Smoke on the mountain

This was our view as we headed up to the camping trip from yesterday's photo - lots of fog as we climbed the road into the storm clouds; this is up on the Rim Road outside of Payson

Tree fort

We went camping this past weekend, so in honor of it, I'm posting a pic from our previous camping trip - this cool tree fort kept the kids busy for awhile - a friend of ours was nice enough to get it started for the kiddies

Back to the forest

One more shot from our visit last month to Mount Lemmon, near Tucson

Arizona DP Theme Day - Arizona's Hidden Treasures

I almost let the theme day for the Arizona daily photo blogs slip by - the theme for this month is Arizona's Hidden Treasures, so I chose one from a road trip we did last summer, when we visited Canyon de Chelly - as you can see, it is very impressive, much like the Grand Canyon - but, much more off the beaten path and much less touristy

See Arizona treasures at these other daily photo sites:

Flagstaff Daily Photo

Chandler Daily Photo

Prescott Area Daily Photo

Tempe Daily Photo

Scottsdale Daily Photo

Glendale Daily Photo

Filtered sunlight

I loved the way the sun was filtering through the trees during our hike on Mount Lemmon

Burn out

A close up of one of the poor burned up trees; kind of makes it look like a haunted forest

Fire damage

There was an awful fire a few years ago on Mount Lemmon, wiping out a lot of cabins and most of the town of Summerhaven - here is a shot through some of the damaged trees; it is still very pretty up there, and the town is slowly coming back

Walk through the woods

This was a little hike we did up on Mount Lemmon, near Tucson (near Ski Valley)

Up in the pines

This was taken at the top of Mount Lemmon, right outside of Ski Valley; Mount Lemmon is near Tucson, and the only town was badly damaged by fire a few years back; it looks like it's trying to come back, though

Nice Day....

... For a wedding - at least, I think that's what this was set up for - this is at the Reid Park Zoo in Tucson

Lake Pleasant

A sunset shot over Lake Pleasant, which is just northwest of Phoenix

Just some posts

Just a shot from taken during a road trip, I think right around Saguaro Lake - I like the purple mountain in the background with the green grass;

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Arradon, France

Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Rijeka, Croatia

Houseboat

Another view of the houseboat I featured a few days back, on Saguaro Lake

my three favorite daily photos for today are:

Champions Gate, Florida

St. Kilda, Australia

Portland, Maine

An Arizona beach

Here is the small little beach at Saguaro lake, where you can pretend to be in California or Hawaii.

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Auckland, New Zealand

Selma, Alabama

Brookville, Ohio

Heaven shining down

It looks like Heaven has opened up right over this houseboat on Saguaro Lake - not a bad place to be

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Nice, France

Malaga, Spain

Petosky, Michigan

The path along the lake

There's a pretty little path that follows around Saguaro Lake

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Budapest, Hungary

Cedar Key, Florida

Paderborn, Germany

Road trippin'

Just a road trip pic that I took a few months back; we were heading back into Phoenix from a trip to the rim country near Payson

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

McKinney, Texas

Nantes, France

Boston, Massachusetts

Roadtrip picture

Here's a pic that I meant to post after our roadtrip through Northern AZ this summer, but I never got around to it - this is on the property of the Hubbell Trading Post in Ganado, AZ

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Manila, Philippines

Thurso, UK

Chateaubriant, France

Canyon de Chelly

Here's the last shot I'll share from our roadtrip; we made a stop at the Canyon de Chelly, just outside of Chinle on the Navajo Reservation - incredible place, worth the trip - I'd love to go down inside it, but you need to pay a tribal guide to do it, and we just didn't have the time;

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Saigon, Vietnam

Willits, California

New York, New York .... hmmmm

Hogan

All over the Navajo Nation, you see these little round houses, called hogans; they used to be used as the main residence, but now are typically used for ceremonial reasons; this one was on the grounds of the Hubbell Trading Post

My three favorite daily photos for today are:

Sydney, Australia

London, UK

Port Angeles, Washington