Salt River Canyon

 I've been working on the mural in Gilbert most of the week.  My neighbor asked me to come with her on a road trip 'to get some honey butter in Strawberry'.  What started out to be a short trip turned into an eight hour tour of the best scenery in Arizona!  We went past Red Mountain to Payson and then around the loop through the Salt River Canyon to Globe and Superior and several small mining towns along the way.  The wild flowers are blooming in the desert and the mountains are covered in tall pines. Here are a few pictures of  Salt River Canyon.  It's a winding road of switchbacks down into the valley and then back up.  It's off to work now on the prep for the mural.