Today
started as a type of day that you just wanted to jump in the car and go
exploring so that is what we did. Fifteen miles out of Florence to highway 60
and a turn right toward Globe and off we went. The area turned from desert to
beautiful valleys between the Apache and Pinal mountains. This entire area was
big in cooper and gold mining and the open pit Pinto Valley copper mine is
still operating. We passed through small mining towns like Superior that is
struggling to reconstruct their historic part of town to try and attract
tourism. Further down the road we passed
through another mining town of Miami. A little further and we were in the town
of Claypool and finally Globe where we had lunch and turned around to head back
to Florence.
Back in
Florence we had to make a stop at the post office to pick up any mail we may
have as well as to change our address as we will be leaving here on Saturday
and moving into Mesa. After the post office stop and before heading back to the
campground we stopped at The Arizona Wild Horse and Burro Adoption holding
area. The animals are trained by inmates from the local prison and are
available for adoption in March.
Downtown Superior Arizona
A Lot of closed store fronts
Nice Palm trees in town
Pretty bushes as well
The once famous Magma Hotel is getting a makeover
Total makeover to try and bring tourism to the otherwise dying town
The building as seen below needs SOME work
She is looking at a nice patio area at the La Mina Bar and Cantina
Auctions every week
Further on down the road we found this pretty church in Miami Arizona
