Payson, AZ / Tonto National Forest

We got to visit my grandfather, Baba, in Payson, AZ (about an hour and a half from Phoenix and more mild weather).  Payson is in the Tonto National Forest which has a lot of stuff to see / do, and the landscape is beautiful -- lots of cacti and big rocks.  I love it!  Payson is a small, quiet town, and it was very peaceful.  We drove south from Payson to visit the Tonto National Monument and cliff dwellings of a group of people known by archaeologists as the Salado.  We were only able to visit the Lower Cliff Dwellings because the Upper ones are only open from November - April.  The Upper ones are more intact and larger, so maybe someday we'll get to visit those.