ARIZONA TIMES

MY HUSBAND AND I HAD A GREAT TIME EXPLORING THE  ARIZONA DESERT.  ONE OF OUR FAVORITE SPOTS WAS IN THE SUPERSTITION MOUNTAINS.    NEAR PHOENIX  BY  THE SUPERSITION MOUNTAINS.  IT WAS NEW TERRITORY AND THE LAKES AND THE LAKES ARE IN THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST .  AT WILDERNESS AND WE CAMPED OUT AT SEVERAL OF THESE LAKES WHEN WE HAD TIME DURING GRADUATE  SCHOOL.  IT IS A GREAT PLACE TO GO SWIMMING OR BOATING.  THERE WERE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL CACTI AND MANY WERE IN BLOOM DURING DIFFERENT.  WE PHOTOGRAPHED MANY PETROGLPHS  OF THE HOHOKAM AND SALADO NATIONS.  LATER SPANISH EXPLORERS AND MEXICAN GOLD MINERS MIGRATED TO THIS AREA FOLLOWED BY FARMERS AND CATTLEMENT.  THE MINERS BUILT A 20 STAMP MILL AND FOUND SOME GOLD.  THEY HAVE ABOUT 3 LAKES ALONG THE TONTO CREEK AND OTHER CREEKS.