We woke to pouring rain and a terrible wind but it let up and off we went. Next there was a dusting of white on the roadside, then rainy snowflakes on the windshield for 1 minute.A roadside sign said ' Winter Driving Conditions'. Well that would make me think of our Coquihalla but here the speed limit is 75 MPH and they can't figure out to slow down. There were 12 different vehicles in the ditches in a 2 mile stretch.
You really feel like you are on top of the world, as you descend down from 7000' into the Verde Valley and see our first cactus.
I drove into Campe Verde, the town and the visited the original 1871-1891 Fort Verde, a Military Post from the Indian War period. It was fascinating to walk through this piece of history. The Indian scouts were very valuable to the army, as they say the white man couldn't find their way around or where the water sources were. Various soldier caps and uniforms were displayed as well as the example of the original construction of the walls, made from clay, water and straw dried into bricks by the hot sun.
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