Well, we’re off again on this year’s trip. Tonight we find ourselves in Overgaard, AZ. It’s about 4 hours north east of Phoenix and was a good choice to avoid the traffic getting out of town. Tomorrow we push to Taos, NM where we have what looks to be a great B&B to stay at.
This trip was a long time coming and both Liz and I are excited to be on the road last. The road out of Payson travels up on top of the Mollogon Rim which reaches into the sky some 7000 feet. On our way up, we passed through a summer storm that dropped rain in front of us most of the way up. We were greeted at the top by a double rainbow and a bright orange sky that looked as though the surrounding pines were ablaze. Not a sight unfamiliar to this area as the surrounding hills are still charred from wildfires in recent years. Thankfully the BLM is wising up and cutting down the underbrush that fuels these fires and we saw plenty of evidence of that on the way here.
Tomorrow will be a mildly long day in the truck; traveling from Overgaard, through ...