first class on the 10:45 p.m. red eye flight to Newark and slept some. I had breakfast and worked on classes at the United Club in Newark, then caught the morning flight to Burlington. I picked up the rental car and drove to Johnson State, arriving around noon. As JSC and Lyndon State consolidate into Northern Vermont University, I had to get an interim change in my ID card and pick up keys for my office and the class room I use - adjunct faculty have to turn in the keys at the end of each semester and then pick them up again at the start of the next semester - I had turned in my keys last December and will turn these keys in this December.
I got lunch, worked in my office, met with different people and then drove to the Smugglers Notch Inn in Jeffersonville. I went out for my evening walk and saw some nice clouds in the evening sky.
And the leaves on the maple tree in the front of the Inn have started to turn into colorful foliage.
On my morning walk Friday, I was thinking about Hurricanes Harvey and Irma as they are all over the news now - then I saw this sign about Cambridge being "Storm Ready" (Jeffersonville is a village that is part of Cambridge).
I have seen many signs on churches, but I do not recall seeing one that advertised all the services they provide - plus I failed to take a photo of the large rainbow colored flag that welcomes all people.
The picture of the tree above was from the west Thursday evening. This is the same tree from the east on Friday morning, with the front of the Inn to the left.
My class Friday went well, including the technology - no blips so far. Last year, there was one session where the technology failed and I used my cellphone as a speakerphone for us at JSC and a student used his phone as a speakerphone at LSC. The Power Point slides were online, so we managed to get through. This time everything worked as expected - the only minor glitches were that sometimes there was feedback from the mikes at LSC and the changing of slides was delayed at LSC.
After class, I went to the Fledermaus Tea House to visit Renate and Glenn. They had changed their second home from a long term rental to now having it as AirBnB rental. We had lattes and I had a piece of pineapple upside down cake that had some chocolate chunks mixed in - very good.
Driving through Jeffersonville, I had seen that there were a lot of changes. The bridge on the bike path had been removed and things were being rebuilt. Things had changed with the silos, so on my morning walk Saturday, I decided to explore. First, I went to the silos and walked around one to see the artwork on all sides.
Besides art work, there is even a bush growing out of one side and the art works around it.
I thought perhaps this had something to do with the new Union Bank branch on the south side of Route 15 just west of the traffic circle junction with Route 108.
I continued on to the other silo and walked around it as well.
Finally, on the other side, I found this very small sign about 100 feet away - each page is a small 8" by 11" piece of paper telling about the Silo Project by the Cambridge Arts Council. It has taken an old building site that was somewhat of an eyesore and changed it into an attractive area with open park like land. I will have to explore more on my next visit.
I then passed by the Smugglers Notch Distillery across the street and have added that to the list of places to explore more on a future trip.
I had seen the work being done on the bike path (actually the Railtrail) from Route 15, but then found that there was more work being done and connecting the trail to a park and other towns - again, more places for me to explore on a future trip.
Class went well Saturday from 10:00 to 1:00, then I drove through Westford (to check out our old haunts) on the way to the Burlington Airport where I walked several miles to get my steps in. I napped on the flight to Chicago, then had a bite to eat and glass of wine while I worked in the United Club. I was upgraded to first class on the flight to Phoenix, so I got a small glass of wine on the plane before departure - and I slept for most of the four hour flight. We arrived a few minutes early, so I was able to get the 10:15 shuttle to Prescott (rather than the 11:15 shuttle on which I was scheduled). I arrived in Prescott around midnight, took a taxi to our rental house and was in bed before 1:00. Another good week and trip with good classes. Life is good.
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