Superstition Mountain

A couple of days before Dad left we went on an adventure to Superstition Mountain. First we went to the museum, and surprisingly it was pretty cool. The little tiny museum had some cool displays, but the best part was all the neat stuff that was outside the museum.

One of the coolest things there was this ore crusher. It was used in mining and crushing ore and was brought to the museum in pieces and reconstructed on sight. Actually a really cool place to take pictures.

Right in front of it were some pieces of the railway and mining cars on it. Brody loved climbing in one of the cars and kept ducking down and standing back up to play peekaboo. There were so many things to look at and touch it was a great place for kids. Brody was super cranky this whole day and poor little guy when we got home we took his temp to find out he had like a 101+ fever. So he is asleep or has giant boogers streaming out his nose in most of these pictures.

Also on the property are several pieces of real movie sets from western films like - The Rifleman. There was a huge barn, a jail, and stagecoach ticket counter, a barber shop, and even the Elvis Presley Memorial Chapel. Attached to the barn is a real blacksmith shop, and this big burly blacksmith is actually there working on beautiful custom pieces of iron. It is really cool to watch.

This great stagecoach you can climb in is also part of the movie set.

After our trip to the museum we headed out to Superstition Mountain to go hiking. It was definitely dessert hiking, but it was fun. We went to the Lost Dutchman State Park and hiked part of the Treasure Loop Trail.

I was grateful dad carried the pack with Brody on the way up, and guess what..asleep again...poor little guy he really felt terrible.

On the way down I carried it for a little while. Thanks Dad for carrying him even though I know that bottom belt was probably in an uncomfortable place!