An amazing aspect of our new home is the access to the wilderness. Payson is surrounded by national forest. Last evening Kadizzle set out on the motorcycle to take the twenty mile loop through the wilderness. In less than a mile from home the road leads to Doll Baby Ranch. In an instant you leave civilization and enter a land almost untouched by humans. You get to see what the natives saw. After a nine mile trip the pavement gives out. The drop from Payson is maybe two thousand feet. At the bottom is the East Verde River. Ain't no way you crossing it without getting wet on a motorcycle. Then the road goes forever. The real wonder is no human intervention in sight in any direction for up to forty miles. To the west you could go for days and see no human structures. Way off to the southwest you can see the four peaks. Mind boggling that you leave Payson with cars constantly humming on the highway and you travel for an hour without seeing another human being. Topping it off is the air. The recent rains have given the air that extra nice feeling. The temperature was perfect.
Hope the spies are reading. Here goes. The Republican infestation has proved to be frightening. Knowing we live in a world where almost half the people are delusional is scary. There was a small ray of hope. Some local city commission seats were filled with decent people. Arizona is toast if the Republicans actually make it in the fall. Some minor good news. The current mayor may be defeated. Why is this good news? The current mayor was best man at Joe Airpio's wedding. Remember him, he was the insane sheriff.
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