On To Tucson

We had a beautiful sunny drive on to Tucson. It was 38 degrees this morning and now in Tucson, it's 80 degrees! Love it. Here are photos all along route 60 and 77 south, through the Salt River Canyon and into Globe, Winkleman, etc. The vegetation changed from high evergreen trees to cactus and rock mountains. Beautiful.

Windy roads all through the mountains

We parked our camper beside Darrin's house

Darrin's flowers

White Mountains and Greer- April 26

Plans had to change due to the weather. Darrin and John were going to ride their motorcycles and we were going to follow them. But we had SNOW this morning! So we all piled into the truck (dogs stayed in the camper) and we drove to the White Mountains. We saw a herd of antelope and kept looking for elk but never saw any. The tall evergreens were covered with snow and the view of the mountains was covered with fog and snow. We did stop several times to see the lakes. It was in the Apache Reservation. Later for lunch we went to Molly Butler Lodge and had a nice late burger lunch. Back to the campground. A quiet but fun day. Tomorrow we will go to Tucson- much warmer there!

What month is it? In Arizona?

A herd of antelope

Father and son

The mantle to this fireplace was amazing.

Show Low Arizona- April 25

We are staying in an Arizona State Forest- beside a lake and 100 foot tall evergreens. Very nice. We will meet Norm's son soon for a visit.

Our state Forest Campground

Small Watercolor this morning.

Met Norm's son Darrin who rode 4 hours up from Tucson to show us around.

Great BBQ here for lunch

Darrin and his friend John led us to Porter Mountain

Norm, John, Darrin, Angus and Bonnie at top of mountain

Very green- almost looks like NH

Darrin will have a steak with us at our campground later today.

Petrified Forest -Part Two- April 24

The drive around is 28 miles and you stop a lot to look over at amazing sights in the area. We saw a lot of petrified trees- logs really, that had fallen down the cliffs of the mesa and onto the valley floor below. It was pretty cold today and very windy. So we looked, took photos, and hopped back in the truck.

Wildflowers- white, yellow, and purple seen

The minerals over the years left colors on the mesas

This is called the "Three Tepees"

See the Petrified wood falling down the Mesa. The land is so odd. Looks like another planet.

Called the Blue Mesa. Colors were darker because the weather was cloudy, windy and cold.

See how big the logs were!

This is called the Forest. tons of petrified logs on floor of valley.

Amazing colors left from various minerals

On our way south to meet Norm's son. staying in Show Low, Arizona tonight.