Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Lost Dutchman, Superstition Mountains.

Superstition Mountains Arizona

The view from our campsite at Lost Dutchman state park.

The lost Dutchman mine is right there! Some where???

The moon rising at Lost Dutchman.

Old Steam tractor at Goldfield Ghost town.

Old 16 foot lathe at the mines.



A small mine just outside Goldfield.

Goldfield as seen from the train.
The church at Goldfield Az.

Saturday, January 7, 2012

Arizona

Big Barrel cactus just outside our door.

More cactus.

"Solar Baby" Getting ready to cook. 

Cooking the buns. 300 degrees. Not bad for January.

Cooking buns and building a larger oven at the same time.

Dinner is almost ready.

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Things I learned at Buckhorn.

Always carry a leatherman

Pull slow.

Never take one step back.

Patty next to a very large cactus.

Never get too close.

The old and the new.

Very old.

Our new campsite for a few days.

Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Buckhorn Campground Az.

The view out our screen door.

Hanging out at Buckhorn campground at Usery Mountain Regional Park.

Easy to find Phoenix as long as you can see the mountain.

"Solar Baby" soaking up some rays.

Sundown in the desert.

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Tonto National Forest Az, Solar Cooking.

The neighbor's dog at Arizona Cowboy's RV in  Mesa AZ

I have started building the very best solor oven yet.

The inner frame all glued and screwed together.

Fitting the stove pipe to the outside. I gave my son the 2 large ovens. Too big for us.

Salt River actually had water in it.

The sun behind a cactus.

More cactus

Still more cactus.

Miles of cactus.

Dry camping at Tonto National Forest AZ.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Cascabel house. They have 2 very large pottery kilns and a pottery shop.

The backside of the house.

Tents everywhere. They sell pottery, all kinds of crafts, and veggies and live music.

Big Horn out at the Desert Museum

A Choati.

An Otter just floating around.

A rattlesnake out at the desert museum.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Solar cooking in Cascabel

Visiting my son near Cascabel AZ. Set out all 3 solar cookers and no sun.

We went to a fair that was held on a really neat farm.

Patty enjoying the fair.

My son stirring the corn chowder

Watch your step

Only 1 more mile up this hill to Eric's house

Nice flower

A cactus flower

Cactus garden

Patty playing turtle.

A bunch of prairie dogs.

A very large cat.

Ore cars at the mouth of the mine

The hawks put on a show today, it was great