February 2025 – The "Prescott Pickle Lady"

Witness Protection Program

Ever wonder what it would be like to start over? What if you retired to a place where people know you for you, and not for your past? A community where you can have peace! Find out in today’s episode why we call Prescott the witness protection program.

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good morning morning top of the morning to all of our friends and family out there yes I’m Randall with the Pres pickle lady Diane bro that’s me um we are your local Friendly husband and wife Team Real Estate team with exp realy and we’re happy to uh join you again and kind of give you some something that we found since we’ve moved here yeah it just goes toward the kind of folks that you meet here that’s right so we were talking with a good friend of our shout out to Bob Bob Karen yeah Charlie Kathy friends fun to travel with traveling friends for fun fun traveling (00:41) friends fun traveling friends just good friends in general um anyway they also mov to Prescot as we did we all kind of came about the same time uh we all came here no friends no family they have become our substitute family that’s right and support system that’s right and they are great uh just very relaxed people love you guys peace out so one of the terms that Bob threw out which I thought was hysterical and sort of summarizes the whole thing is he said uh preset is a bit like a witness protection program right so when you come here nobody knows who you are and nobody kind of (01:21) really wants to know your background no uh so it’s almost like everyone in town is a a witness being protected yes uh in particular if you spend time on the golf course nobody wants to hear what a no big time surgeon you were you were CEO of that or founder of this or any of that kind of stuff most people uh including our our uh fun traveling friends are all very accomplished people and people just H you they’re retired and that phase is over and nobody R it’s very very refreshing yeah very refeshing we live in Prescot Lakes uh we’re surrounded by a lot of golfers retired Folk (02:00) unfortunately we are not but we get to spend quality time with them and have a good time uh sometimes we get to travel with them and one thing that has struck both of us is that these folks have been at the top they are you know top CEOs they are like he said Top Doctors top the tops in their profession they have come here for Peace Quiet relaxation and they come here and retire and they don’t want to talk about that stuff anymore and what we find so nice and so refreshing there are no games here people don’t want to it’s not bragging on the golf course like there’s (02:37) no Keeping Up With A Jones no keeping up with the Joneses everybody’s chill they’re like you know what been there done that we’re just delighted to be here we have good health we’re living in a beautiful beautiful town and this is what we work for all of our lives and so it’s kind of like you know nobody ask what did you do what were you are you important nobody cares nobody cares yeah what they really want to know is do you want a glass of wine yeah which club do you want which club do you want um what and then it’s it always strikes me as we do get to know people (03:12) uh more intimately it’s like oh wow yeah really it’s not uncommon at all you’re having a having a conversation with somebody and you and for whatever reason something they did comes up and you’re like oh my god wow you’re like wow this person was a big deal big deal and uh you know and everyone SE you know nobody’s flaunting wealth or anything else unassuming it’s very unassuming and that’s is pres most of the guys we know are in presc legs presc Lakes is that way there may be some other I I mean we can’t speak for the whole town there may be (03:43) some other areas or some certain people that are snoody uh most people that we have coming in are looking for the opposite and if that’s the case if that’s how you describe yourself then you’re going to have a lot to choose from right so it’s important to know that when you come here just relax relx yeah you worked hard you deserve a good life and Prescot will give that to you you don’t need to keep playing the games and you know talking about work I mean I mean we have to because we’re still working and thank you to our friends who listen to us because sometimes (04:18) they’re like okay kind of like therapists yeah they’re are therapists but they also give us a lot of good Insight having been there done that so we value that very much but for the most part it is truly just beautiful re retirement you can enjoy you know the spoils of your you know labors labors and uh this is your time come here have fun there’s no games here just chill have fun meet some great people play some good golf pickle ball yeah um exercise have some great glasses of wine at the club or wherever um and we love that so it’s kind of like when you come here (04:56) park that prior life put that over here yeah and end enter joyfully gleefully happily yeah you don’t have to talk your way into the door into the witness protection program you’ll love it you’ll love it it’s so freeing and liberating and uh so we have learned a lot from our friends uh Bob and Charlie Kathy and Karen thank you for sharing and giving us hope for when we get there that’s right one day uh we too can have all the fun that they’re having and uh just enjoy life so when you’re thinking about a retirement place and you want to just come someplace and be chill (05:36) this is the place for you in particular Prescot Lakes we have found lovely lovely lovely people very accomplished folks but no need to talk about it they don’t need to brag they’re cool they’re calm cool and collected collected they’re comfortable with where they are and they’re enjoying everything they’ve worked so hard for over the years so if you’re thinking about a nice town where you can just chill and maybe you want to join the witness protection program here we are and we’re happy to take you around and find that perfect place and introduce you int oh (06:11) I lost my word introduce you to some great friends absolutely so anyway we hope that you will contact us soon we’d love to take you around and uh show you some beautiful homes and neighborhoods and you can reach us at Mr bro pickle 411. (06:29) com is the best place to go that’s our free information site whether you are a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Fascinate entertain and inform you all uh all for 20 bucks no no it’s free it’s all free it’s all free free all free free free free so we hope to hear from you soon and we’d love to uh introduce you to the lifestyle here you’re going to love it no regrets have a great rest of you

