Monday, May 12th

Yesterday was Sunday and we took the day off and it being Baptist Sunday we went to the First Baptist Church of Show Low. The pastor preached exactly 15 minutes too long because it was 12:15 by the time we got out of church. We went to Licano's Restaurant to celebrate Mothers Day. Then we went to Home Depot where we bought a small, portable gas grill. If the wind stops blowing we should have some delicious grilled meat. How does hot dogs sound?

Today we started at mile marker 340. We walked through Show Low and beyond. Is everyone sick of hearing about Show Low? OK, that's the last time I will mention it. Upon leaving (that town) the landscape changed. We are now in the cedar woods. Well, not exactly woods, but there are no pine trees here, just cedars. On we walked and did it ever get windy. We are headed for Springerville, which is at 7000 ft elevation and we should get there by Thursday or Friday. We did have one first today. We saw our first bobcat road kill. It was duly recorded and certified by John Goodman. Today was a good day for road junk, I mean treasures. I found an ADOT (Arizona Dept. of Transportation) orange sweatshirt. Just my color!, a Tennessee license plate, a table knife and spoon, a wrench, a chisel and .39 cents. Stay tuned .....