Arizona's best kept secret

Friday night Justin and I made our way north to downtown Cave Creek. We met Dan and Jen (baby alert! Jen is 8 weeks pregnant with Baby L...she is glowing and we are so excited for them). We went to C4 which is a coffee house by day and a wine bar by night. We ate tapas style food, shared a bottle of wine and listened to some acoustic jams by Bill Dutcher. www.billdutcher.com.

Cave Creek Coffee Company

Once we were finished with dinner, Den (Dan and Jen) suggested we go over to Buffalo Chips where they have bull riding. Assuming Jen meant mechanical bull riding I suggested that as a newly pregnant mom -to-be she probably shouldn't be doing the "YEEEE HAWWWW" any time soon. She laughed a little and then nicely replied, "no Ash, it's REAL bull riding. These guys are pros!" I was then a little freaked out, questioned where I was and what I was doing in a town that has real bull riding on a Friday night, then decided why the heck not.

Yes people, these are real bulls! 

Cowboy is getting ready to get his buck on. 

Saturday morning Justin and I decided to get up and go back to C4 for a hot cup of joe and some yummy breakfast. We shared the best morning glory muffin and "Big Ass Breakfast Burrito" ever! We ran a few errands after breakfast (boring wedding stuff I am sure everyone is sick of hearing about) and then went and met Den again to boost the Cave Creek economy for lunch at Bryans BBQ. BEST BBQ in ARIZONA is an understatement. They had a "PLAY ME" guitar and Justin entertained the locals before we headed to Bartlett Lake to spend some time by the water and get our tan on.

The next Jack Johnson...I think so!

Bartlett Lake, Arizona.

Without even planning it this weekend ended up feeling more like a "staycation" in Arizona than just another weekend. Thank you Den for showing us what Arizona is really like when you get away from the Affliction and Botox.