Apache Trail, Part 1

In an effort to explore this beautiful country, we ventured out on the Apache Trail, the road the men used to haul materials to build the dam for Apache Lake. It is State Route 88, one of the only roads I have been on that, as a state route, is still only a dirt road.

It was beautiful. We traveled through some vast open spaces, like the area where you see our family photo and the one of Laurie. We also traveled through some gorgeous red-colored canyons (a la Sedona) and some narrow by-ways.






We happened upon a canyon which made a nice stop to stretch our legs (we were traveling only about 25-35 mph).

From Apache Lake, -- where we also stopped, but no photos -- we continued on to Roosevelt Dam/Roosevelt Lake where the road was once again paved.














We had lunch in nearby Globe, a historic (and still operating) copper mining town at the roadside El Rey. Then it was homebound on the freeway -- a much faster ride.