Happy Friday, it's funny how I seem to get happy on Friday. I think it says something when you look so forward to the weekend. Life resumes for a few days and work goes away. Temperature soared today as it reached 97, only shows what is ahead. Time to start the summer habits again, wake up very early, get things done early, enjoy the a/c or the pool the rest of the day. It isn't so bad in the morning and you can get a lot done when there is an incentive.
We are headed out for a long run tomorrow or Sunday, hope to get up to 7 miles at least. It is a nice distance to keep. Things did not go well at the Copper Crawl so we need to keep up the distance. Miami was a neat little town and I guess it could be said it is the Copper town formally known as a ghost town or old mining town. It had snowed, do you believe 60 miles from here could snow? So they delayed the start of the run and that was enough for us, we needed to get back. We did get time before we left to check out the town and do the stair climb... twice. It is packed with antiques and antique stores, not bad prices and so prevelant that it is like stepping back in time.
We liked the town, the buildings are pretty old and not very good shape. But they do have character and with the copper flowing again, I'm sure the town will pick up. The best building in the town is the old YMCA and is up for sale. Even though we couldn't run the race, we did get the shirt and pancakes. Great pancakes and pretty scenery made for a very nice morning. Only thing missing was good coffee, none to be found. Go see for yourself, it is pretty there. Maybe not for long though. The copper mines are strip mines and that ruins the mountains beauty. They are producing jobs and from what I hear there are 6 active mines now in Arizona.