Our original weekend plans were to cruise up to Payson for a family camping trip. However, Scott and Jami both ended up with colds, so we rested up on Saturday instead. We took off early this morning for a day trip to Payson to picnic among the pines and then do a little hiking and sightseeing. When we first arrived, the weather was pretty chilly, rainy, and foggy. We enjoyed lunch just up the bank from Christopher Creek and then ventured down the winding trail to explore the creek. The weather had cleared up a bit so we then loaded up our gear and headed up the mountain to the Mogollan Rim and Woods Canyon Lake. Both Luke and Reid are truly at home in the outdoors, and we all appreciated a good dose of fresh air!
Mom and Little Reid Riding Hood. 
Dad and the boys make their way across the creek.
After this full day, we decided to start the drive home. (This is where the road less traveled begins.) We noticed a sign that said our highway to return to Phoenix was closed. This seemed a little strange, so we inquired in town and learned an oil tanker had exploded on the highway and it was closed in both directions. We found out more about the detour and off we went. To look on the bright side, we were able to see some parts of the state we'd not yet seen: Roosevelt Dam and Lake, the towns of Miami and Globe and their many antique shops, and the nearby mines. We imagined it would take us a little longer than the normal 2 hours to get home ... but not 4 1/2 hours!! The traffic was very backed up. The boys did well considering, and Mom did her best to keep the boys occupied with bribes of graham crackers & oreo cookies, crazy games involving funny faces, and playing the ring tones on her phone. Oh well. Sometimes memories come both from the road trip and the road less traveled.
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