Mogollon RIm family walk

 Close to the cabin is the Mogollon Rim (pronounced "mug-ee-yun,".)  The Mogollon Rim is a topographical and geological feature cutting across the northern half of the U.S. state of Arizona. It extends approximately 200 miles, marking the southern border of the Colorado Plateau. A small alk along the rim with a picnic lunch.

A little hazy due to a forest fire about 80 miles soouth

the 3 amigos

taking pictures of their shadows "rocks making faces" in the shadows

A dragon head in the fallen log?

Ducks head?

Fil and the duck head

Lunch time

Next Day

 A visit to the neighbor who raises donkey.  Actually she has several donkeys and a mule,

Poitou Donkey  about 18 months old and very playful

Later in the day there was a visit to Willow Springs Lake

Meteor Crater Natural Landmark

 A 1 1/2 hour ride took us to the Meteor Crater Natural Landmark.  A mere 50,000 years ago a meteor crashed into this spot in Arizona.  

 A close look on the right side of the fence at the bottom

there is a 5' x 3" American flag and next to that is a

a 6 foot cutout of an astronaut

Heber - Overgaard

 I had the opportunity to get some pictures while we were in Heber-Overgaard.  Our first outing was to Black Canyon.  Along the rode we saw wild horses.  There plenty of these horses in the area.

Then to Black Canyon Lake- 

The sisters

In the cool evening we were able to sit around the ol' firepit (fire was lit later).  Great way to close out the day.

Traveling in the Pandemic

With a continuing case of cabin fever we decided to take a road trip to the mountains in Arizona.  With Bettys sister having a cabin in the Heber-Overgaard area  we decided it was a time for a visit.  I plotted a route that we considered safe.  With only stopping for gas and biological breaks in safe conditions we were comfortable to make the trip. A stop at a Sonic drive-in for lunch and then getting KFC for dinner and eating it in the hotel we were comfortable.  The second day was Arby's for lunch and eating in the car again then that evening we were at our destination.  

On the second day we passed the National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Vary Large Array Radio Telescope. This is about 2 hours north of Albuquerque, and 50 miles west of Socorro.  Due to the pandemic it was closed.  But I did get a few pictures of part of the array,  

The Very Large Array has 27 active antenna dishes. Each of these 230 ton antennas can be moved to different locations with the help of a transporter. This lets astronomers place them in several patterns known as configurations. The antennas can be clustered together within an area no more than 0.6 miles wide, or spread across a diameter of 22 miles

From there the road is kina lonesome.

A little farther down this high we stopped in Pie Town to eat our Arby's sandwich's.  Pie Town is not a busy cross road,