Thursday in Prescott.....

 7:21 am - Friday - January 16th - Hotel St. Michael - Prescott, AZ - 31° F, humidity 31%, cloud cover 0%, wind 3 mph out of the south.....crystal clear, blue, sunny skies today with a forecast high of 63° F.  On this date in 2021 TLE and I were boondocking at Quartzite, AZ....

.....with Steven and Linda (met while working at Cape Blanco Lighthouse), and Michael and Liz (met at Amazon).....Steven took this drone shot of our encampment.

We've been to Prescott many times during our nomadic travels, and have even had lunch a few times, but have never walked around the Courthouse Square, so Thursday that is what we did....

.....there are a number of coffee places up and down Montezuma, and Gurley, and we wanted to find one at which to have a good cup of coffee, and maybe a pastry, so we set out walking to find one such place that resonated with us, and we found it after about 20 minutes......

Parlor Doughnuts

.....we enjoyed the ambiance of their sitting room for about half an hour enjoying our American coffees, and a doughnut for each....I had their 'Cookies and Cream' doughnut, and TLE had their 'Sandy Beach' doughnut.  The doughnuts, by the way, were exceptional.  We cut them in half so we could share.  I ordered their 'LARGE' coffee, of which I still had half left when we continued our walk....

.....down Montezuma stopping occasionally to browse a store,  read signs, and take pictures.....

These two guys had the right idea!

The Courthouse is the center piece of Old Town Prescott

....my large coffee lasted about half way around the Courthouse Square....I had my spokesmodel wife hold it so I could take a picture before disposing of it in a trash bin....

.....as walked along Gurley back to the Hotel St. Michael we spied an ice cream parlor....

.....where we each ordered scoops of their sea salt caramel.  We sat outside for about 20 minutes  before continuing on our way back to the hotel, where we sat in the hotel lounge finishing our ice creams.....

....around 4:15 pm we headed back down stairs to the Bistro St. Michael for dinner.  We were able to get a table with a view of the intersection of Montezuma and Gurley....

....we both ordered their Grilled Wild Salmon, and I a side salad.....

.....I ordered a glass of their Malbec (Terrazas - Mendoza, ARG)....

....the salmon was 'melt in your mouth' good, and the wine, for me, was a perfect pairing.  After dinner we walked down stairs to the Sword & Fire Speakeasy where they had live entertainment.  The live entertainment was a husband and wife duo, whose playlist consisted of songs from the 60's, 70's and 80's.  We sang along as we consumed our adult beverages.  By the time we had finished those beverages it was getting close to 7 pm, so we paid our tab, and walked back upstairs to hotel, and our room.  We we finished our climb to the 2nd floor I noticed the beautiful ceiling for the first time.....

.....this hotel has been restored with obvious tender loving care, and is in wonderful condition considering it was built in 1864.

Thanks for stopping by!