POST #65

On Monday, March 30th we left the Desert at Picacho Peak, AZ and headed North to Fool Hollow Recreation Area...a distance of about 181 miles.  Mostly clear skies...temps in the low 60's.

It was kinda slow going, a lot of climbing, curves and switchbacks.....

Along the route there were acres of Mexican Poppies....colored the country orange!

Here is a short video clip of part of that drive...

We arrived at Fool Hollow Recreation Area about 3 PM and set up our camp...surrounded by ponderosa pine and juniper trees...

The trip wore out the Boys...and the driver!

Fool Hollow Lake Recreation Area is located in the world’s largest contiguous belt of ponderosa pine forest. A relatively flat basaltic plateau, broken by Show Low Creek and Fool Hollow Wash, characterizes the property. Fool Hollow Lake was created by construction of a dam at the confluence of Show Low Creek and Fool Hollow Wash in 1957 by the Arizona Game and Fish Department with federal assistance. This created a 149 surface acre lake surrounded by National Forest lands.

We discovered our campsite is populated by some local denizens...the Arizona Rock Squirrels...Dozens of them...they come right up to see what we're doing..(and looking for a snack!)...

They started eating out of our hands!  4 to 6 at a time!

And then the little desert lizards. There are dozens of them in this site....

They came over and climbed up on our chairs!  We call them Goannas...

We are here at Fool Hollow Lake until April 9th, can't do much because everything in the nearby town of Show Low, AZ and we need to shelter in place according to the Governor of AZ.  It's a beautiful place to stay so it will not be an inconvenience for sure!  Then we start working our way North towards home.  Stops we had planned along the route, such as Petrified Forest National Park, Canyon de Chelly National Monument, and Monument Valley are all closed so guess we will just drive through...

Until Next Time!!