Well, Hello again folks! Ready to go on a little Jeep ride in the mountains of Arizona? I am. So strap in to your seats and we will get this show on the road or trail if you will. Figured I would start off with me in the jeep. We are going to head out Az Rte 88 from Apache Junction to Roosevelt Dam. We will go through Tortilla Flat and right by Canyon Lake and Apache Lake. Should be fun, so hang on.
How about that scenery? We have seen so much of it around here already! The roads are pretty narrow and it can be a long drop off the road if you don't pay attention.
Aren't you glad I'm driving and not the guy who was driving this van? Somebody wasn't paying attention and probably suffered the consequences. Sure would have been an E-ticket ride at Disney!
Talk about a drive back in time. This was Tortilla Flats and it looks like some of the cars there were still like new. Nah, it's just an old collector car poker run of some kind. Neat old cars though!
I am told that after we leave Tortilla Flats the road will no longer be paved. Just what we are looking for in a jeep.
While at Tortilla Flats we read about the Lost Dutchman's mine and the Inn there. Pretty neat stuff, although I think it is probably more of a myth than truth.
We stopped at Apache Lake and had a nice lunch. This picture shows the view that we had from our table. I took the picture right through the window. Came out pretty good.
This is a view of the Apache Lake Campground and Restaurant area. The Restaurant is on the far right with the green roof. Not many people there when we went through and took a little long to get food but was worth it and the guy who served us was very friendly and the meal was very reasonably priced. Food was very good.
We then came to the Roosevelt Dam. The first pick is on the other side of the dam which is fed by the Salt River (I believe I am correct on this).
This pic is below the dam. It is a beautiful river flowing through a couple of lakes, Apache & Canyon lake. The water was so clean and blue in color. Not like back home where most of the lakes, rivers and streams are all the color of mud.
We stopped at Apache Lake and had a nice lunch. This picture shows the view that we had from our table. I took the picture right through the window. Came out pretty good.
This is a view of the Apache Lake Campground and Restaurant area. The Restaurant is on the far right with the green roof. Not many people there when we went through and took a little long to get food but was worth it and the guy who served us was very friendly and the meal was very reasonably priced. Food was very good.
We then came to the Roosevelt Dam. The first pick is on the other side of the dam which is fed by the Salt River (I believe I am correct on this).
This pic is below the dam. It is a beautiful river flowing through a couple of lakes, Apache & Canyon lake. The water was so clean and blue in color. Not like back home where most of the lakes, rivers and streams are all the color of mud.
This picture shows a little more clearly how blue the water is.
It also shows the road after it turned to nothing but a dirt road leading up to the Dam.
Well that is all for today's trip. I will be looking on the internet and searching for some more scenic drives or good places for us to go visit. Hope you enjoyed the short trip, even tho it took me most of the day to do. But hey, that is what we are out here for. Ta Ta for now.
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