Day Trips – The "Prescott Pickle Lady"

Out of Gas

Want great tips on how to drive in Prescott hill country? In this week’s Wine Down we share a few that will help you avoid winding up stranded on the side of the road…like we have several times.

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Hello, hello, hello. Hello peeps. We hope everyone is uh enjoying the start of their beautiful summer as we are. Yeah. Yeah, we’re getting into the summer mode. We’re having a good time meeting some great people coming in town. Thank you for coming in, spending some time with us. I am Diane Bro. This is my sidekick, my cohort. (00:23) My co-host Randall Bro. I go by a lot of different names. Yep. But anyway, uh we’re in it together. So, here we are filming yet again. Yeah. Here we go. Come up with a little tip. This was fun. Something we had. Well, it wasn’t fun for us, but not in the moment. Yeah. Not in the moment. It was. So, we are from flat country. (00:46) We originally uh hail from New Orleans, which is really flat. Uh we spent most of our lives either in Louisiana or Texas. Flat, flat, flat. Uh flat and straight. flat and straight straight road. You know, uh we’re not we don’t do the the third the third uh you know the Z the Z-axis. We don’t do a whole lot of altitude. No. (01:12) So, uh learning how to do things like drive and go around when you actually have to deal with hills was a little bit of a a little bit of a learning curve for us. Yep. I mean, it’s not rocket science, but one thing uh that it took us a while to catch on to uh that we thought we would share with you. And it’s happened to us twice. (01:31) It’s happened to us twice. The second time, relatively close. We were like, okay. I I think there’s something going on here. So, we’re a little bit dumb and dumber on this. Yeah, a little dumb and dumber. So, we like to get our gas at Costco. Shout out to Costco. Shout out to Costco. Everybody knows best gas prices. Best gas prices. (01:49) Oh, by the way, our gas prices here in Prescat at Costco are $259 a gallon. So, just want to share that all of you folks living out of state. Yeah. Yeah. Just maybe one of those states that has their own special formulation of gasoline formula. Yeah. Yeah. We don’t do that here. No $5 or $6 a gallon. Yeah. We’re sub sub twos. So, that’s that’s looking real pretty good. (02:16) So yeah, we find the best one of the cheapest places to get gas is at Costco. Unfortunately, Costco is over a big hill. So you got to go up this big hill. Probably the biggest hill that I can think of in Prescat. Yes. Is you’re going up. It’s a Prescat Lakes uh parkway and it goes over a hill to get to 69. And that’s a pretty steep hill. (02:40) Wow. That’s a very steep hill. I have learned I have I’ll let you know this. I have learned to put my car in standard and keep it in either fourth gear or third gear. I don’t do that. Uh going down so I don’t have to burn out my brakes. I don’t do all that. Yeah, she does. She She never drives though. I’m always But it’s highly annoying when he does that. I’ll just say that. (03:01) It is highly annoying. I don’t know if it really helps. She doesn’t like the noise that it makes. Yeah, the the we we moved here and within I don’t know like a month and a half I needed new brakes because I’m just riding the brake and riding the brake and riding the brake. So yeah, that’s one trick is to downshift or at least put yourself in standard so it doesn’t go up to the really high. (03:23) But anyway, back to the gas keeps you going. So we’re going in the opposite direction to go to Costco. We’re going uphill, right? We’re trying to valiantly get there. They were like, “We can do it.” A little I had about maybe an eighth of a tank. It was time to fill up. Yeah. And we’ll get a really good It’s not that far away. Yeah. (03:39) So, you go to Costco. So, we’re going up the hill. Well, we’d run out of gas. So, uh the first time it happened, I think it happened to you and I came and saved you. That’s right. And then it happened to me and then Skip saved me. So, shout out to Skip. Skip and Kathy who came to uh rescue us with Ranger and yeah brought us brought us some gas uh to get o completely over the hill. (04:05) Here’s the thing. When your when your car is sticking its nose up in the air, the gasoline inside your tank is doing the same thing. It’s rolling to one side of your tank. And if it gets too far away from the intake, then you’re going to run out of gas. Even though there’s gas in the tank, it’s not deep enough to get to that point. That’s right. (04:29) And so, yeah, after about two or three times, we finally realized, you know what? Now, you know, I sat there. I probably could have put the car in neutral and did like a a J turn and turned around uh going the wrong direction into uh oneway traffic to get the gas to the front of my car. But, uh I didn’t do that. (04:52) Yeah, we didn’t think that was a good thing. We didn’t think it’d be well received by the other driver. So, that’s the trick. So, so what we wanted to share with those of you like us who are uh altitude challenged, uh don’t drive an an almost empty gas can, never a gas tank up a hill or down a hill because you could run out of gas even though you’re not really out of gas. (05:15) My second tip is always have really good friends with gas uh gas cans who you can call and are like, “Sure, did y’all do it again?” Yeah. Yes. We’re so embarrassed. Yeah. And who lovely lovingly and graciously come to your rescue. Yeah. So, thank you Kathy and Skip. Kathy and Skip. Yeah. Kathy and Skip came and picked us up with Ranger, their dog. (05:38) And I sat in the back with Ranger was one of the dogs for a little while. We went to go get a a gas can so we could fill it with gas. It’s always good to have those kind of friends. Yeah. Yeah. Good tip for sure. Friends who will help you out in So, a little tip. Nick of time. Little tip. So, don’t drive up a hill on empty or near empty. (05:56) So-called mountain time uh mountain town uh uh pointers. Yes. So, something we learned the hard way and we don’t want you to learn it. Wanted to share with you. Yes. So, anyway, that’s just kind of our silly little adventures. There’s always an adventure with the bros. Something something’s always going cuckoo crazy. Always lots of drama. (06:17) I don’t want it, but it’s what it is. So, that’s your tip of the day. All right. So, thank you for listening and remember, don’t go too close. Don’t go 10 miles and try to go 10 miles till you’re empty and try to go up a hill or don’t go fill up at Costco and go over the hill. Just go to the the other gas station. Go to the closer one. (06:35) Go to the closer one in in in extreme times. Yeah. So anyway, so uh anyway, again, remember our our gas prices here are amazingly low. Yeah. So, uh it’s very a pleasant surprise to our folks who relocate here. They’re like, “Wow, I have such a I’m getting such a big break. More money in my pocket. (06:56) I needed all of $2 worth of gas to get over.” Yeah, it was pretty bad. But that’s all right. Embarrassing. Living and learning every day. So, all right, folks. We hope to see you here soon. We hope you don’t run out of gas. Uh but we’re happy to come help you if you do. That’s right. Uh we will. We now have our own gas can. (07:14) We’re proud to say. So u thank you for listening and we hope you find this little tip, you know, helpful so you don’t find yourself in trouble. So for more tips and information, check us out at Oh, pickle411.com. That’s our free information site. Whether you are a buyer, seller or somewhere in between, there will be something there waiting for you that will amaze, astound, educate, and inform you to the absolute extent of your existence. (07:44) And it’s only a hundred bucks. No, it’s free. Free people. Free. Absolutely free. Free. Shout out to us. You’re welcome, everyone. You’re welcome. The whole community. You’re welcome. You’re welcome. You’re welcome. You’re welcome. Okay. Have a great day and we hope to see and hear from you soon. Take care. Bye bye.

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Bearizona

Otters, deer, and bears, oh my! If you’re looking for a gorgeous place that’s also kid-friendly, look no further than Bearizona. Join us on this week’s episode as we give you the lowdown on why Bearizona is the place to visit and find out how it got its name.

