Arizona Scenery & Sunset

We were released from Springerville, AZ today so we brought the helicopter and fuel truck to Pleasant Valley Airport (P48). We live in the Northwest area of The Valley and one of the other pilots lives in the East valley, so it works out for (almost) everyone.

From Springerville I drove through St. Johns, Holbrook, Winslow and then turned South from Flagstaff. My cousins grew up in St. Johns and I had been there many times as a kid. I haven't been there in a long, long time and I didn't recognize much except for Lyman Lake and the power plant in the distance.

It rained in Flagstaff. We've experienced rain just about everywhere we've been for the past two weeks.

We picked up our kitten from my mom's house and it's good to be home. Our dog and kitten are so happy to be back together again, they are true companions.

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Close to home, "my" mountain in my neighborhood, a happy sight.

Weeds And Wildflowers At Springerville, AZ Airport

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Travel Day: Springerville, AZ

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Cave Creek Ranger Station Helibase

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Ready to go.


Dragonfly.


Tuna is not my favorite thing, but this is really tasty.


Three blackhawk helicopters.


My little woof.


Cierra, keeping cool in the water and shade under the helicopter.


Natalie and PJ (pilot), just landed, waiting for the helicopter to shut down.


My Honey.


Natalie looks really cool in mirrored sunglasses. Me? Not so much.


Cierra is helping (yeah, right) clean out the ice chests.


Everyone helps take good care of my old girl.


The big orange bags hold water.


Natalie is flight following, talking on the radio and watching for that pesky helicopter.


She's good at flight following. She repeats back to the pilot what she heard him say. That's a good thing, then everyone involved knows there's no miscommunication.


There's that pesky helicopter.


N9At at Cave Creek Ranger Station's helibase.


N9AT.

Lastly, some sunset photos. One of many reasons why I love the Southwest.