Tuesday, May 6th

We started today at mile marker 279 on Highway 60, between Globe and Show Low. We saw a sign that said there were elk in the area, but the elk weren't cooperating.
On we walked, all downhill for a change. We came to another sign that informed us that we were entering the San Carlos Apache Reservation.Then we entered the Salt River Canyon and did the scenery change. Awesome! The canyon looks like a miniature Grand Canyon. Down and down we went as the highway meandered lower and lower to the Salt River. A word about walking downhill. The highway here is very steep and we are walking down. My hips hurt and John's calves are hurting. This didn't happen going uphill. And as unbelievable as it sounds, we both would rather walk uphill. We finally got to the bottom where we met some nice folks that said that they had seen us walking for the past 3 days. They took our photo and wished us good luck. We crossed the old bridge, pasted the white water raft rentals and continued our uphill walk on the other side of the canyon. The attached photos are mostly of our descent. Today I found a screwdriver, a spade drill, a Rapala fishing lure, a paint scrapper and .02 cents. Stay tuned .....