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what’s up Pickle peeps hello peeps hello hello hello this is Diana Randall bro she’s pickle lady we’re in Prescot Arizona that’s right we are your friendly uh real estate team we are here to talk to you about something we just recently did in the fall with our good friends Bob and Karen yep shout out to them uh Bob and Karen always call us for Adventures they’re good Adventure friend Adventure folks and God bless them because we would do no Adventures if it weren’t for them we’re adventuresome we’re just not imagin we exactly we’re (00:33) not good planners but they are and then they’ll say hey you want to come on adventure and we’re like love to let’s do it so recently they said let’s go to Barona I’m like never heard of it what is it what’s it about where is it again well it’s in Arizona I know that and they have bears and they do I think that much is obvious that yes but how far away is it I want to say it was a couple hours I have to check yeah it wasn’t too too far it was up I don’t know if it’s that but yeah kind ride sort of flag staish yeah uh kind of East I think of (01:06) Flagstaff up there somewhere but it’s it’s delightful so especially if you have young children or you have grandchildren coming to visit it’s a great little jaunt yeah hop in the car drive out there it’s um first you drive through and you just see all the Bears running you cannot get out of your car they’ll let you know you can’t even open the sunroof not no sunroof open we found that the way we had our sunroof open you hear them over the uh close your sunroof close your sunroof I really don’t think any of the Bears would but they might (01:39) they were pretty chill they were pretty chill um but so it’s cool you drive through then you go through it’s a nice drive through all the pines and the trees and you see the Bears they have deer they have I think foxes kind all kinds of animals then you park after your drive and then you go into really it’s kind of like a mini Zoo a mini Zoo it’s beautiful beautiful they have animals behind the glass that you can kind of get close to there was uh I think otter and uh there’s like a a water deal where you can look under the (02:12) water and see the otter swimming and all of that so yeah it’s kind of a mini Zoo uh I’d put it on par with the zoo we used to take our kids to Rouge actually I think it’s a step up for sure yeah um well they didn’t have the drive-thru part but no but I mean I think the enclosures here are you know they try to make them look natural and stones and stuff like that it’s beautiful um and especially if you go during the fall perfect weather the animals are frisky they’re running around and you can walk around you’re not too hot they also have (02:44) food and and uh Beverages and places to sit spring is coming Arizona be a great day trip spring and fall especially especially spring and fall really delightful so if you’ve got little ones or you’ve got grandchildren that are planning to come visit Maybe for Easter or something like that this is a good place to go I mean Barona yeah spelled the way it sounds b e a r Barona a said just like it’s bear and then aona there you go bar Arizona there you go Barona you’ll figure it out yeah you’ll figure it out and you’ll (03:23) have a great time yeah and uh so I I liked going during the fall because all the Aspens were changing and the leaves were changing so that was a pretty time to a nice little uh cocktail trailer right I seem to recall a really good Bloody Mary that oh yeah yeah so it’s a nice little jaunt and kind of get away from it all but without you know having to invest six hours and you’re tired and have to stay overnight it’s not it’s a good day trip good little joh so thank you to Bob and Karen for inviting us we enjoyed it and uh we hope you know you (03:55) will enjoy it too and go check it out it’s a great place to visit all right that’s it for any other information where can we go you check us out at pickle 411.com that is our free information site whether you are a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze aound entertain and inform yep all for free there you go all for free you can find our our information there too as well yeah so uh anyway hope to see you maybe one day we’ll see you out there yeah uh I’m not going to go (04:29) during the the heat I’ll tell you that much yeah yeah yeah I only do things fall and spring fall and spring maybe winter well this Winter’s been like fall and spring combined fall spr absolutely but anyway um hope you enjoy this tip and we hope maybe you can take your grandkids out there and have a wonderful time all right everybody hope you have a great rest of your evening take care bye bye

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Speed Traps

We’ve all been there; you’re driving along at 30 mph and all of a sudden you’re getting pulled over for speeding in a 25 mph zone…a speed set for a neighborhood that hasn’t even been built yet! Join us this week to learn which towns have the most speed traps and how to avoid getting that ticket.

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bonjour Hello Hello Meami This is Diana Randall Bro your friendly pickle team your friendly realtor husband and wife team here in Prescuit Arizona And we are here to talk to you about crazy things that uh some of the areas here that have speed traps So yeah Yeah If you’re visiting or if you live here now and you’re trying we’re going to help you out cuz we just got caught in one of them Yeah not happy about it Yeah You know there there are speed traps and there are speed traps You know sometimes speed trap is in a (00:35) place where it’s a valuable thing Yeah it can be a valuable thing It really depends on the speed and the trap So uh I drive like a paw paw My my wife is constantly saying “What a pawpaw.” I can vouch for this It just I drive a lot though I’m on the road driving quite a bit and uh usually once every five years or so I will get a speeding ticket and it’s always some uh bogus thing It’s bogus Now I am a little more daring I drive a little faster a lot faster I never get tickets Never get tickets But this one Mr Kosh (01:12) is here No it’s just cuz I drive more than you do I drive a lot more than Grandpa here Grandpa gets more tickets It’ll be you know like three One time it was 3:00 in the morning Yep And I was kind of lost and all the streets were saying no left turn no left turn And uh I took or or they were all oneway streets or something and I think I took a right on a on a red light or something You’re getting mired down in the Well I mean the point is that was bogus There was no one else on the street Cops there just giving everyone who passes by a (01:44) ticket trying to get his his uh quota That to me that’s a speed trap That’s so what we’re here to talk to you about is the speed traps here in Presc Now if you’re if you’re speeding and you’re being reckless the police give you a ticket you deserve it You deserve it And if I’m doing that I deserve it too I have no problem Absolutely These are the spots where technically it’s 25 miles an hour because one day in the future they will have homes here but there are no homes now and it feels like 45 is more appropriate That’s where they’ll take it (02:14) That’s where they gave So that would be on roster That roster Roger between um between 89 and Willow Creek Uh there are some areas there where there are a lot of homes and yeah you pretty much have to go 25 or lower When they say 25 they mean 25 They don’t mean 35 They don’t mean 40 And sometimes when you go it’s a little longer of a bit of a stretch and all of a sudden you don’t even realize that your speed has gone up Yeah And then bam that’s where they get you because they’re hiding And they’re hiding you hiding at the bottom of a (02:46) hill and and they’re hiding in a section where there are no homes for a big long stretch Yes And they were too lazy to make it you know 35 there and plus they would have no place for a speed trap So they sit there waiting for you and they give you bogus tickets So I got one there Yes we did Uh there’s one in what’s called the Yavapai connector and that is through tribe land and it’s the tribe police that will give you a ticket there They want you to go slow Everyone kind of knows they want you to go slow It’s not really a speed trap that if (03:20) they see you speeding they’ll come get you Uh is it ridiculously low yeah it’s ridiculously low And this is where they get you on that road And that’s between 89 and 69 It’s the connector Yeah Um they some sections will say 25 and then the next section a small section will say 35 and then it’s down to 25 Yeah And it is just nothing but desolate land I mean there’s truly nothing there so low Yeah Yeah It’s very easy to kind of pick up speed and zap They’ll get you So we’ve had a number of friends say stop driving so slow Just pick up (03:57) the speed No When I tell you not to do it don’t do it cuz you will get caught and you will get a good ticket But the speed trap of all speed traps Oh yes Is this is the town of Clarkdale Yep So he hasn’t gotten over it yet Yeah It’s really tick We’re working on it Now there are towns like that in every state There’s uh Elgen I think in Texas uh every state you know there’s some towns that’s the the um majority of their revenue comes from bogus uh traffic tickets Well Clarkdale is like that Clark if you go over the Mingus (04:34) Mountains through Jerome on your way to say Sedona When you get down on the other side that’s Clarkdale And they have it’s there’s not a lot out there Um there was a section we were going through It was a a speed It was a uh traffic circle And as soon as you get off the traffic circle it’s 25 miles an hour You go from 45 to 25 even though you haven’t hit any homes yet And you’re coming off of a hill So of course your speed is a little higher because you’re going down and you hit that traffic circle Boom And they’re there waiting (05:08) for you I as soon as I had exited the traffic circle he was he got me They just wait So it was just a complete trap happened to be two days before Christmas on my way to spend money on a bogus uh Santa train Don’t do that either Uh $500 for an an hour train ride was just kind of stupid But anyway now so Clarkdale did you get the idea that you ticked me off don’t go to Clarkdale They spend they a lot of their uh money comes from uh tourism which is wonderful uh but not you can’t have a tourist based economy and do a lot of speed traps The other (05:44) thing is instead of being able just to pay your ticket online and mail it in No you have to go have to actually go there to to give them your credit card in person Uh there’s no judge to say “Hey can we talk about this let’s talk it through.” No just a receptionist Let’s be friends Let’s let’s let’s let’s come to a consensus here Nope It’s simply give us your money and pay the fee Um you couldn’t do anything online and you couldn’t even mail it in You had to go drive all the way down there again and hope you wouldn’t get another ticket and (06:13) another speed trap So now when we go through Clock Dial it will always be 25 miles an hour So if you’re behind us stop blowing your horn flashing your lights been there done that and we don’t care to repeat the mistake Yeah So if you’re in any of those areas um be cautious be aware They’re not kidding around And we just want to save you from the hell that we just went through If you know of any other uh speed traps in the state uh particularly those around the Prescat area send them to us We’ll post them for you so uh you’ll know (06:47) about them in advance It’s important to know especially if you’re new to the area Yeah Ruin your whole day It will And it makes your you know rates go up and or and or you have to do defensive driving and everybody knows that ain’t fun No I’ve done that enough I’m not doing that Nope Nope Nope So anyway just kind of wanted to share that with you and um hope that we can help you avoid future tickets Absolutely You can thank us later You’re welcome All right Thank you for listening and if you have any questions if you’d like to reach out to (07:18) us get in touch You can reach us at pickle411.com That’s our free information site Whether you’re a buyer seller somewhere in between there’ll be something there for you that will amaze us down entertain and inform Yep All completely free You’ll find us there too so you can contact us if you need to There we go All right my friends Have a great rest of your day Take care Bye Bye”

