Wonderful Williams!

Oct. 13th was the designated day for Jerry, Sandy, Don and I to meet up with the rest of the group in Williams, Arizona.  This is what our rigs looked like, all lined up at the Grand Canyon Railway RV Park.  Don and Sandy's sister, Doris was already in her spot when we got there.  So was Jerry's son, Jeff and his fiance, Erica.  We were ready to take on Williams, but was it ready for us??

 That's what us ladies like to see: the guys cooking breakfast!  Jerry and Jeff are working hard at the dueling grills.  Works for me.

Looks like Erica and Sandy are checking on the guys to see where they are in the cooking process.

 Another day, and it seems like we are eating a big breakfast again.  Now we are over at Doris' trailer, enjoying the eggs, sausage, bacon, toast and fried hashbrowns.  I'm surprised that we aren't all overweight.  To our credit, we did get a lot of exercise while we were there.

Since the RV park is so close to downtown Williams, we have done a lot of walking....and shopping!  First, we checked out the steam engine by the train depot that was all dressed up with cobwebs for Halloween.

 Then it was on to the main street, the old Route 66 which ran right through Williams before being bypassed by the Interstate.  Of course, there are a lot of souvenir shops and cool looking cars along the main drag.  I'd gladly trade my PT Cruiser for this red hot Pontiac. Talk about nostalgia!

Don turned around , probably to check on where I was.  Doris just kept on heading to the next shop.  If you are into the 50's and 60's era, this is the place to visit.  

Some of the group are wine connoisseurs.  And wouldn't you know it, in between the restaurants and other shops was the Grand Canyon Winery.  I took pictures while the other 6 people sipped and tasted the different wines.

 Don and Doris perused the menu with all the various wines and beers.

 While the bunch imbibed, I wandered around and busied myself with taking pictures of the buildings.  The Red Garter with the cute lady hanging out the window was built as a saloon and bordello by a German tailor in 1897. He also had a Chinese restaurant and opium den in the same building.  I guess that is what you could call a "full entertainment package"....

 I wonder if Elvis could smell the wine on Don and Doris' breath?  If he did, he sure didn't complain about it.

Day two (or was it 3 or 4...when you're retired, they all seem the same) of strolling the streets.  We made a beeline to Cruisers to meet up with friends from high school.  In fact, Sandy and Doris went to grade school with Phyllis and Dave. We won't even think of how LONG ago that was!

 We had a wonderful time visiting with Dave and Phyllis Green, who have lived in Williams for about 15 years now.  I'm glad they were able to meet up with us so we could visit for awhile.  I don't think Don was trying to hide behind the pole, but you never know.  He was happy to be here....there was food involved!

Williams was indeed our "last hurrah" for the summer.  We had eaten lots of good food, seen new things, learned a thing or two from all the museum visits, enjoyed the ocean air and had played a lot of card games. The icing on the cake was the beautiful sunset during one of our last evenings.  Like they say about wine, "It was a good year".