Chippy and Brian's Ride to Adventure: Jamming in the Junction

1/2 - 1/9/2015 – Apache Junction, AZ – Today we were entertained by a group of very talented musicians who hold a Jam Session every Friday at our resort. The players may have been long in the tooth but they were also long on talent as they rocked the house with country western tunes for 2 hours. This really was a great finish to our first week in Superstition Lookout RV Resort in the shadows of Superstition Mountains, our new back yard. Earlier in the week we toured the Apache Trail, Arizona’s oldest highway. The Apaches and Yavapais used the trail for their predatory raids against the Pimas along the Salt and Gila Rivers south and west of Superstition Mountain. The Apaches and Yavapais continued their raids after the arrival of the Anglo-Americans in early 1850’s. Finally in 1864, Camp McDowell was established along the Verde River some four miles north of the Salt River. The Pimas became willing allies of the blue-shirted soldiers who manned Fort McDowell. This footpath (trail) along the Salt River through the mountains to Tonto Basin was called both the Tonto Trail and the Yavapai Trail. The Army quelled the Apaches-Yavapais in the region by 1868. There were other military campaigns fought against renegade Apaches from 1871 until Geronimo surrendered in 1886 at Skeleton Canyon in Southern Arizona. The Apache Trail, as we know it today, originates in Apache Junction and terminates at the junction with Highway 60-70 some four miles east of Miami, Arizona. The original roadway began at the Mesa railhead and terminated at the Roosevelt Dam site on Salt River some sixty-two miles away. Along the way we visited Goldfield Ghost Town, Lost Dutchman State Park, Canyon Lake and the infamous Tortilla Flats. Oh yeah, I also managed to fit in a couple rounds of golf this week. Many more adventures to follow as we will be here for three months.

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