Tuesday, 12 March 2019 Scottsdale

Another leisurely start today. We left about 10 AM for Old Town Scottsdale where we had a booking for a food tour at 11. We wandered around a bit first and then joined our tour. We hit five establishments over the next three hours, sampling several different food options, all of which were delicious. (How did I not think to take pictures? Maybe Celeste has some that I can add later.) Our guide also included much history and other information about Scottsdale. We then shopped a bit in the old downtown before wandering over a few blocks to another shopping street. (Hint, this was not Kevin’s or my idea.)

When the girls gave up shopping, we hopped on the free tourist bus and rode around on a guided tour for awhile. This guide and our previous one both talked about “Historic Downtown Scottsdale.” Although the town dates to the 1880s or 1890s, almost all the historic buildings downtown date back to the 1950s. I guess that makes the four of us “historic.”

With all our touring complete at 5 PM, we returned to our car, where we had been parked for almost six hours in a three-hour zone. Our food tour guide had told us he has rarely seen it enforced, so we took our chances. We headed for home and stopped for Chinese food near the condo, returning for an evening of relaxing. We had rain showers (some substantial) off and on all day, although the sun occasionally broke through. We were glad to have our umbrellas.

The weather was on the cool side for our whole stay with rain the last two days, but much better than at home.