Acorn Woodpecker,05/16/2002,Strawberry Arizona,Lots of these here and a telephone pole was full of holes.

Strawberry Arizona    05/16/2002    No Notes Entered
Tonto Natural Bridge    05/16/2002    I took the day off and went up here. It was very nice. Not too hot. Noodles wasn't allowed on the trails, but we were allowed to go to all the look-outs. I talked to the ranger.    
Verde River at Ft. McDowell    05/16/2002   

Acorn Woodpecker,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
American Robin,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
Bullock's Oriole,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
Bushtit,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
House Sparrow,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
Lesser Goldfinch,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
Spotted Towhee,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona
Wilson's Warbler,05/17/2002,Strawberry Arizona

Pine Arizona    05/17/2002    See Strawberry Arizona and Tonto Natural Bridge more on this trip. I took the day off and went up here with Noodles. It was very nice. Not too hot.
Strawberry Arizona    05/17/2002    Noodles and I stayed at the Strawberry Lodge. No TV. I dropped by the saloon across the street but stayed for only one beer. It was kind of a rough place. I had the chicken parmigian or however you spell it with buttered noodles and garlic toast at the lodge. There was a very forgetful lady there. She'd forget everything we just talked about. She was really suffering from dementia, but she seemed very nice and smart otherwise. They charged ten extra bucks for my dog Noodles. The other places wouldn't have her. Next time I'll stay at the Alden Inn just before or is it after? Pine.
Verde River at Ft. McDowell    05/17/2002    No Notes Entered
2125 North Villas Lane    05/17/2002    No Notes Entered
East Verde River    05/17/2002    Noodles waded a little. No one was there except us. I carried Noodles back to the truck. Then we went to some other places. This place hasn't changed much since we camped there for ten days in 1959.

Generic No Bird,08/08/2004,Strawberry Arizona,Stopped at that place where we stayed before but there were no birds! Oh it was the STRAWBERRY LODGE.

East Verde River    08/08/2004    Noodles and I walked down a bit and there was a warbler in the tree that had an eye ring and was very yellow with a black-tipped tail, but I can't find such a bird in the book. One car there but no people I could see. Later, a car came by. I didn't stay long, but one day I will go there with some people and look for birds. It's a good spot. I stopped at CONTROL ROAD to find a couple of crinoids. I found a few but they weren't too good. All right and interesting though.
Pine Arizona    08/08/2004    Out by that general store, Noodles had a rest stop. It was by the place where I think we stayed before in some crappy room that isn't recorded here. This was the trip back where I had no air conditioning in the truck because it broke and it was 111 degrees in Chandler and I drove back with Noodles lying on a twenty-pound bag of ice cubes! She was cool. I wasn't. Hell of a drive.
Strawberry Arizona    08/08/2004    Stopped at that place, the Strawberry Lodge, where we stayed before but there were no birds!
Flagstaff House    08/08/2004    Sally and kate were there. I came up on Friday. We went all the way to the end of the ice cave. We went into town. We went to the ski drift lozenge and saw Charles Button, possibly the worst guitar player and singer ever! Noodles had a good time.

Chipping Sparrow,08/10/2005,Strawberry Arizona

East Verde River    08/10/2005    Sally and I stopped on the way down. We walked under the bridge to see our old camping site where 43 years ago we camped out.
Lake Mary    08/10/2005    This is lower Lake Mary. Sally and I stopped just to look for a minute.
Strawberry Arizona    08/10/2005    Just stopped the car to get a bird for strawberry. There were sapsucker holes in a tree.

Acorn Woodpecker,08/13/2006,Strawberry Arizona
Common Raven,08/13/2006,Strawberry Arizona
Rufous Hummingbird,08/13/2006,Strawberry Arizona

East Verde River    08/13/2006    No Notes Entered
Lake Mary    08/13/2006    Upper Lake Mary from the side of the road. I stopped near the end of the lake on the way to Happy Jack and Payson.
Pine Arizona    08/13/2006    No Notes Entered
Strawberry Arizona    08/13/2006    No Notes Entered

Generic No Bird,05/25/2007,Strawberry Arizona,Just drove by. No birds.

East Verde River    05/25/2007    WITH HONEY.
Pine Arizona    05/25/2007    With Honey
Strawberry Arizona    05/25/2007    Drove home via Payson WITH HONEY.
Lake Mary    05/25/2007    Drove down Payson way to get home. WITH HONEY.

Bushtit,08/15/2008,Strawberry Arizona,There were several of them on the side of the road past the Strawberry Inn.
Rufous Hummingbird,08/15/2008,Strawberry Arizona,Onthe side of the road past the Strawberry Inn. That means towards Pine.

Pine Arizona    08/15/2008    Then I went to Control Road and found some crinoids. I didn't have too much luck, though. They were kind of cruddy. Found some corals too.
East Verde River    08/15/2008    I went down to see birds. A dog barked at me. I went back.
Strawberry Arizona    08/15/2008    paragraph     paragraph     paragraph     paragraph
Lake Mary    08/15/2008    Bastards said I owed five bucks just for showing up. There's a sign. I gave him five bucks and he said, "There are two signs. It would be hard to miss them." I said angrily, "Look I just gave you five bucks and it wasn't to have to tell me how stupid and unobservant I was." Later I called up and fought with them and got much the same. But they said they'd give me back my five bucks.

Acorn Woodpecker,05/27/2009,Strawberry Arizona
Violet-green Swallow,05/27/2009,Strawberry Arizona
House Finch,05/27/2009,Strawberry Arizona
House Sparrow,05/27/2009,Strawberry Arizona

Pine Arizona    05/27/2009    I didn't stop at Control Road. Actually there were some people there anyway.
Mormon Lake    05/27/2009    Why the heck is this the only card for Mormon Lake?
Strawberry Arizona    05/27/2009    No Notes Entered
Lake Mary    05/27/2009    I didn't drive into Lower Lake Mary because of the fee. I just pulled over and you know you can go to the lake without paying too. Just park on the highway and walk down.
Old Main    05/27/2009    TO THE WEST OF THE CHOW HALL.
Payson Arizona    05/27/2009    My clutch broke on the way down to Rye, Arizona and I had to coast a few miles down and turn off at Rye. They towed me up to Payson and I ked welded the busted part back together and then fixed it all for twenty bucks.

Generic No Bird,8/8/2010,Strawberry Arizona

Strawberry Arizona    8/8/2010    Steve and I came back through Payson. Nice. One rollover accident down near Mt. Ord I guess. Red car. Looked bad. Long trip. No AC. Ick.
Pine Arizona    8/8/2010    No Notes Entered
East Verde River    8/8/2010    Steve and I passed by the crinoid place not far beyond and didn't really drive into the East Verde place at all.
Mormon Lake    8/8/2010    No Notes Entered