We were invited by Clark and Carol to go to Wickenburg, AZ to visit the Western Museum. It was about noon when we arrived so we went to the Golden Nugget Restaurant. A very nice restaurant in old town Wickenburg. A nice menu but only fair food. I had a Reuben which was good but some of the others were a bit disappointed in their food. Our waitress left a lot to be desired. We had a good visit while we ate and then we were off to the Western Museum. Outside is a bronze sculpture titled "Thank you Father for the Rain" Something that is always appreciated in this part of the country.
The museum is filled with all things you would need to be a cowboy back in the day. Lots of leather work, chaps, holsters, lassos, saddles, hats, etc. A very nice gallery of paintings, many from various collections from around the country. I would have loved to have some photos, but no photography was allowed inside the museum. There was also a nice collection of guns, hand as well as long guns. A typical chuck wagon with all the utensils needed to feed a group of cowboys on a trail drive. The cook was the one that decided where the herd would spend the night and would get set up and have supper on the way before the cowboys arrived with the cattle. Not sure where he got all of the groceries but he had to feed everyone breakfast
and supper every day. Some of the drives would take many weeks to complete. So the cook was a very important member of the group.
It was a long day but a very interesting and enjoyable one. Good company and we even stopped on the way home for some ice cream at DQ.

The photos are of the Museum. Merle, Ed, and Clark and Evelyn, Bonnie and Carol. The bottom photo is of the sculpture in front of the museum.