We left Monument Valley on to Apache-Sitgreaves National Forrest via hwy 191, 40, old route 66 and 260. It is a 2.76-million-acre U.S. National Forrest which runs along the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in east-central Arizona and extending into New Mexico
. The drive was nice with many, many miles of nothing and then something interesting pops up. For example, in the city of Holbrook, out of the corner of our eye we see a dinosaur! Just standing on the street corner minding it's business and then another and then a bunch of them! That was pretty exciting for me after driving miles & miles watching vast amounts of open land.
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| Just standing there looking at the traffic |
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| Dinosaur coming out from behind the tree! |
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| out from behind the tree |
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| Dinosaurs at the Rainbow Rock Shop |
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The Rainbow Rock Shop is home to 7 dinosaurs. It took the owner 20 years to finish building them and they surely are a sight to see. The shop has rocks and petrified wood for sale and "dinosaur" bones for tourists to look at. You can also take pictures with the dinosaurs for .75 cents or do what I did and take pictures as you drive by or from across the street. You can find more information on The Rainbow Rock Shop at http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15815.
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| Rainbow Rock Shop |
We also drove by the infamous Wigwam motel, aka Wigwam Villages. This is a quirky roadside attraction where the rooms are built in the form of a tee-pee or wigwam that you can actually still stay in. The Wigwam motel is a chain in the U.S. built during the 1930s and 1940s. It originally had seven different locations: two locations in Kentucky and one each in Alabama, Florida, Arizona, Louisiana and California. There are only three locations remaining; Arizona, California and Kentucky and are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Along interstate 40 you will see a few dinosaurs randomly standing along the highway. These dinosaurs were originally part of a 14 member group as an advertisement for a museum until it closed and most of the dinosaurs were auctioned off. Eight of the original dinosaurs are now located at Jim Gray’s Petrified Wood Company south of Holbrook.
We arrived in Heber just a few miles from Forest Lakes Campsite in the Sitgreaves National Forrest. We fueled up and headed for camp.
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| Welcome to Heber/Overgaard. Why is Summit Healthcare bigger??? | I almost missed the welcome sign. |
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We were greeted at the park entrance by two very nice ladies. We showed them our America the Beautiful Senior Pass and paid $11 per night versus the regular $21. We got our assigned campsite which was dry camping and close to the restrooms and entrance. There are some sites that have electric only but those need to be reserved in advance. There is a general store about a mile from Forest Lakes that has everything you need for camping and RV's. That is such a convenience if you forget or run out of something.
It was so peaceful and relaxing we really enjoyed ourselves. We even made our first campfire! The campsites have fire rings to build campfires but we didn't have any wood so we collected pine cones and needles. We also found some down branches to add and it made a pretty good fire. We sat at the fire until it was pretty much burned down which was about an hour. Not bad for not having any wood to burn.
Next trip is set for California & Utah. Until next time . . .
"Adventure is out there"
We left Monument Valley on to Apache-Sitgreaves National Forrest via hwy 191, 40, old route 66 and 260. It is a 2.76-million-acre U.S. National Forrest which runs along the Mogollon Rim and the White Mountains in east-central Arizona and extending into New Mexico. The drive was nice with many, many miles of nothing and then something interesting pops up. For example, in the city of Holbrook, out of the corner of our eye we see a dinosaur! Just standing on the street corner minding it's business and then another and then a bunch of them! That was pretty exciting for me after driving miles & miles watching vast amounts of open land. 
Along interstate 40 you will see a few dinosaurs randomly standing along the highway. These dinosaurs were originally part of a 14 member group as an advertisement for a museum until it closed and most of the dinosaurs were auctioned off. Eight of the original dinosaurs are now located at Jim Gray’s Petrified Wood Company south of Holbrook. 
It was so peaceful and relaxing we really enjoyed ourselves. We even made our first campfire! The campsites have fire rings to build campfires but we didn't have any wood so we collected pine cones and needles. We also found some down branches to add and it made a pretty good fire. We sat at the fire until it was pretty much burned down which was about an hour. Not bad for not having any wood to burn.
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