A Quick Cruise through the White Mountains
Around the Labor Day holiday Tom and I took some days off from work. Our original weekend getaway plans had to be canceled due to some unavoidable circumstances but we decided to make a quick overnight trip up to the White Mountains. I've heard a lot about the White Mountains but I've never been to that part of the state. It's about a four/five hour drive from our house. We took the scenic route and stopped several times along the way so it took us a bit longer. So, Monday morning we packed up the car, grabbed Colt and away we went. Tom's co-pilot keeping an eye on the road. The scenic route was a big loop taking us east into Willcox and then north to Safford. Our overnight destination was the Pinetop/Lakeside area but we drove through Clifton, Morenci, Alpine, Nutrioso, and Eagar in order to get there. This had us in Apache National Forest for a good chunk of the trip. The National Forest is basically the border between Arizona and New Mexico. Our