We left Tucson bright and early on Wednesday, heading for the White Mountains of Arizona. Beautiful drive through Mammoth, Dudleyville, Globe, thru the Salt River Canyon on San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation and ended up near Show Low. We left blooming Sagauro and desert behind as we moved up to juniper and finally into ponderosa pine forests. We will stay here a few days, certainly thru the Memorial holiday weekend. Ft Apache historical park is close which sounds interesting and there are lots of trails to hike, wetlands to bird, back roads to explore. Heard there was even a gem and mineral show in Pinetop this weekend.

(Just to remind us that we have left the desert, the temp was 31 degrees this morning—we’re not in Tucson, Toto.)

Also we are accessing the internet thru our cell phones and it is working remarkable well. Hope it continues.