Our round trip from our house to Show Low via the Salt River Canyon then an over night stop in Greer which is on AZ 373 (the road to nowhere). We continued our trip by going east on State Route 260 until a little past Edgar where we took AZ 191 to Safford. From there we took AZ 70 to Globe and headed west on U.S. 60. For a larger look at the pictures just click on them. 

The left 2 pictures are of the rest area at the bottom of the Salt River Canyon on U.S. 60. The right picture is of the Molly Butler lodge in Greer where we ate a wonderful dinner during our short stay there. We did not stay there but when we go again we would try to book reservations there as it was nice and cheaper than the Greer Lodge Resort where we stayed. The whole town of Greeris one resort after another. There is no downtown or shopping area but there is a gift shop, real estate office and a couple of restaurants/bars but most are part of a lodge. 

None of the rooms were air conditioned (no need) but most advertise fireplaces like the one we had in our room. Almost all of the buildings in Greer are made of logs like our motel like lodge. 

On the left is the view from our front door. The ponds are called fly fishing practice ponds and from what we read in the literature they have a fly fishing teacher on hand. The picture on the right is of the Rendezvous Diner which is a cute little place where we ate breakfast on the porch/patio. It was a wonderful treat and the food was delicious. 

The trip south on AZ 191 was twisty and windy and full of gorgeous, tall pines. A sign posted right away as we turned south said that no vehicles over 40 feet were allowed. It was nice that we didn't have to deal with any trucks. It was slow going just by the nature of the road, but well worth the trip. Ron thought the curves weren't so bad that we couldn't have taken the Dream on that road, but sitting on the passenger side as I was, I wouldn't have wanted to be a passenger in such a tall motorhome. Looking straight down over the side was scary enough in the car. 

Ponderosa trees are beautiful. Mostly they grow very straight. This one that I took a picture of was an oddity in that it listed a bit. I love the bark on these trees and took a close up so you could see the puzzle like appearance too. 

We saw a lot of birch trees 

and wild flowers. Aren't those Susans in a great spot to see forever out over a large valley below. 

Most of the peaks were heavily forested but as we got closer to the desert, this one peak was like a forecast of what was to come. Both of the pictures above are of the same peak. I simply zoomed in on it for the picture on the right. Notice the jagged part of that formation. 

More vistas and flowers. We stopped to stroll around a campsite and talked for hours how we should buy a tent and come up again. We both love real camping---cooking over an open wood fire and all. 

All of a sudden the scenery drastically changed as we came upon the Morenci Mine. My pictures don't even begin to show the mine, but this web site will give you an idea of what the largest copper mine in North America is like.  It went on for miles and miles but there was no place to really stop to take good pictures. 

Just south of Morenci is the sad, little town of Clifton. We can't imagine what happened to it. The Morenci Mine is so large that you would expect this town (where many of the workers live) to be alive. The following pictures are of Clifton's main street.