Shades of Blue and Green

One way to keep from getting too Blue during the

current social distancing, in response to Covid-19, is

to go for a drive.  So  yesterday we tried it again.

(Remember you can double click on any photo

to enlarge it and then use the "back arrow" to return.)

The clear blue cloudless sky was 

a beautiful contrast to the spring green grass, bushes

and Saguaros that covered the hills.

Of course there's always time for Don to try and

find another geocache or two.

This beautiful loop drive took us up and down over many

steep grades and climbing to over 5,500' elevation as  you

can see from the following video.

Time for the driver to catch his breath

so we stopped to find another geocache.

And no drive would be complete without a

little dirt driving

and an opportunity to photograph a 

colorful thistle to compliment

all the shades of blue & green!

Roosevelt lake is about 22.4 miles long and has a 

128 mile shoreline.

Hard to find a better lunch spot than this... 

Especially one with a somewhat flat rock table.

The Roosevelt Bridge looked great, especially without

any cars interfering with the view.

Don decided to look for another geocache at 

the entrance of Tonto National Monument since the

park was closed.  He didn't have any luck, but I did...

I didn't even know that Owl Clover grew 

in AZ, but here it is!!!

I also had an opportunity to shoot this video of

Roosevelt Lake by standing  on a cement bench next to

a large wall which made the process easy.

Then we headed for Globe where we picked up

Highway 60 West to Gold Canyon, completing

our 150 mile loop.