Our first snow (in AZ)

Around 10 AM Saturday morning Jonathan, myself and Jackson loaded into the truck and headed North to the Mogollon Rim. Departing Phoenix the sky was partly cloudy and the temperature was in the 60s. An excellent day for a road trip. As we drove Jackson napped, the temperature dipped and the cloud coverage increased. No worries, it would still be a lovely trip. Turning off in Camp Verde we continued our climb in elevation and starting driving through thickening fog patches.   Not too long after we started noticing sparse patches of snow, our first snow sighting in AZ!

 

The closer we got to the Rim turn off, the thicker the fog coverage and the higher the snow level. Perhaps this wasn't going to turn out as we hopped. We had already traveled a good hour and a half, so there was no use turning back now. Upon reaching the foggy, snow covered, off-road turn off to the rim we decided enough was enough. As we got out of the car to touch the snow like first time tourists I noticed that it was starting to sleet. The combo of semi slushy snow, sleet, thickening fog, and a relatively light truck encouraged me to keep our stop relatively short.

Jackson didn't quite know what to make of the cold substance below his feet, but put up with our mandatory photos quite well. In one picture he is looking particularly pathetic, but you'll noticed he isn't as dramatic in the others.

What is this???

Look Ma, snow!

Back on the paved road we headed South and noticed that areas that hadn't been foggy on our drive North were now considerably so. After about an hour the temperature increased a good 20+ degrees and Phoenix greeted us with high 60s and plenty of sunshine. Home sweet home. We'll surely be back to the Mogollon Rim but perhaps we'll wait till the spring or late summer.


 



A little highway Chirstmas spirit.