North Rim

If you’re looking for a gorgeous weekend getaway that’s a quick drive from Prescott, look no further than the natural beauty of the Grand Canyon’s North Rim. Join us this week as we give you the hottest tips on where to stay, where to eat, and where to enjoy some of earth’s most stunning sights.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello beeps this is Randall and I am Dian bro coming to you live presc pickle lady in our lovely little Mile High town of presc Arizona Arizon we are here to talk about a recent trip we took earlier in the fall with some good friends shout out to Karen and Bob that’s right always a good time kinding enough the drive while we kind enough to drive he’s so great yeah yes it was lovely good conversation with Karen always a good time always we love to travel with them but anyway I digress we are here to talk about our latest (00:37) trip with them they took us to the north rim north rim of the Grand Canyon canab canab Kebab canab canab canab yeah yeah it’s just out it’s just outside of Arizona in Utah yeah um so first let’s talk about the the northr versus the south rim first of all if you haven’t been to the Grand Canyon oh my God what are you doing yes most people who been to the Grand Canyon have been to the south rim and the south rim is very nice it’s a lot more Disney than the North Rim the north rim is a lot more remote yeah it’s almost like a time capsule you (01:15) kind of feel like you’re visiting and it’s the 60s again or something it’s it’s true true you know it it’s very nice they have you can stay on the North and they have cabins darling cabins oldfashioned cabins an oldfashioned Lodge it reminds me of the the place and the shiny yeah The Shining just like that it’s so cool yeah and it’s stunningly beautiful now the southern Rim is beautiful I in my opinion this is a thousand times better yeah I liked it much better oh my gosh small Crow kind of people are really friendly because (01:48) it’s a longer drive it’s a longer drive you got to pay the price uh you go through just acres and acres and Acres of Aspen trees yes so we went in the fall gorgeous thousands and thousands of Aspens and when as we didn’t know this but when Aspens change their leaves or drop their leaves they’re all yellow so it’s a sea of yellow and sometimes on the mountains you’ll see a sea of yellow mixed in with some of the Evergreens yeah stunning yeah it’s absolutely abely stunning and you can go and you can sit on the porch and you can just sit and (02:22) stare at the view have a cocktail they have meals there as well if you wanted to eat there now they they CL yeah they close for the winter they close in they open again in Spring we were there a few weeks before they were ready to close that’s right the weather was gorgeous yes uh it was it wasn’t too hot it you know it wasn’t too cold it was very very nice my only with the restaurant was very good they have H uh places you can get a drink and stuff like that but the one thing I will say is not a lot to do if you’re staying in the cabins on no (02:56) the south rim overnight well you could hike and stuff like that but I can only do that so much yeah and you you can sleep and you know maybe smoke a cigar and that’s about it you know there’s not a lot going on no so we elected to stay in Kebab canab canab Cano yes canab canab canab Utah love that place Town precious little town such a cool town and so a lot of folks go there and stay we and that’s about a it’s about an hour drive from canab to the the north rim right uh but it’s well worth it because that that sound is really cool some of (03:31) the best meals I’ve had in a long fabulous meals we stayed at a great hotel and then from there you can go to um analou Canyon anope Canyon um those are again like one hour drives from canab but from canab we went to the pink sand the Pink Sands which is all these rocks that over the years the erosion it’s just nothing but miles literally of pink sand really gorgeous so and you can um dune buggy ride through the sand buggies there’s also analou Canyon which you can have Guided by Indians American Indians and we have not been there yet (04:10) we’ll do a we are going to go there but the indigenous um uh folks will yeah the tribes will take the tribes will take you on a special Tour by them and they explain all of the beautiful history and and what it’s all about which is that’s gorgeous what’s the other one horseshoe uh I don’t know the horseshoe por B something you can see which is a a great River drove by Lake Powell Lake Powell’s up there a lot of a bunch of stuff up there all kinds who’s the other one that the couple from Europe they were going to go see I don’t remember we (04:43) we met a couple uh two couples I yeah from Europe and they were from the Netherlands and they they were on the north rim and they saw all of they went to all of the other uh antalope Canyon there’s some others anyway there’s a lot of beautiful places in Utah and canab is a great base of operation you go to canab and then kind of spoke out to all these other places and the thing is it’s all within driving distance from Prescot yeah so you can go hey let’s go have a nice long weekend and see this amazing go on Amazing hikes amazing views learn (05:17) a amazing see petroglyphs see caves see it’s just it’s just amazing to see indigenous stopped in Flagstaff on the way up there for lunch and we went to snowball went SN and and took checked that out a little bit and then drove the rest of the way yeah was a delightful drive just a delightful trip uh could not recommend it more highly and and when we were in canab too that the uh evidently they were having their homecoming game and I forget the Cowboys or I I don’t remember but all of the all of the stores and all of the shops in (05:54) town you know go Cowboys or it wasn’t Cowboys but it was cows or something I don’t know but it was cute it was nice to see a little town out you know back in the high school team so it it was sweet it was it’s a great weekend away very Charming nice place to get away um Utah has amazing views and and and sites to see and you learn so much history oh yeah of uh all the different tribes and and it’s it’s amazing it was a good and great shopping for beautiful handmade um American Indian beautiful artifact pieces and stuff (06:30) it’s just a lovely time we cannot say enough good things about canab and the northern Rim so it’s nice little day trips right here from presc friends you go easy peasy lemon squeezy and have a good time so um I guess that’s our tip for the day that’s our tip of the day if you like tips place to go pickle 411. 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Area of Refuge

