Our campsite overlooks Tonto National Monument 

(ancient cliff / cave dwellings on the mountain side)

We were out of bed by 6 on Friday morning of the 4th. After a quick breakfast, loading the truck with items that we didn't want to freeze overnight, draining the waterlines down, locking all doors, and turning the stat down to 46 we headed out the driveway with the Sunset Creek following behind. It was just a few minutes before 8 and we were headed to the Southwest, Arizona to be specific. We took US 2 across the UP and went thru Wisconsin passing by Green Bay (where the Packers would be playing the following evening), Oshkosh, and over through Madison. We continued into Iowa at Dubuque, over thru Des Moines and south to Missouri. Sometime around midnight we found a nice Wal-Mart a hour or 2 north of Kansas City to catch 5 or 6 hours sleep. 

Day 2 we continued on thru KC and on into Kansas. We crossed the state from NE to SW on mostly 2 lane highways and ended up cutting thru the panhandle of Oklahoma, followed by a couple of hours in Texas and on into New Mexico. We were getting tired and found a nice state park near Santa Rosa to settle in for the night around 8. After taking nice hot showers we were ready to read a bit and hit the sack. 

Day 3 we headed out before daylight, fueled up, and drove mostly hwy 60 across NM to AZ. We went thru Show Low down to Globe, where we stopped at Walmart to buy some supplies before heading out to Roosevelt Lake here in Tonto NF. We ended up finding the same campsite we used last winter and were all settled in by mid afternoon. 

Suset from our campsite at Windy Hill CG

Saw this guy near our campsite

A Super Cub flying by our campsite with the 4 Peaks Wilderness in the background