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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.

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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. (06:52) com that’s our free information site whether you’re a buyer seller or somewhere in between there’s something there waiting for you that will amaze us down in for war and blah BL entertain there you go did I say entertain twice yeah so not only are are we your Realtors we are also your travel agents travel agents and you’re welcome that’s right all right that’s right see you soon friends take care bye

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Lake Swimming

This one is for all the water lovers out there! We have a list of the secret top best lakes to visit in Arizona for swimming, tubing, fishing, and more. Put your bathing suit on and tune into our newest episode to find your next water adventure.

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bonjour bonjour bour you know you’re so fresh I know I tried to change it up a little bit yeah I know that’s that this is NOAA olaaa hello hello hello Randol and Dian bro yeah she’s pickle lady we’re in Prescot Arizona here to talk about things real estate things presc y things presc real estate real estate and Presa things to do restaurants all kinds of tips and tricks and so we get a lot of questions from people about lakes here um we have a lot of lakes we have also (00:37) reservoirs that are called Lakes but technically they’re reservoirs yes um a lot of people say I’d like to have a lake house well I want to set that for you first not going to happen not going to happen all St uh all of the lakes around here are around state land so and preserv so I can’t I can’t find for you get a view of the Lakes get a view of the Lakes get on the lake so I’m so sorry so I want to clear that expectation up first the second thing we get is is they’re fishing swimming (01:09) Etc so all right we did a little research yeah we did a little research so actually used artificial intelligence there you go which is we we we like artificial intelligence chat GPT uh so the question was whether you can swim in any of these lakes and the answer is no so uh for Watson and Willow those are reservoirs that water is runoff so they kind of think well that’s not probably a good idea to tell people to go swimming in there because we don’t know where it’s running off know (01:39) running off from sow w40 you know or something like that it’s washed into that was in there so that’s probably not a good idea also too they’re they’re very shallow yeah they’re shallow it’s not good swimming it’s not good swimming uh you can kayak canoe paddle board no motorboat mized yeah but you still can get out there and enjoy the lake just don’t get in it yeah and you can fish I don’t know if it’s uh Catch and Release but uh you do see people out there fishing and they’re (02:10) all stocked so I you know they’re they’re stocked with trout uh the gold water lake same thing no swimming but it’s primarily for fishing boating and picnicking also too they they don’t like people in the waters CU it it makes it muddy you stir up the bottom cuz and they want to that’s a good fishing spot so they want to preserve that yeah cuz none of these laks are particularly deep um so if you have people thrashing around it’s going to make them really murky right uh (02:39) if you want to go swimming there are other places that you can go uh Crescent Moon Ranch which is near Sedona uh Fossil Creek about two hours from Prescot Grasshopper Point near Sedona Slide Rock State Park oh that’s fun I haven’t done it but it’s on my list of things to do yeah the rocks eles are like it’s like a water slide like a water slide so you can go and yeah and verie River that’s about an hour and a half away a lot of people know about the ver Riv nice and cool and (03:10) uh and clean so there go tubing in too which is really cool like right outside of Phoenix you can tube in there is actually Wild Horses yeah that you’ll be tubing and here comes a a herd of wild horses just coming into the water to to cool off so that’s kind of that’s kind of cool yeah so yeah you really can’t swim or motorboat but but it’s still beautiful uh links like in particular you’ll feel like you’re in California yeah it’s beautiful you’re surrounded by beautiful trees huming Birds (03:38) Galore lovely absolutely lovely we did a a video not too long ago on links lake cafe which is right on links Lake and absolutely beautiful so do we have lakes yes we do um can you live around them no you can’t can you go out and enjoy them and paddle board and canoe and what have you yes you absolutely can can you fish in some of them yes so uh if you’re an avid outdoor person there’s lots of hiking trails all around these Lakes so not only if you don’t want to get in the water or paddle board or canoe you can at least hike around and just enjoy I mean there’s (04:17) beautiful kayak and you fall over and you got you’re not going to vaporize or anything it’s not it’s not you know it’s nothing like that it’s all good so don’t worry about that so uh anyway that is our uh tip of the day about lak um thank you to whoever asked us one of our clients yeah if you have any questions and all feel free to email us we’ll cover it on our wind Downs absolutely just like we covered this one always we like to research and we it it’s good (04:46) for us to learn new things too yeah absolutely so uh we’re excited to to learn all kinds of new tidbits of information that we file away in our Noggin that’s right so we can share it with you when you come in and uh tour our lovely town and some some great neighborhoods absolutely so hope to hear from you soon and uh maybe if you come visit you can take your own hike around some of these beautiful lakes absolutely and see what it’s all about what life is about here in Prescot it’s not bad folks it’s nice it’s a good place to wash up in for Sureway don’t (05:18) swim just don’t swim no swim yeah no swimming but anyway all right we hope you’re having a great day and we hope to hear from you soon take care and uh enjoy the rest of your day he bye bye

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Prescott Pilot Pleasures

We had the extraordinary opportunity to go up in a light aircraft, and learn a bit about Prescott’s regional airport – thanks to Bob Treadway, our new pilot friend.

It was a blast! Alas, it wasn’t until after we shot this video that we learned the lingo of hangars and tarmac, rather than garages and asphalt. 😅 But you’ll have to tune in to find out the most exciting part of the journey!

