Show Low & Fool Hollow (a mouthful of o's)

Monday, October 16…

Travel day, but not far to go. Laundry first – 2 loads washed & dried for $4 total. That’s a positive start to the day! Just an hour’s drive south to Show Low (AZ), where the main thoroughfare is named Deuce of Clubs. After 2 days of wondering about these odd nomenclatures, I finally did the research. Great story:

Apparently the city's name resulted from a marathon poker game between Cory Cooley and Marion Clark, equal partners in a ranch that would eventually become the town site. At some point the partners determined there wasn’t enough room for both of them on the ranch and agreed to settle the issue with a game of "Seven Up". When the game dragged on without a winner, Clark finally said, "If you can show low, you win." In response, Cooley turned up the deuce of clubs (lowest card in the deck) and replied, "Show low it is.”  As a tribute to the legend, Show Low's main street is named "Deuce of Clubs."   (adapted from Wikipedia)

Show Low is a nice little town of about 10,000 with the usual amenities. It’s also home to Fool Hollow State Park (no story on that name), which is fantastic. Four loops of RV sites, probably half of which have views of Fool Hollow Lake. The lake is interesting too. Where we camped it's your typical lake w/ shoreline ranging from level to maybe 30° elevation. As I’m wandering Cinnamon Teal Loop, though, I’m suddenly looking at a deep gorge. Impressive geology!  

but no access here!

First lake view...

Hundreds of ducks on the lake... this one apparently happy to see me.

Tranquil Birdhouse 

Illuminated Pine (mid afternoon)

Sunset from our Campsite (Greg's photo)

BlogThought...  We're parked on a tandem pad (like side-by-side shoe boxes with only half of each box touching the other - still plenty of privacy). Anyway, our pad partners are a real nice (LDS) couple from Gilbert AZ. Third marriage for both, and their backstories had both significant similarities and differences from ours. We joined them for s'mores after supper and determined that giant marshmallows are not nearly as effective as regular ones. Save your money.

And 2 owl balloons...