I've discovered another great thing about a library career -- the opportunity to travel. Now that May graduation is behind us, long summer weekends loom. And there's no better place to begin the summer travel season than than Greer, Arizona!
Greer, in the upper northeast quadrant of the state, lies in Apache Country, in the middle of Arizona's White Mountains. Driving north, the high desert of mid-Arizona quickly gives way to tall pines in 8,000 elevation, approaching ShowLow and Heber, Arizona.
The mountainous drive winds along scenic Highway 260 into 'rim country' -- Arizona's Mogollan Rim -- through the small towns of Strawberry, Pine, and Payson, clean mountain air and piney smells, assailing the senses. No trip through Pine is complete, however, without a stop @ the small antique galleries on Highway 87, or the Herb Shop and the Nifty 50s Diner for breakfast.
Next trip? perhaps that long-awaited look into Navajo land @ Monument Valley.