Video Transcript

hello hello hello peeps Rand and diam bro here your friendly local realtor couple that works together she’s pickle I am the pickle lady and we had the most exciting trip that we wanted to share with all of you and something you should know especially if you are a small plane you know pilot if you love to fly um we won at a social event a beautiful plane ride on a private plane yeah um over Sedona and mile crater donated by Bob Treadway Bob Treadway cheers to you shout out to Bob appreciate that he has his own private plane it was fascinating uh he called us up and said today’s a good day not so windy let’s do it so off we went into the wild blue yonder yep right yeah um it was the coolest experience honestly it was really neat I had that we had the headsets in so you can hear the talking between the tower and uh and that’s right and Bob and the tower and other Pilots that were there and he’s chatting with us and pointing things out below and had a lot of kids from Embry Riddle that’s the local University that uh trains a lot of pilots and you could hear the kids uh you know I’m gonna do a touch and go I’m gonna do a touch and go touch and go is when they come down they land they immediately take off uh they need to get a certain number of takeoffs and landings under their belt for their credential it was fascinating yeah was watch about two hours yeah and um what we’ve learned is first of all we saw where you park your planes he’s got this amazing garage I mean I had no idea this whole infrastructure existed out in our little local Prescot Regional Airport yeah they have rows and rows of private uh garages where people Park their planes and what we found out is there is a ton of people who live here who love to fly and own their own ples so if you are one of those people you should know this is the place to be immediate access like our friend Bob Treadway who took us out he goes you know I belong to a big group of guys we all fly we were all career you know either military or pilots and we still fly it’s our passion so they get up they go grab a burger they fly out they go fly to Sedona they go to any of these other small airports and go on a little trip sometimes they just fly out for an early lunch late dinner and they just come back to Prescot how cool is that all these little airports have great cheeseburgers oh yeah they all have good yeah theyers diners are great so he said it’s you know it’s just our passion and we have a little group and we get together so if you are a serious flyer and that’s your your passion you should know that you have the ability to park either in this nice garage or just park on the ground where as as yeah some people don’t have it but anyway um it’s a pretty extensive system they have out there yeah so a lot of people are attracted to that and own their own planes and they love to build here in Prescot so they can fly and have it right in their backyard yeah and uh keep their plane nearby and go on nice trips and explore the world one of the things we learned is there’s a a whole Market out there for uh plane rentals yep and uh plane char ing so if you don’t have a plane but you’d like to kind of pretend that you do yeah you don’t have to own one you don’t have to buy one you know how to fly you can rent there’s a lot of people out there who are happy own a plane or want to own a plane one of the options available to you is to rent it out to defas some of the cost of Runing and operating a plane uh so little little things that you learn or you could just you know do like us and just kind of Charter I guess yeah officially we were a charter we were a charter we had a lot of fun yeah we got to see a lot of neat things and he was telling us all about it and he said yeah you know I fly two or three times a week yeah just with some friends we get out there and enjoy the beautiful sites and the weather and and they come back and it was just fascinating I’ve never seen that side a lot of fun a lot of fun we flew over mile crater which I had never been to tell them about mile crater mile crater is uh south of I40 it’s probably if you drove it it would probably be a three-hour Drive something like that you have to go up to 40 and then head east then you got to go down to where the crater is but yeah big ass Rock just hit the earth and uh I don’t know how many years ago it is millions yeah a long time I mean yeah not it’s unbelievable it is literally a mile across the hole in the earth that this thing hit so yeah so it’s amazing we’re here in Arizona absolutely it’s so big it’s quite impressive and it’s really cool to fly over it and look down and see how big and how deep it is yeah pretty cool yeah so if you are interested in perhaps learning how to fly too there are all kinds of people out there to teach you how to fly and get your hours in and you can get your own plane we are not going to do that we don’t have time but I would be happy Bob hint htin to go on another flight yeah or hire somebody to take us out it was something to do something really cool we we got to get boots on the ground over at uh yeah mile crater as well it was really cool flying over it and seeing it from the air but having done that I I’d like to actually go and walk and you can walk around the crater so if it’s a the dinosaurs thought when they saw that thing coming they must have been like well goodbye forever yeah get the hell out of here yeah I think they said goodbye forever goodbye for well that’s not the one that killed them that was just a warmup is that a warmup yeah I don’t know if that one dates back to I I don’t know I don’t know 65 million years is the dinosaur I don’t know when that mile crater hit but uh might have been the start yeah so if you if you so you can go down into the middle of it yep you can walk around the perimeter of it so I guess if you if it’s a mile crater and you walk around the perimeter of you know the edge of it all the way around I guess that would be a mile and a half I guess I don’t know we’ll have to think about it that’s a high school geometry oh yeah I don’t know I don’t want to figure that two pi r who cares it’s just a cool place to go who cares two no two pi r would be uh three three miles oh my Lord three miles okay there you have it there you have it folks uh anyway we cannot say enough about what a cool cool cool airport we have and how many people out there we didn’t even know own their own plane yeah it’s like a whole you know whole culture yeah it was there we go Cheers Cheers on Jinx yeah jinxes jinxes yeah it was pretty cool we really enjoyed it so anyway if you are a pilot and you’re you know thinking of where can I land where I could keep my plane close by Prescot is a really good Contender yeah it’s a really good Contender or if you even want to learn they have plenty of instructors because you know we have Embry Riddle and that’s where the pilots come to tr so if you’re thinking about trying something new or you want to bring your plane with you when you move think of preset yeah we’re thinking about getting into flying you know Char our flight absolutely you know just Char our flight and see if you’re into see what it’s all about yeah it was cool it was so cool we had a good time and thank you Bob Treadway absolutely for taking us out we had a lovely time so anyway that is our Spiel for the day so for all of my fellow Pilots out there or would be Pilots presc could be presc could be it a winwin for you so if you’re thinking about uh moving here check us out on our website and our information site is absolutely free and you can find it at pickle 411.com there you whether you a buyer or seller or somewhere in between there’ll be something there waiting for you that will Amaze Astound entertain and inform so make sure you come visit us and fly the beautiful blue skies of Prescot presc AR all right bye friends have a great day bye bye

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Vacation Buddies & Splitter (Splittr)

One of the joys of retirement is travel, and there's no place you'll find more fun people to travel with than Prescott.  

In this episode, we share stories of the great trips we've recently made with our buddy groups... plus a cool app that makes paying bills for large groups a snap.

