Today we just goofed around all day. First thing Jasmine wanted to do this morning when she got up was to go over to the playground... so we took a little hike and ended up at the playground at 7AM.
Then we drove around "Christopher Creek", looked at various campgrounds for the future, and went into Payson for a "craft fair"... where we bought lots of Avon stuff!! Later we drove over to a replica of Zane Grey's cabin and the Rim Country Museum. The first time I visited Zane Grey's cabin was in the 80's. It was located at or close to it's original location 30 miles northeast of Payson- close to the lodge where we are staying. Since it kept burning down in the forest fires, they rebuilt it in the middle of town. I never realized that Zane Grey lived so many places. Of course, he was born in Zanesville, Ohio, where he was very interested in baseball. He actually went to college on a baseball scholarship. His given name was Pearl Zane Gray. Since he was very close to his mother, and didn't want to offend her by changing his name, he did eventually change it when he went to school. His father was a dentist, and since Zane performed so many dental procedures with his father, the University of PA gave him an Honorary Dental degree. That would never happen today!! He moved to NYC, but couldn't get his books published so his wife's wealthy family paid to have them published. He then came out to Arizona because no one believed that one of his friends could lasso a mountain lion. The guy (whose name I do not remember) paid Zane to come to Arizona to witness him lassoing a mountain lion and write about it!!! He stayed for many years because he loved it so much. He never used a typewriter. Just wrote everything by hand, then his wife had to edit and type it. They said that he never slept indoors... always slept in a sleeping bag outside of his cabin. He travelled with secretaries who were only allowed to sleep on the porch, not indoors. He felt that only sissies slept indoors:))) He wanted to make a film documentary about Arizona, but had to get some type of permit from the state. For some reason, he had made some enemies in Arizona who thought he was arrogant. They refused to give him the permit to make the film, so he got mad, stomped off, left Arizona, and refused to come back- just abandoning his cabin- leaving everything in it. By then, his family was living in Alta Dena, CA, where he lived out the rest of his days until he died in 1935 at the age of 67 yrs. That's all I remember from the tour!
Zane Grey's cabin and Rim Museum. In the Rim Museum were actual corn grinding stones used by Native Americans. The kids got to practice grinding corn. Of course, many of Zane Grey's things were there, as well as alot of reconstructed pottery and artifacts. No photos allowed in the museum:(
Then we drove around "Christopher Creek", looked at various campgrounds for the future, and went into Payson for a "craft fair"... where we bought lots of Avon stuff!! Later we drove over to a replica of Zane Grey's cabin and the Rim Country Museum. The first time I visited Zane Grey's cabin was in the 80's. It was located at or close to it's original location 30 miles northeast of Payson- close to the lodge where we are staying. Since it kept burning down in the forest fires, they rebuilt it in the middle of town. I never realized that Zane Grey lived so many places. Of course, he was born in Zanesville, Ohio, where he was very interested in baseball. He actually went to college on a baseball scholarship. His given name was Pearl Zane Gray. Since he was very close to his mother, and didn't want to offend her by changing his name, he did eventually change it when he went to school. His father was a dentist, and since Zane performed so many dental procedures with his father, the University of PA gave him an Honorary Dental degree. That would never happen today!! He moved to NYC, but couldn't get his books published so his wife's wealthy family paid to have them published. He then came out to Arizona because no one believed that one of his friends could lasso a mountain lion. The guy (whose name I do not remember) paid Zane to come to Arizona to witness him lassoing a mountain lion and write about it!!! He stayed for many years because he loved it so much. He never used a typewriter. Just wrote everything by hand, then his wife had to edit and type it. They said that he never slept indoors... always slept in a sleeping bag outside of his cabin. He travelled with secretaries who were only allowed to sleep on the porch, not indoors. He felt that only sissies slept indoors:))) He wanted to make a film documentary about Arizona, but had to get some type of permit from the state. For some reason, he had made some enemies in Arizona who thought he was arrogant. They refused to give him the permit to make the film, so he got mad, stomped off, left Arizona, and refused to come back- just abandoning his cabin- leaving everything in it. By then, his family was living in Alta Dena, CA, where he lived out the rest of his days until he died in 1935 at the age of 67 yrs. That's all I remember from the tour!
Zane Grey's cabin and Rim Museum. In the Rim Museum were actual corn grinding stones used by Native Americans. The kids got to practice grinding corn. Of course, many of Zane Grey's things were there, as well as alot of reconstructed pottery and artifacts. No photos allowed in the museum:( 