Ever notice a sign in a bar that says “Area of Refuge” and wonder what it is, other than the opportunity to take a funny photo? We did the research, and it’s MUCH more! Get the scoop in this week’s episode.

Video Transcript

hello hello hello hello peeps this is Rand and I am Dian bro we’re coming to you from presc Arizona she’s presc pickle I am the pickle lady he is part of the pickle Team part of the pickle lady team that’s right we are here to help you in any way we can and to find a great place um but we also wanted to share something fun that we just learned uh we go see Jazz a lot on the third floor at the Elks Theater which is cool you know this town has a lot of culture oh oh yeah lot of music a lot of theater so at the Elks Theater on the third (00:34) floor they have live jazz so we go about once a month and we listen and so while we were up there we kept seeing area of Refuge yeah they have a room I guess they have one on each floor they do yeah but the we’re we take the elevator all the way up to three so I know they have one on three oh yeah and it’s just this this right outside the door there’s a sign that says area of Refuge which always tickles us and then we have to sit down and pretend like we’re in an area refuge and we do yoga and this that and the other so we never open it up and (01:04) it’s like this little tin room there’s nothing in it there’s nothing in it it’s just a giant closet we’re like well this is interesting I don’t know what this is about but I guess some people need a time out or something yeah what is this about and you can go in there and calm yourself down no explanation whatsoever until one night we went to our new Speak Easy underneath the St Michael’s beast that’s right and They too had a giant area ref Refuge oh it was bigger than the one in Elks much bigger but still not that big I mean it’s just like this (01:33) empty room so of course we always have to joke around and go in the a area of Refuge so we can calm down we make our jokes and we carry on and so finally uh one of the employees we said what is this anyway we see this in a lot of places and it is the newest thing for code when you have big areas of entertainment or I guess uh I don’t know what who gets to get it who qualifies but apparently it is supposed to be for handicapp people if there is a fire they can go into this special room if they if they’re in a wheelchair and they can’t (02:09) get out fast enough and close the door and they’re safe and protected from fire yeah so I would ass yeah I would assume that it is insulated with fire materials and all of that uh there is no explanation for what an area of Refuge is uh I guess the maybe people who uh are disabled are taught this I don’t know but it’s an important thing to understand because you don’t necessarily have to be disabled in a wheelchair or whatever if you’re slow moving if you’re elderly and you can’t if you have sprin ankle or if the uh the stairs are (02:47) overcrowded and you you know the crowd’s not letting you out or whatever this is a place that you can go and either wait to be rescued or at least wait until the situation has changed and you can get out uh so I I don’t think there’s any rule about who can use the area of Refuge no but it’s the kind of thing if you know about it the situation is such uh it could save your life so we thought we would share that abely so we love the area of Refuge I thought it was just for a mind reset but no it’s for safety re (03:18) it works well for that too yeah if you’re sitting at a table and you’re having drinks and someone’s telling a story that you’ve heard a thousand times just go over to the area of Refuge for a few you can always Escape for a few minutes there’s eological Refuge there is absolutely so we love our area of refuge and we think that’s a cool concept and we wanted to share it with you if you see it in one of your restaurants or or social places know what that is and know it’s a good place to go if you need it yeah absolutely all right so that’s it for (03:47) area of Refuge area of Refuge that’s our tip of the day if you like tips Place goes pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting you that will Amaze Astound educate inform and entertain inform and educate is kind of the same thing there you go this down check us out we all free all free we hope to hear from you soon take care bye bye

Month: February 2025

Witness Protection Program

North Rim

Prescott by the Numbers – January 2025

Area of Refuge

Event Calendar – February 2025