Apr
07
2005

Life Is Grand, and Beauty Is Everywhere

Tonto National Park

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(Posted Under: Travel, Arizona Trip)
Today we took our first desert trip. Out to Apache Junction, Superstition Mountain, and through Tonto National Forest. The line in Better Beautiful Than Perfect, sums it up - Life is grand, and beauty is everywhere. (Sonoran Hope & Madness sounded great for the drive).

With the recent rains, and it being spring, the desert is quite green at the moment. Because a picture says 1000 words, a quick summary: Superstition Mountain, Kovac's Corner (get out your Refreshments CD's folks), Gold Field Ghost Town, Tonto National Park, Canyon Lake, Tortia, The Rosevolt Dam, National Monument Arizona (old ruins).

There are a ton of photos (so just how many words, I'm not sure [wink] ), and is not for the faint hearted if you don't enjoy looking at the Arizona landscape!
Otherwise, viva la desert photos.

A lot of the photos came out quite good, however none really do it justice. I've been to many scenic places in my life, but it was yesterday was one of the few times I've been in awe of nature, exclaiming "this is beautiful" on so many occassion.

It's also amazing how you can stop, get out of the car, and it seems like there is not another soul on the earth. Except for the wind brushing past your face, the desert is virtually silent. It's also amazing, the feeling of being totally isolated, especially when you know that in actuality, Phoenix is only a couple of miles away.

It was a long day, and we decided to skip Marc Norman's happy hour show when we got back to Tempe. We spent the whole day driving, and did a decently exhausting walk up to the National Monument Arizona, so it wasn't suprising that, to steal from Roger again, I slept like a baby last night.

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