Homolovi State Park

This afternoon we stopped at Homolovi State Park near Winslow Arizona and did three short hikes. First we did the Tsu 'Vo Loop Trail that went between two hill. There were interesting rocks and petroglyphs dating around 600AD

We then drove over to Homolovi II and viewed the ancient ruins, saw many ancient pottery shards and views of the distant Painted Desert to the north and the San Francisco Mountains to the west

We then drove to Homolovi I and viewed the ancient ruins, and saw lots of ancient pottery shards.

We saw several lizards and a small rattlesnake

We saw several donkeys wandering throughout the park

Some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today:

Tonto Natural Bridge State Park

This morning we visited Tonto Natural Bridge State Park near Payson Arizona. Some of the trails were closed from being washed out in a recent storn. We were able to go to all 4 of the viewpoints of the Natural Bridge and to the trail to the bottom of the bridge, about 1 mile of walking. View of the Natural Bridge from viewpoint 1 which is upstream of the bridge

Views from viewpoint 2, show the area upstream but across Pine Creek, the bridge cannot be seen here, but I like the rock formations

Views along the trail heading towards the downstream side of Tonto Natural Bridge

Views of Pine Creek downstream from the bridge

From Viewpoint 3: first photo looking down at the trail heading to the bottom of the bridge, second photo the top of the bridge

View of Tonto Natural Bridge from Viewpoint 4

We saw a mule deer and a northern flicker

some of the wildflowers we saw along the trail today: