Arizona in bloom

We drove from Springerville to Show Low and then west into the Coconino National Forest on the Mogollon Rim. There are forest access roads all over the place that you can drive on and pull off into the forest. Jim remembered a place that he and David and his son Joe used to go and hunt squirrels and we actually found it again. It was incredible…a clearing in a forest of huge Douglas Fir, Ponderosa pine and live oaks.

As we had decided not to take the motorhome to Mexico and to leave it at David’s, I had a lot of sorting and packing to do. It was very nice to spend a couple of days in the trees in the cool, doing just that. 

The drive down the Rim was amazing to say the least. The road just follows the edge of the escarpment all the way down over 2000 feet to Payson. (US Forest service webpage on the Mogollon Rim)

Believe it or not, it’s raining a lot in Arizona, too and the desert is green and a lot of the cactus is blooming. Check out the pictures of this organ pipe (?) cactus at David’s. (Arizona In Bloom)

Next stop …San Carlos

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