Well some of these pictures have been floating around, but the story was never told here. I guess I may as well tell it, at the very least to explain the dirty cars!

Last May, Anitta and I did a little day trip from Phoenix through Tortilla Flat, down to Globe, up to Show Low, over to Payson, and then back down. Here's a map of the route:



This is the landscape just outside of town, in the foothills of the Superstition Mountains:







Here we are at Canyon Lake:







And approaching Tortilla Flat:



...once you pass which, the road turns to dirt - a key point I missed when I was planning the route on Google Earth.



This would be great in a jeep.

Did I mention that she had just yesterday finished claybarring the entire car?



I hope she isn't pissed at me yet.

Did I mention that she had been working on the car a panel at a time, over the course of the last week?

Maybe there's not too much further to go on the dirt...



OH, Holy ****, yeah I'm in trouble:



WHAT have I gotten us in to?



Is she still back there?



Yep, I think she's committed (or she's gonna have to be :mrgreen.



Finally back on paved roads, the result of my little excursion:





I'm lucky she's a good sport. You learn a lot about a person by thrashing their hard work...



Despite the dirt, I love this shot:



Spot the Nanner?



^^ Just to the right of center-span.



I love this one too:



It's almost worth going back to this spot (on the paved route this time) to retake this picture with clean cars.

Here's the bridge and Roosevelt Lake:



Back on the road, we're ready to move:







Up in the pines, south of Show Low:



And back in town, an endcap on a great day: