Mark your calendars for the weekend of August 23-25 and start your engines. We are heading to Show Low for a weekend of .........? Actually for whatever you want to do as we have a list of options to choose from.
We'll be leaving Tucson Friday night after work or if you want to leave early Saturday and travel the Salt River Canyon as the sun is rising that's your first option.
We'll be using the Raels Boar Ranch as a base of operations for the weekend and you can plan your Saturday to be as lazy or as active as you want. Stay around the compound in your lounge chair, cruise into Show Low or Pine Top for shopping and sightseeing, head for one of the local lakes, head north to Holbrook for fossils or to the Petrified Forest and Painted Desert (National Park Annual Pass=free admission). After a full day of .....? whatever, we'll be back at Boar Ranch dining on chuck wagon grub of pork, beans and ??? and singing around the campfire.
Lodging choices are dry camp at the compound (this is a one toilet location) or stay in town at America's Best Value Inn (closest lodging to the Ranch at the east end of town and link is below). There are other motels in town if you decide to stay somewhere else.
Sunday will be a return to Tucson or points west with options for the road to be traveled.
In addition to your sense of adventure please bring a chair if you don't want to sit on the ground, whatever you plan on drinking and a side dish for dinner. The Raels are providing the meat and beans for dinner.
Please RSVP so we know how many to plan for.
http://www.americasbestvalueinn.com/bes ... &rcode=gpl