Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Our Adventure in Payson

So a little over a week ago we went camping for the night up in Payson, which only takes about an hour to drive to from our house. It was beautiful and we had a great time. The second day we went for a nice hike up to the top of a big hill, which was pretty. We got all loaded up to head back home around noon, and the car wouldn't start. It has never really given us any trouble, so we were surprised. We asked the ranger if he could give us a jump, and he tried, but that didn't work either. To make a long story short, 6 hours later, after we had tried several things, we had the car towed into a garage in Payson, right about closing time. The wife of the owner drove us to a little motel a little way up the road, where we stayed the night. The next day it was fixed by noon, so we left at that time. It was quite an adventure!



The bottom of the agave plant.

This is a blooming agave plant









This is an alligator juniper tree



Here is the same tree from further back. It is one of my favorites and is in the campsite we stayed at.

5 comments:

Denise said...

I've had "adventures" like that before. I'm glad you got it fixed and had fun too.

Cindy said...

Great pictures. What was wrong with the car?

CR said...

Gorgeous pictures! The lady who gave you a ride sounds really nice, I'm so glad you all were safe!

couplabz said...

Great pictures. What a beautiful place to camp.

What ended up being wrong with your car?

Karen said...

It was a broken safety switch that kills the fuel supply in case of an accident...there wasn't an accident, it just killed the fuel supply.