Nice Drive to Overgaard

It was a perfect day to take a nice, long drive in the countryside. We had made arrangements with a real estate agent in Overgaard, AZ, (Ernest Matkin) who is the top agent in the area and works for West USA Realty. We planned to meet him around noon which meant we had to leave around 8:30 AM for the three hour drive.

We took the western route - up I-17 and across US 260, through Pine, Strawberry and Payson where we called Ernest and he gave us directions to his office which is right on route 260 in Heber. The Mogollon Rim is a spectacle and geographical wonder of nature that still amazes us. It is one of Arizona's landmarks and is the dividing line between the southern, desert country, and the very heavily treed northern country. Heber-Overgaard lies between Payson and Show Low and is on the Rim. We have a couple shots of the Rim as we approached it on the way to Heber-Overgaard on route 260:

As we got closer to our destination, we were surprised to see so much air traffic in the area which is evidenced by the vapor trails in the clear, blue sky. At one time we spotted 12 separate trails that criss-crossed the sky. This is one shot of all the flight activity:

The sky was totally clear except for these vapor trails from the airlines.

It was a fun day and we saw a few cabins that were good possibilities for us. The Heber-Overgaard area is one that has attracted us for quite some time as being a small community that is made up of mostly seasonal folks and is laid back and in a beautiful area. The homes we viewed were all in the Bison Ranch community and Ernest said we should also look at homes that were not in planned communities and offered much more for the money. He is going to line up some of those for a return visit. The problem now is that many of the properties that are available are vacant and off the market for the winter season. We may not be able to see good properties until the Spring. We'll see.

We left the area at 2:30 PM and chose to return along the Beeline Hwy - US 87 - which is a bit shorter than the way we drive in the morning, but takes longer as we had to drive through more populated areas to get from the Beeline Highway to Lake Pleasant. It was close to 6 PM by the time we arrived home. It was a terrific day, and we look forward to returning to this area to see more nice properties...