| The East rim of the Salt River canyon... Highway 60 West, heading toward Phoenix... |
| We have to go down the mountain and cross the Salt River... That's it at the bottom... |
| Down the right side and cross the river at the X.... then wind back to the top on the left side... |
| Approaching Apache Junction... The Superstition Mountains in the distance... The Lost Dutchman Gold Mine is supposed to be hidden in these mountains, it hasn't been discovered to date... |
| Which way did he go George? |
| Looking down into 'Tortilla Flats'... No town there now... |
| A little closer view from in front of the van this time... |
| The X marks the bridge in the next picture... |
| The bridge at the bottom... Won't get your feet wet in that crick... |
| Giant saguaro cactus... keeping sentinel in the desert... |
| Well now, Frank is about six feet tall...that one must be about 40 feet high... |
| Roosevelt Dam... Named for Theodore Roosevelt... Said to be the largest masonry dam in the world at the time... |
| Holding back Roosevelt Lake... when full extending 23 miles long... |
| But in 1978, dangerously low... and this is an important water supply for Phoenix and the Salt river below... |
| A good view from the top there, the last pic and the next were taken from there... |
| You can see from the water marks, where the level has been and is supposed to be... |
| About a third of the way up Lake Roosevelt, a cave dwelling up high... |
| On the way up... hundreds of saguaros and cholla cactus... They call the cholla the 'jumping cactus' and get near one and you will see what they mean... |
| Lots of these dwellings all over Arizona... This one is at Tonto National Monument... |
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They say these were occupied 600 years ago by the Salado indians... To the left, a large clump of cholla cactus, also called the 'teddy bear' cactus and 'jumping' cactus... |
| This dwelling was in a cave that measures 85 feet wide and 40 feet deep |
| And contained 20 rooms... |
| A view of Lake Roosevelt from the cave dwelling... |
| The area at the top of this picture that looks like sand is the dry lake bed, normally filled with water... |
| One more view of Lake Roosevelt on the way down... |
| And then on to Superior, Arizona and heading back to St Joseph... |
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