Our Road Trip To Eastern Arizona

We ate lunch at a Mexican Restuarant in Safford & afterwards I asked the owner at

the desk if she happened to know where the old Cluff Ranch was & told her I had

Cluff ancestors who had lived there. Guess what? She happened to have married into the

Cluff family & we chatted & she told us we could find the Cluff Ranch about 5 miles south

of Pima taking Main Street south out of town across from the old Museum. One of the

waiters said he grew up there. We stopped at Firestone to get some air in a low tire &

the fellow at front desk also grew up on the Cluff Ranch. So we had a nice chat then headed

out on our high adventure!! It was kinda fun & surprizing to see all those Cluff signs &

going there after reading all the history of what took place there.


Mount Graham makes a nice backdrop behind the temple. I was really impressed with

all the new Magnolia Trees they've planted around the temple. I fell in love with all the

Magnolia Trees in Georgia when we go to visit. The flowers are just beautiful & smell

wonderful also. These trees here will be really pretty when they grow bigger. The couple

who gave the tour through the temple had served a mission near Savannah Georgia so

we had a nice chat with them.

Thursday the 13th we drove down to the Gila Valley Arizona Temple Open House. It really

was good to get out of the city & see some country again, going & coming. A nice scenic

drive. And it brought back alot of memories of our trips going there when Michelle

attended E. A. We used to drive down for her choir & other talent performances. And

now there is a temple there! Wow! I'm happy for them & think our ancestors are

pleased too!