Today is going to be a wonderful sunny day so we took advantage of the weather and went on a day trip with Tom and Lynn. Bryan and Tom rode their motorcycles and Lynn and Carol followed in her car. We first went to Canyon Lake which is nestled in the middle of the desert in a canyon (thus the name), we drove through barren desert land for quite a while and presto, around the corner was the lake. We stopped at a popular restaurant along side the lake for lunch, then headed toward Tortilla Flats, an old mining town about 4 miles from Canyon Lake where the buildings have been converted to small shops. We wandered around the area for a while then headed back towards Phoenix, but before we got back to civilization we made our last stop at Gold Dust Ghost Town, another mining town at the base of a mountain which has been converted into shops using the original buildings. We got there quite late and most of the exhibits were closed, but what we saw was interesting. Our trip took us past Superstition Mountain sitting alone in the desert just east of Apache Junction. We arrived back at our site in time for Happy Hour, the guys dusty and warm while Lynn and Carol stayed cool in the air-conditioned car.
