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
In 1978, very low... 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
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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