Video Transcript

Gemma Bell Randall this is Diana Randall bro here in Prescott Arizona we are your local hopefully favorite Realtors yes we sure have a lot of fun yeah we do meeting everybody new and old and uh having friendships after we sell we’ve met some great people but uh in fact some of these people have become such good friends we are now traveling yeah so traveling groups is a big thing here yeah people make friends they end up forming little groups the groups get bigger yep uh so uh we’re we’re about to head out uh on a little jaunt yes uh with eight of our friends including us so six of our friends yes yeah uh we just got back from uh another one early in December we went to Key West yeah another eight people for 10 days yeah so it’s real big here I guess because most folks are retired unlike us but that’s okay yeah we try to schlep in there anyway get in there and have fun with all the retired folk but uh so yeah they’ll reach out and say hey I’d like to get a couple of airbnbs nearby who wants to join us I want to get a condo I want to get this I want to go I want we want to go on a cruise does anybody want to join us and we’ve been invited to several of those so much fun yeah now we haven’t been on vacations before friends family and honestly um it’s a mixed bag you know if you don’t quite gel with the other people on the trip you know it’s gonna it’s gonna keep nagging you the whole time we’ve had really good luck we’ve had a great time yeah everyone seems to be of the same mind and uh we we’ve had really good luck with with uh with our vacations with our friend groups absolutely and you know once you have one you know they kind of roll over then you do another trip yeah you know you kind of have the uh the draft you know where one one couple gets traded off to the other and you get you can’t quite make it but you have somebody else that’s in the group that could fill the Slime substitute absolutely yeah but we all get along great yeah um and so we went to Costa Rica we’ve done Key West we’re going to do New Orleans I mean it just gets more and more fun yeah and we’ve just had the time of our lives that’s all I can say and so when you come to Prescott and you make some of these great friendships you know you’ll see a lot of this going on people love to travel together and I guess you know it’s fun because you don’t have the baggage Family or all your friends you know you can just go with you know everybody’s kind of new to the game here so maybe we’re all on best behavior I don’t know the best behavior well yeah we do yeah we do hit it hard yeah we do hit it hard but uh it’s it’s been uh one of the nice perks about living here is meeting people especially we’re you know we haven’t really traveled too too much but these folks have so they can set it all up yeah they can tell you oh this is great this is great we’re gonna do this and I just tag along and I have the time of my life yeah so the the mechanics of this thing is you plan a trip you’re going to plan it you know months in advance uh you know you have a group that wants to get together generally you’ll have you know some dinner meetings where you talk about where you want to go what do you want to do once you pick the place who’s in you know who’s definitely in and then once that’s settled out you have another meeting all with drinks so that’s also part of the fun it’s part of the function yeah so here are all the excursions that are available who wants to do this who wants to do that and then you go on your on your launch day you know and it’s uh so that’s one of the beautiful things about living in Prescott is it is a retirement kind of community and so people are free and available to you know make these great trips yeah and if you’re lucky enough and they include you you say yes and you go and then you have a great time yeah that’s kind of one of the perks about living in a retirement kind of town it’s it’s lovely the other great thing we discovered and well shout out to Charlie bomberger and Bob swelgin you know who you are good friends uh it’s a little program that they introduced this to called Splitter Splitter so this is our other tip to you guys yeah so it’s split like splitter but but no e it’s special s-p-l-i-t-t-r yeah splitter it’s a German app you can put it on your phone so your your credit card may not like it at first so you might have to uh tell them oh yeah it’s it’s uh it’s a validate it’s not very much uh well I think it’s free it is a free app you can get it you can get the premium version but we did not we did not Yeah so basically it’s about splitting costs of things yeah so when you’re with a group of people or your family yeah every time you say I’ll pick up for the whole group it goes on to the splitter app and at the end of the year at the end of the trip I should say it splits up what everyone paid what everyone owed and tells you who owes whom what yeah and it’s a lot of fun it kind of becomes a competition yeah uh oh I’m ahead of the game so you know somebody else needs to and and everybody starts buying a vine to pay for the meal yeah and so at the end everybody basically pays the you know it it it washes out it all washes out what’s really cool about the app I mean obviously if it’s just splitting everything four ways let’s say uh the arithmetic on that is pretty straightforward but uh like when we were in uh Key West I uh I uh paid for a few Ubers but not everyone could fit in the car so I’m thinking well I’m just gonna I’m just gonna pay for the Ubers and I will put it through splitter because not everyone was in the car oh no you can you can make a subgroup and say okay I paid for an Uber and this couple and this couple were the only ones in the car and it will just divide that expense among those two couples so it’s really nice it’s really really cool yeah so you can you know divide it up any way you need to yeah you go to a big meal and you’ve got a table of eight little bills for each single person some restaurants won’t allow you to do that well somebody picks it up and then you put it on splitter yeah and then you know it washes out somebody else will pick up another meal so it’s uh it’s kind of fun and it kind of became a little competition I got it I got it I got this bill I got this bill it’s a lot of fun especially if you know if you’re if you’re drinking it because yeah yeah really quite funny well you know I always kind of think that when you do things that everyone’s kind of splitting things and taking terms of Spain that you end up being pretty even and you do uh you know but the splitter’s nice because it makes sure that everything’s Fair yeah nice and clean super clean and easy you don’t have to do the addition subtraction yeah it does it for you so anyway that was a lot of fun to learn on our last trip so we had a lot of fun with that and we will continue to use splitter in the future for sure absolutely so if you’re looking uh you’re thinking about Prescott get on over here oh my gosh there’s so many great people to meet and then maybe you can take future trips yeah and you can get the splitter app yeah one day we might be on splitter we might be yeah we might be splitting bills with you on Twitter we hope so that might be fun anyway so that’s just our tip of the day and we just were talking about our past vacation we just took and how much fun it was and how nice it was to just go with a new group of friends and just have the time of our lives and isn’t that what it’s about no it is exactly getting ready to retire get on over here and have some fun with all the other retired folks that’s it all right that’s our tip of the day if you’re in the tips the place to go it’s pickle411.com that is our free information site whether you are a buy or seller or somewhere in between there is something atrocious and wonderful not atrocious not atrocious entertaining yeah formative all free all right so give us a call we’d love to show you around our beautiful town and look at some great houses and help you get over here as soon as you can all right take care have a great evening bye

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Solstice Ridge

What's the name of the town that has an ancient sacred gathering place with petroglyphs and precise alignments for the summer and winter solstices?  Well, if you said "Prescott, AZ," then go to the head of the class, my friend - because inside the subdivision of Prescott Lakes there is a spot called Solstice Ridge you just have to see.

Our episode on Petroglyphs: Click Here

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Denver Adventure

It's easy to forget just how close places are to you when you've got local jet service right here in Prescott.  Hear about how easy it was for us to get away for a quick weekend jaunt to Colorado and the wonderful adventures we found there.

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hello hello hello hey happy fall y’all back of all y’all we’re here it is here we’re so excited and fallen fall has arrived it really hasn’t fallen it has arrived yes um this is raynal and diane bro she’s the pickle lady i am the pickle lady today i’m in green i didn’t think about that oh you can’t wear that no let’s start over oh my god it’s gonna go right through them what up hello peeps i like yours like the 80s dance what is that the safety pants i’m raising the roof i don’t know what she’s thick lady my name’s randall we’re in prescott arizona we’re real estate agents over here to share information with you about prescott prescott real estate and just life in general just life in general sometimes we just like to talk more about life in general because it’s just more fun it’s entertaining and it’s just um we just have giggles yeah and case in point uh today we’re going to talk about our denver adventure yes the real connection this as uh prescott is that we flew out of the prescott airport yep and it was so easy oh my god it is so easy to have a denver adventure they got flights there every day and a little airport it’s so easy to just step on board it’s like having a private jet and it flies you there a couple hours later you’re in denver you’re in denver not even that really it’s like an hour and 40 minutes yeah yeah um so we had friends uh their daughter uh was married in uh colorado springs so a shout out to elizabeth and jim miller our friends from texas yes their daughter megan megan and who’s the husband was it nate nate yeah sorry megan i forgot we just sorry we met him for the first time and they just shook the hands with him but anyway um we were tickled to be invited and we went and oh my gosh i’m so excited this is one of the perks of living in prescott uh we are so amazingly like centrally located to all kinds of great places so for instance we discovered easy to hop on the jet get into denver so we could now we’ve discovered colorado springs we’re going back over like a three-day weekend yeah what was the name of the hotel uh the broadmoor house hotel stunning yeah absolutely one of the five-star hotels in the world oh it was so beautiful beautiful grounds yeah uh the wedding was gorgeous it was we’re gonna put some pictures up oh yeah so um have you and the mother of the bride oh yeah you and the bride right we had a great time she had a beautiful wedding shout out to megan good job um but anyway so i told randall my gosh this is so great we are so conveniently located to quick little jaunts yeah so if you need a quick getaway we have sedona we have tucson we have you know of course scottsdale uh vape it sounds like by the way oh yeah and jerome and jerome i mean quick flights to la and our flight to l.a uh go to denver and go to denver so we want to go we’re going to plan to go yeah we’re going back to denver and we’re going to go back to colorado springs and yeah see the cathedral of the gods there’s so much stuff easy peasy lemon squeezy uh trips to take yeah um that that you could just have some quick adventures oh and we found a partner in crime the pickle pickle shack oh we did we’re driving along a place called pickle shack well obviously we’ve got to stop it we must check out the pickle shark and we did yeah so if you find the pickle shack make sure you get the uh garlic that’s the the pickled garlic was amazing well for some people yeah for the rest of us that had it was good for me it was not so much for her not so much for me sometimes it was rough in that rental car yeah open up the windows yeah but so it was a lot of fun and so we wanted to share with you that yeah when you move to prescott you too can take some quick little fun weekend trips yeah and have a great time absolutely you know and not spend a lot of money no no and you know we are not used to anything in the midwest so for us we’re discovering all kinds of new things that we have no idea well where are we we’re in the west we’re in the west southwest we’re in the southwest midwest yeah the west whatever one of those those mountains and all that stuff you know it’s it’s it’s fun for us to discover it’s all brand new to us yeah so uh we’re having a good time learning all these new little places new places to yeah and people have lived out here for a while i mean to them it’s oh yeah you got to go here no big deal and we’re like how cool is it yeah but we’re discovering it’s just so easy just so easy so easy so easy though so want to share that with you guys and we want to say congratulations to megan and nate and happy happy future to you and jim and elizabeth thanks for an amazing wedding great set the bar super high for us you know for our daughters we’re a little scared now i don’t know if we can do that but it was a great time so we appreciate it all right guys see you soon

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LA is Alive Again

LA is finally back open, and taking advantage of the direct flight out of Prescott makes for an easy and fun trip.  In this episode we share our adventures among the recently unmasked and give high praise to Prescott's brand new airport terminal.

