PHOENIX AND BEYOND
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TexasJet
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Went to a polo match, my first, and car show today. My granddaughter was modeling. It was in Scottsdale where all the rich trendy folks live. Beautiful women and very expensive cars.
The first pic is my granddaughter on the right. The other girl is also a model. There were a lot of hats like that today.
The second is typical of the girls roaming around today. The car is a Ferrari.
Third is a Lamborghini, I think.
The first pic is my granddaughter on the right. The other girl is also a model. There were a lot of hats like that today.
The second is typical of the girls roaming around today. The car is a Ferrari.
Third is a Lamborghini, I think.
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TexasJet
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Didn't make the lake Sunday. Turned cloudy and breezy. Turns out Apache Lake is almost 3 hours away. Kind of long for a day trip.
Now the plans are for me and John (daughter's fiancee) to head to the Bluewater Resort and Casino on Friday and cruise Parker all day Saturday and come back to Phoenix Sunday. The Casino is in Parker and they have boat slips on the river. The forcast is for 80 deg + and sunny.
Now the plans are for me and John (daughter's fiancee) to head to the Bluewater Resort and Casino on Friday and cruise Parker all day Saturday and come back to Phoenix Sunday. The Casino is in Parker and they have boat slips on the river. The forcast is for 80 deg + and sunny.
TexasJet
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https://www.google.com/maps/dir/16667+S+37th+St,+Phoenix,+AZ+85048/Canyon+Lake,+Arizona/@33.4140201,-111.8577662,11z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x872b0486fe54b48d:0x34b362454c90ee07!2m2!1d-112.003092!2d33.294126!1m5!1m1!1s0x872bc6b1b969dbfd:0x194e9203f92d7647!2m2!1d-111.4365318!2d33.5422121
Wow!!!!! It worked!!!! Since I didn't have anything better to do I drove to Canyon Lake. I was also going to drive to Apache Lake via the "short" route. See attached link. The road to Canyon is paved. The last 10 miles of road to Apache is unpaved washboard packed dirt. I went 1 mile down the dirt and turned around. I mean serious washboard, like rattle the truck apart.
I can get to Canyon Lake in 1 hour. It's a small lake probably 3 miles long then becomes the Salt River. The road to the lake has a lot of sharp turns cause you are in the mountains. The scenery is nothing short of jaw dropping amazing. I hope the pics do it justice. I pulled over quite a few time to get pics.
I will start attaching pics and descriptions shortly.
First is Superstition Mountains on the way. I am just out of the town of Apache Junction.
Second is the small town (population 6) of Tortilla Flats. Gift shop and restaurant/bar. More on that place later.
Third is a magnificent canyon view from a pull off place on the road to the lake.
Four is Canyon Lake. That is the whole lake before turning into the Salt River up and down stream.
Wow!!!!! It worked!!!! Since I didn't have anything better to do I drove to Canyon Lake. I was also going to drive to Apache Lake via the "short" route. See attached link. The road to Canyon is paved. The last 10 miles of road to Apache is unpaved washboard packed dirt. I went 1 mile down the dirt and turned around. I mean serious washboard, like rattle the truck apart.
I can get to Canyon Lake in 1 hour. It's a small lake probably 3 miles long then becomes the Salt River. The road to the lake has a lot of sharp turns cause you are in the mountains. The scenery is nothing short of jaw dropping amazing. I hope the pics do it justice. I pulled over quite a few time to get pics.
I will start attaching pics and descriptions shortly.
First is Superstition Mountains on the way. I am just out of the town of Apache Junction.
Second is the small town (population 6) of Tortilla Flats. Gift shop and restaurant/bar. More on that place later.
Third is a magnificent canyon view from a pull off place on the road to the lake.
Four is Canyon Lake. That is the whole lake before turning into the Salt River up and down stream.
TexasJet
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A few more:
First is another canyon with mountains. There are a lot of places to pull off the road and take pictures.
Now to the town of Tortilla Flats. It's only 3 buildings. The bar/saloon has some saddles if you want to sit at the bar. Which is where I had lunch. I sat on a normal stool. I had a chili cheese dog and fries. The waitress said the chili was a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale for heat. I told her I was from Texas and I would give her a Texas opinion on the heat. It was very flavorful but only a 4 on the Texas scale. That and 2 Miller Light drafts got me out the door headed for home.
Last pic is all the dollar bills stuck on all the walls. Covers the entire inside of the place. They now put new money over old money. I put one up and signed TexasJet and dated it.
First is another canyon with mountains. There are a lot of places to pull off the road and take pictures.
Now to the town of Tortilla Flats. It's only 3 buildings. The bar/saloon has some saddles if you want to sit at the bar. Which is where I had lunch. I sat on a normal stool. I had a chili cheese dog and fries. The waitress said the chili was a 7 on a 1 to 10 scale for heat. I told her I was from Texas and I would give her a Texas opinion on the heat. It was very flavorful but only a 4 on the Texas scale. That and 2 Miller Light drafts got me out the door headed for home.
Last pic is all the dollar bills stuck on all the walls. Covers the entire inside of the place. They now put new money over old money. I put one up and signed TexasJet and dated it.
TexasJet
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I hope you have time to get up in the mountains. From the race track to Canyon Lake is 70 minutes give or take a few. Actually it will take longer cause you will be stopping to take pics often.
I will see you guys on Friday and Sunday but Saturday I'm taking the boat to Canyon.
I will see you guys on Friday and Sunday but Saturday I'm taking the boat to Canyon.
Knotty Girl
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I will sell you mine for that :smile16: