October 9-12, 2014 - Overgaard, Arizona



We had planned on staying another day and hiking in Chaco Canyon but it rained some overnight and in the morning we could see a very large storm coming our way. We did not want to get stuck in this pasture so we hurriedly got things packed up and ready to leave.  We were on the highway only about 5 minutes when the rain hit and it rained on and off for a couple of hours.  We are so glad that we left when we did or we may have been stuck in that pasture for a couple of days.  We are disappointed that we did not get to finish touring all of Chaco Canyon but we will definitely come back.



 
We drove to Overgaard, Arizona and are staying about 8 miles outside of town in White Mountain Park-Sunrise Resorts.  We plan to stay here for a few days and relax and enjoy the White Mountains.  We have been serenaded to sleep every night by the coyotes and see evidence of elk on our daily dog walks around the resort.






The resort is closing for the winter on the 15th and they have already shut down their laundry room, so Friday morning we drove to Show-Low to find a Laundromat.  We got our laundry done, had a nice lunch and did some grocery shopping.


We had planned to do a little hiking while we were here but on Saturday it rained so we took a short drive and looked around Heber and Overgaard.  Sunday the wind blew all day and it was somewhat chilly so we stayed in and did some reading and relaxing.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

June 4-11, Loveland, CO

Image
Sunday morning, we drove to Loveland, CO – again it rained the entire trip.   We are staying at Loveland RV Park.   This is the park we stayed at for 6 weeks between our house selling and our retirement starting. Monday morning, we attended the services at Fort Logan National Cemetery for Nancy’s parents.   Nancy’s mother passed away 5 years ago and her father passed away in January.   There wishes were to have their ashes interred at Fort Logan National Cemetery.      Waiting for the ceremony to start.                                                            Folding the flag Taps (see video below, make sure audio is on) and a 21-gun salute.                       Deacon Mike giving the final blessing. It was a beautiful ceremony in a very peaceful and restful setting.  We were fortunate that we had nice weather and it did not rain.  After the ceremony, we visited the grave of our good friend, Bob, who was buried here last year. We spent some time with Nancy’s son, daughter-in
Read more

September 25-27, 2023 – Canyon, TX

Image
  Monday, we drove into Canyon and went to the Chamber of Commerce where we got information on the area.   In the afternoon we to the Creek House Honey Farm where we couldn’t resist buying some chocolate honey.   We then went next door to the Honey Buzz Winery and had a delicious fruit and cheese tray while tasting their great mead and hard cider.   We bought some growlers of their excellent cherry mead and pear cider. Tuesday morning, we drove to Palo Duro Canyon State Park.  Palo Duro Canyon is approximately 120 miles long and 600 to 800 feet deep.  It is the second largest canyon in the US.  The State Park consists of 27,173 acres and the original park land was deeded by private owners in 1933.  The CCC worked in the park from 1933 to 1937 building the roads, visitor center, cabins, shelters, bridges, trails and the park headquarters. We took a short hike on the Paseo Del Rio trail along the Dog Town Fork of the Red River.  The trail guide said we would come upon a cowboy dugout to
Read more

September 5-11, 2013 – Copalis Beach, WA

Image
It must be moving day again as it is raining – seems like the last few weeks it has rained every time we move.   We left Port Angeles and headed west on Highway 101 and then turned south and followed the west side of Olympic National Park.   The highway then turns west to the coast where we stopped at Ruby Beach.   We donned our rain gear and walked down to yet another beautiful Washington beach. People had stacked little rock cairns on a sand dune in front of these great rock stacks. We could barely see Destruction Island Lighthouse through the fog. After spending a little time on Ruby Beach we headed back down Highway 101 to Copalis Beach where we are staying at the Copalis Beach Sunrise Resort.   This is a very nice resort next to the beach. We only have to walk to the end of the resort then about a block through some dunes to the beach.   This is a great beach and is almost deserted this time of year.    The dogs love t
Read more