Along the Apache Trail

[Red Rabbit]

A drive along the Apache Trail was on the agenda for this past weekend. I had not been out to Canyon and Apache lakes in maybe 25 years, so I took the long route to Jeremy Ulmer's grand openting of his archery shop, Chasing a Dream, in Payson.

 

Saturday sunrise at Canyon lake did not light up as anticipated, but I did find a neat cactus in a hole that did remind me of an owlet at first.

The early morning light was gone by the time I left Canyon Lake, but I took a few photos anyways on the way to Apache. No vehicles were met on Fish Creek Hill, but it was not as bad as its reputation.

 

 

 

 

After spending a few hours in Payson, I drove back along the trail to Phoenix Saturday evening in hopes of some nice evening light, but bluebird skies prevailed.

 

 

 

 

Doug~RR

[CouesWhitetail]

Beautiful!! Love to the "owlet" cactus, that's a neat find.

 

 

[bonecollector]

Beautiful!! Love to the "owlet" cactus, that's a neat find.

+1 I like that photo as well. You sure do get around AZ a lot, I hope to get the chance to that someday.

[COOSEFAN]

Awesome photos as usual Doug! It was great to finally meet you and Rica in person this past weekend as well! JIM>

[Chef]

Doug,

Nice pics as always.

Wish the sun would have been better for you that day, I bet you would have gotten a lot more pictures. I also like that owl cactus!

[Snapshot]

Nice!

[tjhunt2]

It was a pleasure to meet you this Sat. and thanks for the pictures of my old hunting grounds. I have taken a lot of game from that area around Apache Lake and you certainly have away with bringing out the beauty of any part of the state you visit. Thanks Doug!

 

TJ