if 666 ( 191 ) wasn't in the Wallow fire zone, lets run Phoenix to Clifton then Devil's highway past the Meadows up to Eager then Show Low across 260 to Payson and back to PHX. "The Eastern Big Loop"
More twisties than you could ever want in one day, and its a very full day around 550 miles and a helluva lot of serious driving. Not sure what the Wallow fire has left for anyone in the scenery department.
Or cut it in half and run to Globe for breakfast and then up 77 thru the twisties to Show Low then 260 to Payson and 87 back to Phoenix
(beware of DPS officers on 77 north of Globe, some regulars up that way)