{"id":43436,"date":"2026-01-20T22:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=43436"},"modified":"2026-01-20T22:34:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T05:34:13","slug":"day-26020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/?p=43436","title":{"rendered":"Day 26020!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Dailylife Wife and I went out to lunch at one of our favorite places: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tripadvisor.com\/Restaurant_Review-g31204-d12715140-Reviews-Calavera_Bar_and_Grill-Cottonwood_Arizona.html#REVIEWS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calavera<\/a>. \u00a0Fine Mexican cuisine, with skeletons!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43437\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012001-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012001-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012001-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012001-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012001.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had the Lunch #3, enchilada and burrito, shredded beef. \u00a0And there was a LOT of shredded beef!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43438\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012002-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012002-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012002-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012002-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Dailylife Wife decided to be chill about eating out, and had a non-spicy Taco Salad, with chicken. \u00a0No distress!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43439\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012003-600x251.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012003-600x251.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012003-300x126.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012003-768x322.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012003.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then came a nice afternoon of doing nothing, because we were both stuffed. \u00a0As it started to get dark, the Northern Lights came on again! \u00a0They were out due to the strongest solar storm in 25 years. \u00a0I couldn\u2019t see them here when I looked last night, but there were photos from Sedona (15 miles north) and Prescott (20 miles south over the mountain). \u00a0So tonight it looked as good as last night on the Forecast site, so out I went. \u00a0The red arrow is about where Clarkdale is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012004.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43440\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012004-488x600.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"488\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012004-488x600.png 488w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012004-244x300.png 244w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012004-768x944.png 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012004.png 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Down below us on the road to Tuzigoot I got this faint image.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43441\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-450x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-450x600.jpg 450w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012005-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These two are from a Scenic View Point about 2\/3rds of the way to Sedona.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I think if it is on again tomorrow night I will go up to the Scenic View Point a mile past Jerome, way up the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43442\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-1536x1151.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012006-2048x1535.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012007-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back in Grfff\u2019lls\u2026it was cloudy last night, but not so tonight! \u00a0This first one was taken by the Dailylife Daughter #1, IN TOWN, with STREETLIGHTS.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012008-DD1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43444\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012008-DD1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012008-DD1-600x338.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012008-DD1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012008-DD1-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012008-DD1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The next was the Dailylife Son-In-Law #1, probably out near Malmstrom AFB.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012009-DD1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-43445\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012009-DD1-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012009-DD1-600x338.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012009-DD1-300x169.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012009-DD1-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dailylife.barrowroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Day26012009-DD1.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the photos in this post were taken with cellphones. \u00a0Cellphones do amazingly well at photographing Northern Lights and stars. \u00a0So until tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>~Curtis in Arizona! 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