California here we come!

OK, so in case anyone didn't already know, we're going to Watsonville, California next. It's a small farming community just North of Monterey. We will actually be living in Capitola, California because there is limited housing in the area. Too bad they had to give us a 2BR again! Actually, it's not even an apartment. It's this really nice vacation rental that is a 2 minute walk from the beach. Anyone is welcome to visit. The guest bedroom has 2 double beds, so bring the whole family!
I'm going to attach a link from the property management website. From what I can tell it is one of the two condos on this page, but I'm not sure which one!
http://www.vacationsbythesea.com/search.php?City=Capitola&Bedrooms=2&RentMinimum=&RentMaximum=&RentBy=Week&Term=Both&AmenitiesOtherText=&SearchTerm=&submit=Search

Williams, AZ

It just so happened that there was this big motorcycle rally in Williams that weekend, so we managed to catch a Bride and Groom on motorcycle as well as an Old West shootout. It's really a neat little town. You know my husband ... he makes friends everywhere we go!

Hotel

So we stayed at this neat little hotel in Williams, AZ. It's right on route 66. It was restored a few years ago and has all of these themed rooms. You actually get to pick the room you want to stay in when you get there. It made Billy a little nervous when I told him there was no air conditioning, but it's in the mountains and the windows open. It actually got a little cold at night.

Grand Canyon

Since we only had 2 weeks left, we decided it was time to visit the Grand Canyon. Big surprise, it's a (REALLY) big hole in the ground.

San Xavier del Bac

This is an old Spanish mission that is actually on an Indian reservation. It is sometimes called the Sistine chapel of North America or the White Dove of the Desert. It is currently being restored, so we bought postcards showing it without the scaffolding!

Airplane Graveyard

There is a huge airplane graveyard here in Tucson, because it is so dry that the planes won't rust. They cover the windows to preserve the interior, then sit them out in the desert to wait for a need for them again, or they are eventually destroyed when they become completely useless.

Air and Space Museum

Have you ever spent a whole day walking in the desert just looking at airplanes? We have! Just a small sampling. The top one is an old Air Force One, the funny looking one was made to carry the space capsule, and the bottom is a WW2 Bomber.

Mount Lemon

Tucson is actually home to the southernmost ski resort in the US. They don't get snow for much of the winter, but they do get enough to ski now and then. We rose the chair lift up to see the sights. There was a huge forest fire 4 years ago that completely destroyed the town near the ski resort. Lots of the trees are still charred or just growing back.

Mom and Dad visit

Mom and Dad came to visit for Mother's day. We went to the Air and Space museum, the Titan Missile museum and the casino!

Capitol Museum

We took Grandmother to the Arizona Capitol museum in Phoenix on the way to the airport. The really cool thing is that the woman on top actually moves back and forth with the breeze even though she weighs 700 pounds!