Feb 8 Apache Junction trip

 Well, I will try and catch up with our activities as best i can. Friday we went to Apache Junction, Tortilla Flats and took the Apache trail around Superstition Mountain. Our friends drove, as they had been there before and their truck has a little more room than ours. Steve did a great job driving. We stopped at The Lost Dutchman mine and walked around seeing what an old mining area would have look like. Really neat. We didn't tour the house of ill repute but the madam did talk to us from her balcony. I found a shop that made and sold all kinds of metal sculptures

this has my creative juices flowing. I just may have to get a plasma cutter when we get home.

we continued along, seeing great panoramic views of beautiful plants, mountains

 

 We stopped in Tortilla Flats and had lunch at a great restaurant. we found a few things in the gift shop we liked , and I got some post cards.  After Tortilla  Flats the road becomes dirt and very steep and windy and quite narrow one lane. Linda did really good and didn't hide her head from seeing the drop offs and great views. it is a long way around. I got nervous a couple of times , as I am not a good passenger.

we came to Roosevelt dam. It looks a lot like Hoover dam but not as big.

we continued along and made it back to asphalt and good road. we can breathe now.  we came to a little town of Miami and Steve turned off the main street and started driving up and down these narrow residential streets, it felt like we were in Mexico slums but he was having a ball getting his big Dodge thru the houses. one street as pretty much dirt and washed out but we saw a handmade sign that said "thru street" so we continued. Yvonne was telling him to get back to the main road, but he figured that after this "tour" when anyone ever mentions Miami we will think of Arizona vice Florida.  We made it back to the rv park in time for a beautiful sunset. 9 hours was a long day, but what a lifetime chance to really see the sights.

Sunset over Picacho Peak , taken from right beside the RV

More to write but will post this for now.