On our way to Sedona, well, it really wasn't on the way, but we
made it on the way, we stopped at Jerome.
We heard that it's a small artsy, hippie feeling town... and, that was
good description... We could smell the incense, listen to the timbre of bells...
you know all that stuff. But, we did
find out, Jerome of today is way different.
Jerome's personality has changed dramatically in the past 40
years. Once a thriving mining camp between the late-1880s and early 1950s with
a population of 15,000, Jerome is now a bustling tourist magnet and artistic
community with a population of about 450. It includes a modicum of artists,
craft people, musicians, writers, hermits, bed and breakfast owners, museum
caretakers, gift shop proprietors and fallen-down-building landlords.
Wish we could have spent more time there. There were no RSVP's
left in any of the hotels/lodging. So, a
great meal at "Grapes" filled us up and off we went!
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