Monday, March 27 So, the broken hitch was the primary concern of the day. So too apparently was getting some sight-seeing done. So, my daughter and I and the four girls all set off of Flagstaff because that is where the only Camping World for several hundred miles was located. We went there and showed them the hitch. They were as dumbfounded as we were, but after an hour of looking, head scratching and telephone calls to the dealer where thet trailer was obtained – they said they’d order a new hitch and we could come back in two days and get it installed. Easy enough, right?
We also stopped at an AT&T store – or rather AT&T retailer, looking for a specific hot spot. We didn’t want the basic cheap one because it didn’t come with antenna ports. So let me back up. Our family had a shared plan. 13 devices all sharing 30 Gig of traffic. It worked out fine for most things. But we had used a fair amount of traffic before we left town and it was quickly becoming obvious that we’d run over our limit long before we got home. We would have changed our plan before we left, but 13 was too many devices and we needed to add a couple of hot spots too. So we told our son to move to his own plan (sorry Tom), but he couldn’t get it done before we left fown. Well, this store turned out to be useless. Not only did we know more about their plans than they did, they didn’t have the hotspots we needed. So the girls and I ate lunch, and headed back toward Camp Verde.
Meanwhile, Deb, my son in law, Phil and cousin Sylvia headed to Jerome, AZ which is an old Copper Mining townperched on the side of a mountain. There were narrow streets & town distributed on several levels overlooking redrocks of Sedona. We connected with them by phone and arranged to meet in Sedona, where we converged on Sedona Pizza downtown and settled in their outdoor section which was fortunately covered. The pizza was good, the kids were kids and It rained cats and dogs for a while, then a wonderful double rainbow came out, set against the red rocks and light of the setting sun. We also met a family that gave us an extra 20% off coupon for the pizza. When supper was done, we headed back downt he street and all got ice cream at the Black Cow Cafe – and it was wonderful!
Continued next post.