My commute to Jerome

OK, so I'm driving to Jerome, and thought that a little photo journey would be good for the blog :)
Keep in mind that I was clicking as I was driving, so the pictures aren't the greatest. First Highway 260 to Cottonwood, about 15 miles. Jerome is up on the right edge of Mingus Mountain, on the left.

Sedona off to the right, about 20 miles.

Entrance to the dirt bike trails, a little less than halfway to Cottonwood.
We saw a tarantula there last summer-awesome!

Made it through the strip mall part of Cottonwood, I am now headed towards Old Town. Funky little part of town with nice little shops and a couple good restaraunts. We found Gelato there!

Through Cottonwood, i'm now in Clarkdale. When Jerome was a mining town, the bigwigs lived in Clarkdale, while the mine workers lived up on the hill. There are two ways to get through Cottonwood. I decided to take the longer way this morning. There is all kinds of construction the other way.

Now I'm headed "up the hill" towards Jerome. Jerome sits on the side of Cleopatra hill on Mingus Mountain, in the Black mountain range.

Had a slow moving RV in front of me, so I could click away.

Up, up, up. It's only about four miles up the hill :)

Almost there. Can you see the "J" on the peak? It lights up at night :)

Straight ahead(red roof) is the Ghost City Inn, a little haunted Hotel.

The co-op is the tall building on the right. It was the Hotel Jerome back in the day, and was pretty fancy for the times. Phones in every room! First and largest single poured concrete building in AZ when it was built in 1917. Deemed almost fireproof. Couldn't get Completely fireproof status because of the wood window frames. We occupy the street level, and there is private studio space and storage on the upper three levels.

On the left, are two shops that also carry my work. The owner, Christy Fisher, is also a member of the Co-op. Apartments on the upper floors.

MAde it! This is the view from where I park my car. The San Francisco Peaks In Flagstaff are coverd with snow.

A look back down the hill. The Co-op is a couple buildings down the street to the right. I took about 90 pictures on the 45 minute journey, but you get the general idea. Not a bad commute!