Friday boded strange weather, but we decided to take a field trip anyway---to Cottonwood. We hadn't been there since 2013, It was an easy less-than-two-hour trip. Our GPS actually took us on a route we've never taken for the last 10 miles or so. It took us through the hills to the North of town. A nice diversion. We drove though historic old town, and it was nice.
There were some new galleries and restaurants. Becky took the dogs on a half-hour walk through town while I killed the time by reading. (I'm still in Liberty And Tyranny.) Then we visited the Thousand Trails preserve in Cottonwood. We spent two months there at the end of 2013. It's been one of our favorite parks.
They had a few electrical storms recently that wrecked some of their equipment, so they've had to shut down a large number of sites while they do the repairs. The place is not "jumping" in the usual way, therefore, and it's kind of depressing.
We had lunch at the La Fonda Restaurant in nearby Camp Verde. Mexican food is usually delicious, and this was no exception.
During the 190-mile round trip we had blue skies, very gray skies, and some drizzle. But we got back to Williams without incident and settled in for a quiet evening. We awoke Saturday morning to a thin layer of snow everywhere.
As in the recent past, it sneaked in overnight and melted quickly. I guess Spring isn't quite here in full force yet. The rest of the day was bright sun.
For the past few days we've been waiting expectantly for the Shelton Trust income tax returns to come (via email). The deadline for filing taxes (in our case, extensions, as always) this year is Monday, the 18th. The accountant, Dan Floyd, promised that drafts of the returns would be sent to the Trustees by Friday night. It didn't happen. Once the drafts of the returns have been reviewed and approved by the Trustees, the actual returns will be filed electronically---to avoid the hassle of getting the necessary Trustee signatures.
Saturday night's Netflix movie was the classic, To Kill A Mockingbird, which I'd never seen.
It was an excellent film, of course, and it justly won a lot of awards. It's hard to believe we were that backward as late as the 1930s. Later movies show we were that backward as late as the 1950s, though, so I shouldn't be surprised.
Sunday was a relaxing day, with just the first three episodes of the second season of Fargo to watch. It's still weird and fun.
Becky saw Dr. Knutson Monday morning for her annual full body check. Everything was OK. She had the dogs with her, and they went to Buffalo Park in Flagstaff.
We still hadn't received the Shelton Trust return drafts by late Monday morning. We mailed our extension request based on just the information we knew. It may be way off. Disappointing. Late Monday afternoon, we received estimated tax information from Dan, but since we had already mailed our extension request it didn't matter.
Monday's redbox movie was Concussion, which I gave up on half-way through. Becky stuck with it to the end and liked it.
On Tuesday Becky took the dogs by the Williams Visitor Center to have their picture taken with Smoky The Bear. Becky and the dogs have become quite a fixture in "downtown" now. Since there are three of them, they are even more noticeable than before.
Tuesday's redbox movie was Black Mass, with Johnny Depp. It's a very tough film about the Boston mobster Whitey Bulger. I'm not a big fan of Depp, but he did a good job.
Wednesday morning I had my now-weekly appointment with Dr. Boettcher in Flagstaff. The new stuff didn't quite close the tiny hole in my scalp, so the doctor applied another treatment of it. Maybe it will be closed by next week.
Wednesday night we watched the first three episodes from the second season of True Detective. It had a different cast and a totally different feel from the first season. But it's still watchable.
Ramsey has had some slight medical problems lately, and Becky took him to the vet Thursday morning. He had to be anesthetized, so he couldn't eat until after he came home. In late afternoon, he was still woozy when he came home, but everything now seems to be OK.
Thursday we had a power outage that lasted for one minute, but the heater in our spa is now not working. I tried a "reset" that failed. We'll need to have the Summit people come out to fix it.
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