California Company

Jeff, Vicki, Garrett and Justin are visiting from California.  They arrived last Friday.  Yesterday we went to the Mesa Market which is 55 covered acres of vendors.  That is about 2.5 miles of things to look at  and buy.  Today we got up and headed our for Superior and some rock hunting.  We did about a mile or so of backroading, over rock and down into gullies and creeks to arrive at our destination - an old Perlite mine.  Imbeded in the rock face are obsidian rocks or Apache Tears as they are called locally.  So we spent some time with hammer and chisel digging out the rocks.  Garret was in 7th heaven and was very helpful in identifying some other rocks for us.  Jeff really enjoyed the off-roading element. I had a small run-in with a Cholla cactus but Jeff pulled the stickers out with a pliers so not too much harm done. We left there and headed to Globe for some lunch.  Then a short drive up to Tonto National Monument to check out the Cliff Dwellings. We were able to explore the dwelling and take in the fantastic view of Roosevelt Lake and valley.  Finished the day with soak in the hot tub.

Garrett the Rockhound

View from the Cliff Dwelling

Tonto Cliff Dwelling