Video Transcript

hello hello peeps that was very sharp very sharp that was a very crisp hello that’s a crisp pick it’s a crisp pick one of those crunchy pickles all right this is randall and diambro i am the pickle lady i’m happy to be here i’m always in production so when you come visit i’ll bring you some of my famous cajun pickles happy to do that happy to share with friends and family that’s right back from l.a back from l.a well wonderful trip yeah so beginning i’m sorry the middle of uh with june we were celebrating our uh wedding anniversary and also father’s day yes and both of our kids are in l.a so we arrived in l.a so they arranged an airbnb we had the time of our lives we went in and visited and wow california is now open yep it was crazy a lot of people by force of habit were still wearing masks yes and you’d walk in and they’d look at you kind of funny of course you know we don’t we’re kind of past the masses here and it happened for a while in uh yeah so we walk in like it’s nothing and they were like oh my god but the governor mayor dictator whatever had just declared that uh the masks were optional for people who had been vaccinated or i don’t know what the proclamation was but it was essential they were open for business uh everything was open again you could go to restaurants movies everything everything was open and it was very very exciting very busy very crowded lots of traffic it was a little insane yeah it was lots of bad service to all the restaurants were just getting started they were completely inundated with people who’ve been in quarantine now for a year yeah and they’re struggling to get staff and their systems aren’t completely up to speed yet so uh the restaurant situation was kind of wrong but uh food was good so it was good yeah the hour wait to get our receipt yeah get our ticket check to get our check i was a little over that i was like okay i want to go back home to prescott where all this is over and we’ve already worked out the kinks and we’re smooth sailing and we’ve moved forward um la is still a few steps behind great to see the kids the kids are up and about uh today is uh our youngest adeline she uh she’s been working remotely yeah this is our first day back in the back in the office back up so a lot of exciting things a lot of exciting things yeah we uh we flew out of prescott yes it’s like having your own private jet it is so sweet without all the expense yes so you know as you know they’ve uh prescott has added some more longer um runways and they just built a whole new terminal beautiful it’s gorgeous it’s gorgeous but here’s the beauty you come in you live in here in prescott you go park your car for free you walk right into the prescott regional airport they take you through security you hop on a security secure like you’re the only you know we’re making conversation with all the dsm oh yeah it’s really like socializing it’s a beautiful thing and so we sit down and we just walk out onto the tarmac and get on the little 50-seater jet by united and then zip zip right into lax yeah hour later you’re in lax you fly into terminal 7 which is i don’t know if there’s seven or eight terminals but it’s kind of on the end of the ring so you’re able to bypass a lot of the congestion with the uh the other airport so it’s easy which is really nice easy to get in and out your people can pick you up easily uh you park for free at prescott’s you know as i said so you don’t have to pay for that yeah your family or you know get on the uber right there not a lot of traffic and off you go to have fun in la or whatever if you want to call it yes and we did uh airbnb which was the first time we really did an airbnb it was cool and uh full kitchen we spent too much time but next time we’ll cook more and order in more we ordered more thai food than we could we could swallow i do love me thai and it was wonderful we had all the kids and their friends you know the place that we rented had a beautiful front yard yeah it will have kind of like a picnic so it’s great since the world is opening up again uh it’s not like la that’s alive denver’s alive so we have daily flights to denver word is they’re going to start having daily flights they’re going to try to maybe add a couple of other cities you can also fly down to phoenix and catch a flight there to your connecting flight so the word is out uh the world is alive again yeah the cities are opening up yeah so we’re planning a trip down to costa rica with some really great friends of ours in december yep out of preston are we oh yeah oh rested flying so you don’t even have to take the shuttle you can just take a quick little puddle jumper into phoenix no no we’re going over to l.a nevermind nevermind cool yeah yeah it’s just so nice uh if if possible if you’re living in prescott try to start your flight your trip trying to start it from prescott absolutely it may cost a little more a little more but boy is it worth this it’s so stress-free it’s delightful and then when you land you just hop right in your car and go home and your luggage is just waiting for you it’s already there so that is our little tip to you uh cities are opening up la is alive really all the big cities are alive again live and well you can fly to him right out of prescott right now and don’t have the time of your life maybe any help with your real estate you can contact us at 713-302-1964 that is the pickle lady hotline there it is if you’re more of an online person go to pickle411.com yep as our source of information for buyers sellers everyone in between lots of information about prescott living in prescott what it’s like to live in prescott where to eat what to do we cover it up we cover it all we love it here all free yeah pickle for warm duck okay hope to hear from you soon take care happy flying

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Some Quick Day Trips

Phoenix: Great shopping, eating, museums, concerts.
Outlet Mall: Huge shopping venue in Anthem, AZ – about an hour away.
Jerome: Quaint old mining town perked on top the cliffs. Try Haunted Burgers. Lots of shops, bars, and live bands. About an hour away.
Lake Havasu: Boating mecca. London Bridge. About 3 hours away.
Palm Springs: LA’s premiere resort town. Day spas galore. Four hours away.

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Haunted Road Trip

What better way to celebrate an anniversary than sharing a burger with some local ghosts? Well, during our latest road trip in the Pickle Van, there were indeed some spirits… but no apparitions. Join the fun as we visit one of our favorite haunts with some very good friends in the Asylum.

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hello hello hello oops this is randall and i am bro here driving through our lovely prescott and our pickle van in our pickle van yahoo hope for the pickle van starting to get some waves now from people who recognize the pickle van which comes by and we try that’s right boy these people are so friendly what’s up yeah and then i realized they just like the pickle so i wave hello so we took the pickle van out to jerome uh we did this past weekend with some wonderful friends of ours who are celebrating their anniversary was it 40 40 55 years 45 so we decided hey let’s take a ride up to jerome which is only 45 minutes away from our lovely town of prescott it’s um an old mining town yeah and a beautiful little ride gorgeous scenery so we all pile into the pickle time there a great time back yes there’s some great restaurants up there of course they’re no longer actively mining it is kind of um an abandoned mining town but it’s filled with cute little shops it’s filled with cute little galleries art galleries a lot of artists go up there and also uh great restaurants yeah they have uh historic things they’re you know like uh over from the mining days and you can kind of check it’s really kind of cool um i have to say i’d rather go i would recommend that you go in the fall or winter a tad hot it’s a little warm it’s a little warm but going in the fall is stunning um all the leaves are changing and you get to see that as you’re winding through uh the mountains and all that but great great food there uh haunted hamburgers is a big popular tourist destination yeah that’s kind of where we were planning on going but wanted burgers is kind of right in the thick of things right it was uh we were there on a sunday yes a lot of people there and i think the weight was like an hour and a half or something so we went instead to what was the old asylum they actually had an asylum apparently when you’re a minor you pretty much go nuts pretty quickly kind of like real estate yeah kind of like real estate no that’s it most real estate agents at one time used to be minors that’s your mother but anyway so they have uh uh an old place there that used to be the asylum where people would go and they’d be committed and spend spend some time so they come back to reality and anyway now it’s a great hotel and uh also a restaurant supposed to be haunted as well if you stay at the hotel supposedly you’ll see some miners the whole town’s supposed to be yeah you’re right i haven’t seen anything yet what’s nice about the asylum is it’s a little more off the beaten path yeah so you you kind of drive your car down this little alley kind of thing right and up this hill and you get out there and then you kind of beat the crowd don’t make the mistake that we did don’t walk over the hill yeah you might not want to walk that uh it is pretty high altitude and in the heat yeah we almost died but we enjoyed that first beer i’ll take the first beer when we finally made it up there it was awesome yeah so but anyway i might have seen some ghosts because i think i was slightly passing out hallucinating and that the hike up yeah but anyway uh great place it’s just fun it’s just a great place to go and it’s only 45 minutes from prescott yeah and there’s a nice little drive through the mountain yeah so if you want a nice little getaway a quick getaway and see some great art galleries uh have some good grub it’s just a very charming little place to visit and we were very lucky to go with our friends bob and karen you’ll see their pictures shortly they’re cute as a button and married 45 years so happy anniversary to you friends and um that is all that is helpful we just wanted to share with you our pictures from jerome and tell you about what a cute little day trip you could have yeah absolutely once you live here in corsica yep all right that’s all that’s all until next time have a good day bye

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Vegas Road Trip

One of the big features of living in Prescott is the abundance of easy and fun road trips available… including Vegas, Baby! See the Pickle Lady mix it up with all the animals there on our recent trips to celebrate Gran Bobbie’s big 8 – 0.

