Jerome

I went to Jerome Thanksgiving weekend 2007. It was pretty cold compared to the valley but beautiful nonetheless. We stayed at The Ghost City Inn. This place is owned by the Chief of Police and his wife. She is super friendly and a great cook. What I liked most was that they didn’t hover too much and this B&B is super cozy and comfortable.

I was surprised to find a head shop in town! =) We had dinner at Belguim Jennie’s Bordello & Pizzeria, the old whore house for the miners. It’s a very small place but the owner/server is more than happy to share the history of the building, Jennie and the city.

Jerome Winery had some friendly faces and damn good sparkling wines. The Gold King Mine was fun to wander around. Mostly it’s a lot of “things” from the mining era but not necessarily of Jerome. You can’t miss the proprietor here: an old man with a long white beard working a turn-of-the-century sawmill.

On our way out we hit up the Douglas Mansion. It would probably be best to check this out first to learn all about the city. There’s a movie to watch and many rooms to wander around displaying artifacts of the Douglas Family.

Overall, Jerome is a great piece of Arizona history and you should go and spend at least one day there.

It’s such a nice old little town. The view is just spectacular, the weather is perfect, the shops are wonderful (my personal favorite was the one with the giraffe out front xD), just everything about it is great. Stop by if you have the chance. You won’t regret it.

Parts of Jerome are on stilts on the side of a mountain and a good chunk of the town has fallen off the mountain more than once.

These folks have complete disrespect for gravity.

Anyway, great view, interesting art, weird history, and on a clear day you get a pretty good view of Sedona from the deck of the “Haunted Hamburger”. Good burgers there!

My fiance and I spent his 34th birthday in room #1 above the Spirit Room. We spent the evening in the bar watching some cool bands. The next morning we got tattooed at Avatar just up the hill from the hotel.

If you’re coming from the Valley, don’t go up I-17, that’s so boring! Take the back way through Wickenburg, Yarnell and Prescott. It’s an amazing winding road, you won’t regret it!

What a fascinating little pocket of the world. I say, the most puzzling place. Mixed emotions, some people love it, but they say its a haunted mining town. Creeeeepy