The Apache Trail
We have moved to Apache Junction and we are in a park where we see the Superstition Mountains out the front window. We wasted no time in taking a drive up The Apache Trail. Actually, we have been in the park 6 days and have found ourselves on this famous trail twice!
And this piece if art made entirely of sand and zippers... yep, zippers.
At the same location, we saw this beautiful country church... at least I thought that is what it was. Actually, this church was built as part of a movie set and its claim to famous is a movie made by Elvis - can't remember which one. Outside is much more impressive than the inside - too much Elvis for me!
This picture has it all. I love taking pictures of mountains, windmills, old buildings and cactus and I love doing it on cloudy days - tada!
It was just a short beautiful drive
and we spotted Canyon Lake. This is one of three lakes in the area that we wanted to "check out".
Every mile, sometimes every few feet, brought a new photographic opportunity.
Oh yea, I love earthly sculptures, too.
Oh, and I love road shots, also.
And let's not forget rainbows. I used the panoramic setting and took 3 shots to get both ends of this rainbow. This was the first time I ever used it, as you can see I have a lot to learn but you get the idea.
This really was a day when we saw all kinds of clouds and weather.
And the scenery just kept getting better and better the farther we drove along Apache Trail.
The road wound around to the bottom where we saw caves and fall colored trees.
And then it wound back up and we were in amongst the saguaro.
We stopped at the the museum and were introduced to this fellow. Isn't this a great painting of a mountain man.
At the same museum we saw this display of mounted military dating from 1776 to 1945.
At the same museum we saw this display of mounted military dating from 1776 to 1945.
And this piece if art made entirely of sand and zippers... yep, zippers.
At the same location, we saw this beautiful country church... at least I thought that is what it was. Actually, this church was built as part of a movie set and its claim to famous is a movie made by Elvis - can't remember which one. Outside is much more impressive than the inside - too much Elvis for me! 
This picture has it all. I love taking pictures of mountains, windmills, old buildings and cactus and I love doing it on cloudy days - tada!
It was just a short beautiful drive
and we spotted Canyon Lake. This is one of three lakes in the area that we wanted to "check out".
Every mile, sometimes every few feet, brought a new photographic opportunity.
Oh yea, I love earthly sculptures, too.
Oh, and I love road shots, also.
And let's not forget rainbows. I used the panoramic setting and took 3 shots to get both ends of this rainbow. This was the first time I ever used it, as you can see I have a lot to learn but you get the idea.
This really was a day when we saw all kinds of clouds and weather.
And the scenery just kept getting better and better the farther we drove along Apache Trail.
The road wound around to the bottom where we saw caves and fall colored trees.
And then it wound back up and we were in amongst the saguaro.
As we drove, the clouds changed and played differently on the mountains.
Then we saw Apache Lake, the second one we wanted to "check out".
Since the day was getting away from us, we decided we better head back, about 40 miles, to home. The road home was just as spectacular!
Canyon Lake would be a fabulous place to explore by water.
It had been a wonderful afternoon in the Superstition Mountains. I think we have fallen in love with one more place... we're talking about bringing the boat down next winter...
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