Dave and I set sail at nine this morning for a 170 mile loop ride to Roosevelt Lake in the Tonto Basin and the Tonto National Monument. Another gorgeous day, blue skies, 94 degrees, wind in our hair (if we unbutton our shirts) and not much traffic.
We left the RV park and turned north on Hiway 87 through the Tonto National Forest. It is a forest of Saguaro cactus. We turned east on 188 to the Theodore Roosevelt dam and the resulting Roosevelt Lake. The original dam was the largest masonry dam in the world at the time of construction. It was later modified and rebuilt using concrete.
A short distance east of the dam, we hiked up to the lower cliff dwellings in Tonto Basin. We weren't able to go inside due to an infestation of Africanized (read killer) bees. The half mile hike up to the dwellings was worth the sweat and hard breathing (we weren't dressed for hiking) if only for the views from the path.
After a decent pulled pork sandwich at The Boston Bar & Grill, we finished our loop
by continuing to Hiway 60 and west to Apache Junction.As always, click on the picture to enlarge it.
8 comments:
Who is that brokedown, decrepit, ancient, dinosaur walking up the trail? We know it ain't you.
Oh! We saw Globe/Miami and all but we never saw this stuff! It's great. We only found the saguaro's outside Tucson. Now we have to go back!
Hey anonymous! You walked right over the top of me! Dinosaurs are all in Vernal, Utah!
Awesome bridge. Name?? Roosevelt Bridge, I suppose!
That would be my dear friend Dave walkin up the path ahead of me. No other sign of dinosaurs in the area.
Mary, everything up there is named Roosevelt, so I imagine the bridge is, too. 41 people died building the original dam.
There is an upper cliff dwelling that I've yet to find.
The subject dinosaur seems to have escaped from Vernal. Don't tell Duchesne County humane society where he is.
Which Roosevelt are they named after, Teddie #25(who wished for things) or Frankie #32 (who built things)?
Theodore.
Yes, of course. The first significant environmentalist, conservationist.
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