Baby it's cold outside....Arizona

Taken at Roosevelt Lake. We were traveling to Payson to enjoy a day in the snow. We wanted to go further north, but got stopped due to the road conditions on the north end of Payson.




Just south of Payson


Payson fun!





You've seen this vehicle in my early blog posts, but it use to be yellow.
Now white, muddy, and snowy! Yay!


Saw this vehicle on our way back to Phoenix....loved the vehicle and the layer of frosting!

Missed the Party --but stayed cool!

I missed the Mad Hatter Tea Party, but stayed cool in Northern Arizona. We did some off-roading with friends in the Payson/Christopher Creek area. Then we traveled home on the 60 from Show-Low through Apache country. This area is so beautiful and we drove through at just the right time, sunset! Enjoy the pictures!



--the bunnies were a bit put off that we missed Vanessa's party!

Thrill on the Hill! and contest!

We attended a Toyota FJ Trail Teams off-roading event called, Thrill on the Hill. If you hadn't noticed we love off-roading, not only for the adventure, but also the people that we meet. And, once again, we were not disappointed --the people at this event were friendly and fun. The only disappointing aspect of the trip was that, at least in this area of New Mexico, there has been little rain and there was an extreme fire danger warning for all protected forest lands. Which meant that we didn't get to do as much off-roading as we had planned. But, that just meant that we found other diversions, which I will write about in upcoming posts --since they need their own special post.

So everyone must remember while traveling through areas that have seen little rain and are dry with deserts and forests to be extremely careful about fire, no matter where in this country that you are. No throwing matches or cigarettes out your car window, make sure camp fires are extinguished, and if you do off-road stay on designated trails and obey fire danger warnings.

We made this trip on Memorial Day weekend from Arizona to New Mexico and as we drove north through Payson, Heber, and Springerville we were lucky enough to encounter snow. Real, big flake snow! It was wonderful!

During our drive we came across this field of satellite dishes. I have no clue what they are for and if anyone knows...please leave a post because I'm curious. They were just west of Riudoso and before the Valley of Fire.


Our off roading was limited, but we were able to go out in a group and run one trail in Coyote Canyon. We had a group of about 12 FJs. This trail was similar to trails that we run in the Florence, AZ area...dusty, cactus, rocks and oh, so much fun! After the run we met back at the campsite and had great food, music and a raffle.




CONTEST!!
And, here's a picture clue of an upcoming post...can you guess what this is? If you guess correctly (if more than one I will draw out of those that guess correctly) I will send you one embroidered ring. Just post your contact information and I will name the winner on Sunday, June 15th. (so leave your comments by midnight, Saturday, June 14th)