Dad's birthday
For Dad's birthday, we told him that we would do whatever he wanted (within reason, of course) and he wanted to go hiking. I know, big surprise. So, we decided that we were going to go to Goldfield, a tourist, ghost-town. It's a fun place to walk around.
The town is sort of dedicated to the myth of the Lost Dutchman, who evidently was German. Kind of funny.
Instead of going on a really long hike, we convinced Dad that it would be fun to take the scenic train. That was really fun, I haven't done something like that before.
And the train engineer was really funny, and told history and such the whole drive. That was really cool.
We also stopped at this place that used to be a film studio ranch. They filmed lost of old westerns and TV shows like "Gunsmoke". Most of the place was burned down a few years ago, but they had a fun museum and so we looked around for a while.
Apparently, Elvis filmed a movie there and this chapel was a main part. So they had this big sign for the Elvis chapel. For a minute we thought we'd made a wrong turn and ended up in Vegas.
Again Alita and Annette were both fighting for the chance to use my camera. I'd say they should get their own, but they wouldn't know the first thing to do with it.
The others took a ride in the coal cart.
This jail was in the old shows. It and the chapel are basically the only things left.
And of course, there were plenty of cactus.
Finally, to round out the day we went to Superstition State park. The Superstition mountains really are magnificent. So I tried my hardest to get some good shots.
It was a little dark, kind of overcast really, so they didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped.
The town is sort of dedicated to the myth of the Lost Dutchman, who evidently was German. Kind of funny.
Instead of going on a really long hike, we convinced Dad that it would be fun to take the scenic train. That was really fun, I haven't done something like that before.
And the train engineer was really funny, and told history and such the whole drive. That was really cool.
We also stopped at this place that used to be a film studio ranch. They filmed lost of old westerns and TV shows like "Gunsmoke". Most of the place was burned down a few years ago, but they had a fun museum and so we looked around for a while.
Apparently, Elvis filmed a movie there and this chapel was a main part. So they had this big sign for the Elvis chapel. For a minute we thought we'd made a wrong turn and ended up in Vegas.
Again Alita and Annette were both fighting for the chance to use my camera. I'd say they should get their own, but they wouldn't know the first thing to do with it.
The others took a ride in the coal cart.
This jail was in the old shows. It and the chapel are basically the only things left.
And of course, there were plenty of cactus.
Finally, to round out the day we went to Superstition State park. The Superstition mountains really are magnificent. So I tried my hardest to get some good shots.
It was a little dark, kind of overcast really, so they didn't turn out as well as I would have hoped.
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