I think we arrived in Clifton about noon. Ate at Basha's deli - didn't notice the Hotel/Restuarant/Bar across the highway that was hosting a large Porche Group lunch. The food was ok, and better for us than the Restaurant - at least, I like to think that.
News to me - Clifton has the largest copper mine in North America - The Morenci Copper & Gold Mine. A VERY large hole in the ground. A very impressive excavation; wonder what the mountains used to look like? See photos here.
The highway North out of Clifton has to have some of the curviest roads I've ever seen. Very slow driving. I'd recommend anyone with an RV try this road and just see how good your brakes really are! Well, a couple hours later we arrived in Alpine. Greatly behind in our schedule AND not seeing any especially nice campgrounds. Don't think we'd go camping along that road, anyway.
Something of note. While passing a campground not too far South of Alpine, we were stopped while three large semi-trunks negotiated the sharp turn into the campground. These trucks were from Houston's Trail's End Restaurant and Mobile Catering, Kanab, UT. This appeared to be a BIG operation. The hand-drawn sign on the highway said "ICP". Later on we passed two large trunks hauling potable water. Anybody have ideas about this?
At Eager, we saw black smoke and several emergency vehicles; some from as far away as Pinetop. Last night we learned that a small airplane had crashed into the High School. Luckily the school was empty at the time.
We did find our camground - the Rolfe C. Hoyer campground (near Greer). A very, very nice National Forest facility. http://bit.ly/d88lKl. We plan to try it out in a couple of weeks.
Oh, by the way, the road North of Clifton makes the Salt River Canyon drive a real cruise.
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