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hello hello hello my little pickle peeps out there pickle peeps out there randall bro here big daddy’s aggravating me giving me direction because he says i’m not standing correctly but anyway now you are now i am sorry i’m trying to get you in the mountain okay see the mountain i hope everybody appreciates right there mountain yeah little hill there very important very important okay yeah all right now that we’ve got that settled i am diane bro here with randall bro we are your local prescott pickle peep and uh you’ll find out why we’re the pickle peeps when you come in uh we give you some of our world famous now world famous because i’m shipping it all over all over the world pickles that’s it uh and we love it when our our clients come in we greet you with a little jar of pickles absolutely just a little recap so you know what the hell are those people talking about when they call themselves the the press get pickled people that’s us that’s why yes but anyway i digress yes you do we’re here to talk about vegas road trips we just got back from a fabulous vegas fabulous fabulous we had so much fun yeah it was great and it was shout out to grandma bobby hello bobby we took randall’s mom that’s my mom’s grandma bobby for to celebrate her 80th i hope she doesn’t mind if we divulge that she looks awesome yes she does we had a great time and uh just the three of us went just us three three little chickens went yeah she flew into vegas and we took the like four hour trip and that’s what we wanted to drive yeah living here in prescott is amazing so if you’re like you know what i’m gonna go see some good shows some good concerts we’re only a four-hour drive from vegas how sweet is that yeah and it’s a beautiful drive it’s a calm drive the shows were great the shows were great so we hopped in the car we met her in vegas we saw several shows we had some great dinners um and then we even did it was thanksgiving we even did uh thanksgiving day there which was amazing oh yeah yeah we ate the buffet it’s called the buffet it’s kind of okay at the buffet uh the win yeah the win and um so we did that which is great way if you don’t want to do all that cooking head to vegas it was awesome it was so great so we wanted to just talk about how awesome it is to live that close to some great entertainment and good good dining and some footage some footage first in here a number of the hotels uh all decked out absolutely uh we were there shortly before the holiday season so i don’t think we got too much holiday we didn’t get to see all of it but apparently you know they deck it out at christmas maybe you’re sure we’ll have to go again you have to go again and get some christmas footage these are problems good worth having but that is one of the perks of living here in prescott yeah we are amazingly close to some really cool and fun cities yeah yeah yeah and you can have your friends fly in uh and meet them there like we did absolutely that’s a great way to do it so you’ll see some scenes some live scenes live action scenes of our visit to vegas our road trip to vegas baby right oh yeah oh yeah so anyway just wanted to let you know yeah that’s uh one of the one of our little advantages of getting here yeah being close to some some cool cities that you can quickly get to and easily yep lots of fun lots of fun all right that’s it for today if you needed to reach out to me uh you can reach me at 713-302-1964 or preschooler.com that’s our website that’s right lots of cool information there for you sellers people who own property here in prescott and are looking for some help selling it we can help you there too we sell prescott.com is where you want to go so we’re the power team the power pickle team power pow power very powerful very impressive we’re ready to help you make a new start absolutely all alright guys have a wonderful day talk to you soon bye

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Outside the Lines

Now that you’re free to go wild, it’s time to drive outside the lines! Off-roading is big in Prescott, and in this episode the Pickle Lady interviews the guys at Summit Jeep Company – the premier off road vehicle service company in the area. Find out just how easy and fun it is to kindle the rugged explorer inside you.

Summit Jeep: SummitJeepCompany.com/

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hello hello hello hello my fellow pickle peeps this is diane bro here your fellow pickle lady of prescott uh i’m very excited to be here randall’s my cameraman today hello hello he’s not he’s he doesn’t want to be in the shot i’m very excited i’m here today at summit custom jeep builders here on sheldon and uh i’m here with the owner jessie wassel say hello the reason why we’re here we’re going to show you some great shots too of some jeeps out here something you may not know when you’re coming to retire now you get to be wild and carefree so you come out here get yourself a jeep we have a lot of jeep clubs and people go up the rocks and mountains and and just have the time of their lives you don’t have to worry anymore you don’t have to raise kids they’re done so if you want to ride off the side of the mountain you can and these guys can fix your jeep right jesse absolutely yeah so we’re a full custom jeep shop uh we do anything from lift kits to bumpers to re-gearing we also do repairs and maintenance as well so um like like she said here it’s anything you guys need we can help you with you know summit jeep built for adventure you guys want to go on an adventure you guys get a jeep or a toyota we can outfit it we can get you guys set up to go out and do some exploring it’s a lot of fun it’s a lot of fun i mean we don’t have time because we’re too busy buying and selling homes to help help help the public what did you just do what was that what did you just do what was that sound that wasn’t me though i was in yours excuse me i’m sorry sorry if you heard that because anyway excuse me sorry was it you it was no it but anyway so yeah you’ll have a lot of fun if you get to come out here um it’s it’s your time now in life to get out here and have fun retire here buy a house we’ll find you the perfect place and jesse will hook you up with some good jeeps and get things going they have the latest we’re just going to put the picture in it’s a jeep gladiator it’s a 20 20 gladiator yeah so it’s got a two inch lift 37 inch falcon tires on it set of method wheels on it so this is jeep’s latest and greatest uh that you guys are gonna be looking at there so we also offer two different clubs uh we have the summit four by four club so it is yeah i didn’t know that no we had two cars and if you can see that kind of get in there that is our girls tribe club oh i want that absolutely so it’s a blast it gives everybody an opportunity to meet other people in the community there you go create some friends go out on some trails and just have some fun all right i’m gonna hire him you know do some more plugs for us about meeting people awesome we did a great job yeah if you wanted to get like an old junker just to kind of get get yourself started where did they start um so we sell occasional jeeps here that’s something that we’re going to start getting into more and more um really and i just cautioned you guys on it but craigslist facebook marketplace especially for the older jeeps is going to be your best bet for locating them though if you’re not familiar with those sites please get in touch with a friend or family member that is because there’s a lot of scams out there that’s the last thing we want to have happen is have somebody get taken advantage of but we do work on all jeeps from the cjs to the yj’s to the tjs to the jks to the jls to the jt so hardcore and we are into other off-road vehicles as well we do work on a lot of toyotas that we get through here we do get some nissans some forwards and so on as well some chevys too so so you guys are looking for some adventure you’re retired you’re like you know what i’m i’m out from behind that desk i’m gonna get out there and have some fun and kick ass sorry i should have said that but it’s all right meet jesse out here at summit jeeps and what’s your phone number so we’re located at 402 east sheldon street in preston it’s really easy to find phone number is 928-227 we also have a website at summitjeepcompany.com as well that lists products our events and all the information about the shop all right give me five jesse did a great job wow all right that was good all right and then you can reach all right now back to us that’s right i sell some houses we got to sell some houses and then you can get your jeep and carry on that’s right you can reach me at 713-302-1964 or prescottpicklady.com and you can find all kinds of information there but living here in prescott all right i hope to hear from you soon and come here and have some fun bye guys have a good day

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Rock Crazed

The Pickle Lady reveals a deep longing for all things rock, as we discuss Prescott’s dell formations and day trips to nearby Sedona. Share the altered mental reality as we embark on a journey through the vortex to find inner peace… kind of.

Sedona
Red rock, layered mountain formations, and crystal power. Avoid weekends and Spring Break if you can. About an hour away.

