Driving from the low desert in the Salt River Valley to the high country of the White Mountains produces a particularly strong effect of contrast. Within a few hours, your perceptions of the state of Arizona can change dramatically. I have heard people, upon opening their car door and stepping out onto the soft cushion of pine needles and upon looking around, exclaim that they had no idea such a place could even exist in Arizona. There is no place I have ever been that compares. There are mountains more dramatically high, there are snow capped peaks that inspire awe, but there is no other place with the clarity of atmosphere and open vistas of the mountains of eastern Arizona.
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