May 4, 2002
May 4, 2002
After getting a good taste of Tucson, we drive north to Phoenix and stay at the Doubletree by the airport. Aimee loves the chocolate chip cookie they give us on check-in. On the way we stop at Casa Grande Ruins National Monument. Casa Grande, which means big house in Spanish, is the remnants of a large adobe Indian pueblo. It is unimpressive, a half-melted house sitting in the middle of the flat desert.
In Phoenix we drive east of town to Lost Dutchman State park. The park contains the pretty Superstition Mountains, where some old prospector is supposed to have had a gold mine hidden somewhere in the hills. Across the street is the old ghost town of Goldfield where we spend a quick hour walking around. Continuing east we come to Roosevelt Lake. This pretty lake, tucked inside a canyon, serves as both recreation and a main source of water for Phoenix.
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