“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” — Winston Churchill
Favorite Places: The Tonto Basin
The first time I passed through Tonto Basin, I crossed the lake on the Roosevelt Dam. This bridge was opened to get traffic off the dam in 1990. I chose it as an example of near and far because of the yellow blossoms in the foreground, the bridge in the middle ground and the mountains in the far distance. — Photo by Pat Bean
During my cross-country journeys, even before I became a full-time RV-er, I often planned my trips so I would pass through Arizona’s Tonto Basin.
Located at the base of the Mongollon Rim, which runs across Arizona for 200 miles, with Tonto Creek flowing through it, the valley has always lifted my spirits. I love the tall arm-spreading saguaro cacti that dot the landscape, the clear mountain air that fills my nostrils and the sight of curve-billed thrashers flitting the ground.
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