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hello oh imagine meeting you here we were just meditating yeah realtors have to do that yeah from time to time you just gotta tune out and kind of tune in oh my god you need to tune in a lot yeah absolutely uh anyway so it’s awesome yes this is diana randall bro here your fellow prescott realtors we’re here today and these beautiful rocks the dells here it’s actually here in prescott um but it gives you around a little bit beautiful beautiful but it gives you um a little feel of uh we’re kind of like a little baby sedona here and uh love to come out here to the rocks and hike in here and uh there’s a beautiful neighborhood that’s uh in here as well but uh i love the rocks it’s peaceful it’s quiet it’s just gorgeous which leads me to the beautiful rocks of sedona the red rocks red rocks red rocks of sedona one of our favorite day trips absolutely this past spring we went two or three times we did we did and we had a lot of visitors and that’s what’s really nice when you have a lot of company um spend a day trip we are only an hour away from sedona so and 45 minutes from jerome yeah uh the little mining town along the way yeah you want to stop jerome on the way there that the way back for uh the burgers that’s right haunted burgers but uh anyway sedona we’ll have some little splices in with our friend who came yeah we went thank you shout out to jill shout out to jill taylor came all the way from texas also uh went there with uh diane’s family right there with my sister and all of her clan and we had a great time shout out to the galadora galadoros we had a good time and uh the great thing about going to sedona is you completely can get re-energized they have an amazing spa out there if you really want to go get away they have amazing pink jeep tours which are fun and uh if you just want to hike around the red rocks and explore some of the vertices which is the plural vortex vortex vortices what did i say vertex i said no vertices is like when two things meet a vortex is like a no one really knows an energy energy yeah and so whirlpool that’s right um it’s cool and it’s in a lot of the uh trails out in sedona there’s certain ones that are very important for that yeah they have a vortex out by the airport you might not want to fly in a sedona vortex by the airport not a good idea but i’m not picking it up they do have a vortex it’s really cool it’s very reminiscent of these beautiful rocks that i just can’t get enough of i’m a big rock freak i love it the energy from them is just um i don’t know i like it so when i need to recharge i make a little trip to sedona spend the day have a nice lunch and uh you know bring your friends you’ll have a lot of uh a lot of fun yeah it’s something different it’s a beautiful scenery something you don’t really see unbelievable so we got to get a shot of those gels right there oh there we go there we go it’s it’s it’s like a giant a big giant came through here and he just picked up rocks and threw them held it’s whack-a-doodle is what it is it’s cool though i think that is how this was all formed a giant yeah and the gels can only be found these rock formation called the dells can only be found here in prescott yeah in wisconsin and in germany germany three places so it’s only three places in the world and they are something neat to see yeah really cool so anyway come here come see the dells and prescott go to sedona go to sedona ride the pink jeep and enjoy those enjoy the red rocks enjoy the vortexes pick up some crystals it’s all good there’s nothing wrong with it it’s all good namaste i got these from there too which helps me keep my energy up but anyway all right friends that is all you can reach us at 713 or on the web at prescottpicklelady.com check out our relocation center yes you find all kinds of wonderful information about prescott and what you need to get here and utilities and what will happen yeah what will happen with restaurants and just all kinds of stuff we’ve set up everything every single step of the way we tried to add as much information as possible to make your move here nice and smooth and a great transition all right my friends well come join us here in the rocks and uh re-energize yourself that’s right all right have a great day good to see you bye

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The Big Hole

Join us for a nice Prescott day trip. Who’d a thunk a big hole could be so inspiring? See you on the train for some bloodies and a nap.

Grand Canyon
The Canyon is about 3 hours away. You might want to book a train ride from Williams; great fun!

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Wine Country… The Zen of Zin

Wine Down comes to you this week from California’s own Wine Country – one of the many cool jaunts that are easy from Prescott. We discuss the Zen of Zin and how not to get yourself wrapped around the axle of the real estate process.

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Pickle Lady on the Zip Line… in Vegas

Pickle Lady screams for her life on the zip line… in Vegas, just a four-hour drive from Prescott.

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hello hello hello hey peeps how’s everybody doing good i’m doing good you’re good all right yes happy fall y’all happy fall we’re just recovering we are recovering this is diane and randall bro hey how are you i’m the prescott pickle lady yes i am are you no i am i know not you me anyway we’re a little slow in the up we’re a little slow in the uptake if you notice this is our weekly wind down however we are in the right on the grounds of the courthouse so we didn’t think it would be a good idea to have open containers so no wine today yeah so but we’re gonna be drying out a little bit we’ll be drying up we are drying out because we just got back from vegas had a fabulous time all of our texas friends came up we hadn’t seen them in a while and we all met and vegas had the time of our lives [Music] i hope i got the right one anyway what we wanted to talk about today was how centrally located prescott is yep and what amazing destinations are really close by yep and vegas of course is one of them vegas baby yeah we saw a show there well we didn’t see it i saw an advertisement for the rat pack yep very exciting well obviously they’re not not the real not the real rapper they’re dead yeah are any of them alive i think i don’t think so maybe that fourth guy that nobody can remember i don’t know i don’t know about him who’s it steven ownership they’re all gone but yeah they’re all gone but they have people who imitate them evidently very well and uh we’re so we’re planning a trip back just to go see them go pop over see the show it’s an easy one-day trip have a nice dinner go see a show and head on back home so what we wanted to talk about is if you move to prescott how many amazing destinations there are immediately around us los angeles six hour drive six hour drive one hour flight yeah at the local prescott regional airport that’s true so you can hop on hop off and you’re already in l.a six hours also to san diego six hours to san diego it’s been a couple days in san diego correct yeah uh i think we’re like eight hours from albuquerque yeah so if you want to head down there and see all the great balloons and all that yeah get some turquoise jewelry yeah that’s what’s big down there i don’t know yeah we haven’t done it yeah that’s a day trader what’s uh you could do roswell i guess that’s a roswell if you’re into aliens go see the aliens over in roswell you can do that yeah super cool and then when you get a lot closer to home there’s like we’re two hours from uh phoenix which i’m down to phoenix all the time yeah so many cool things that’s an easy thing go to scottsdale great great party during the summer no don’t go during the summer but great golfing in scottsdale great art galleries amazing shopping that’s an easy day trip we’re 40 minutes from jerome which is a charming charming charming great place for a burger yeah uh mining town and old mining town but now it’s like a tourist destination of course there’s sedona or what an hour from sedona if that which you know go get re-energized go to the vortex get some energy in get some new crystals yeah get it all together get it all together feel good and where else where else are we close to oh denver one hour flight now from december you go to denver yeah if you’re into skiing whatever yeah you go to flag yeah or go to flags like two hours or something like that yeah so what are some other cool places yeah well you covered flag flagstaff you got that at grand canyon oh grand canyon three hours three hours to the grand canyon yeah have the time of your life or just stay here yeah that’s what a lot of people understand too prescott is a destination in and of itself it’s true and uh we get people from all these places coming to see us so absolutely and as you can see here we are in the town square look at fall yeah fall has fallen here’s us oh lord there we still are okay okay but anyway yeah fall is gorgeous here it’s beautiful the weather’s crisp the temperatures are just right no sweating and beautiful beautiful trees to see red trees green tree and well not green so much yellow i mean it’s stunning this is our town square yeah this is also a destination getting ready to gear up for the holiday season so every one of these trees on this this square will be covered in lights that is why we are arizona’s christmas city that’s right another thing to come see when you live here we are arizona’s christmas city we have over 90 000 worth of lights in these trees so i think that’s it what else do we have to cover i think that’s it that’s it so again we apologize for not having our wine we are going to go have some yeah we’ll do that real real soon but you know we’re right outside the courthouse so they wouldn’t have to take as far to take us to jails we want to keep it official we got to keep it official we don’t want to we don’t always break the rules just something just sometimes you most of the time me most of the time yeah that’s right but anyway all right well thanks for joining us this is diambro with my better half randall bro i wouldn’t say better half yup equal you don’t miss any of our wine downs in the future look out for the uh subscribe button on this page and uh so you’ll catch us every week just about every week yeah and come visit us yeah we’re happy to show you around show you some great houses to live in we’re here to serve anyway give us a call at nine six 713-302-1964 and we’re diana randall pickle pickle lady i’ll bring you some pickles if you give me a call that’s right all right everybody have a wonderful day

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