Lake Pleasant, AZ 021012

All pictures from our day at Lake Pleasant, AZ located outside Peoria, AZ. Not far at all from where we are in Surprise, AZ. The palm trees in the middle of the desert were stunning. This was apparently a vacation "hideaway" for JFK and Marilyn Monroe!!

White Tank Mountain Hike & Petroglyphs 02-09-12

Today we went on a hike with our friends John & Lorna, to the White Tank Mountains outside Surprise, AZ.





















Today we went on a hike with our friends John & Lorna, to the White Tank Mountains outside Surprise, AZ.

Calvary Chapel Sierra Vista, AZ

Outside (obviously) of this wonderful church ...
Me with the Senior Pastor Pat Lazovich

Loved the inside too!
Dodge guarding the parking lot. :)

Recent Trip to Quartzsite, AZ << Rock "Capital" of the World.....

Getting ready for a long day to/from Quartzsite, AZ....
Miles and miles of rocks .......


Obviously I was most fascinated by THIS .......

DB's day in Tucson !!

Today DB ventured over to Tucson (180 miles away from where we are in Surprise, AZ) to take part in the "world's largest rock, gem, mineral show." Here are some of the pictures he took.

DB and a huge piece of petrified wood.
Ammonite (snails!)
Pricey little mutha's!!
Beautiful petrified wood...
Over 1-TON quartz crystal...
Illuminated agates...
GOLD!! ~from Australia...
Dinosaur head..
More bones...
Petrified wood...
Crystals...

Amethyst...