Lost Dutchman State Park - Goldfield, Organ Stop Pizza and Mesa Arizona Temple Nov 28 - Dec 1st

We hit the road at 9:30. By the time we dumped and fueled up it was 10:30. Once we arrived in Apache Junction we filled up our onboard propane tank at Diamondback Propane. Fast, efficient and not too epensive. Now we are ready for the next leg of our travel before flying home to BC.

Once we were set up on our site at the Lost Dutchman State Park, we headed off to the Mammoth Saloon at the Goldfield Ghost town for a burger. The old guy is still running his bar. A singer performed as well. Burger was pretty good as well.

Outside the train is filled with people. We did not realize, but Monday is a holiday for a lot of people for the Thanksgiving weekend.

Nice backdrop for the singer.

The guy in the black is the owner.

Back to the camp for the rest of the afternoon. A great short travel day.

Tuesday, we headed out to do a bit of a Costco shop as this will be the last one before heading to Quartzsite in January when we get back. We arrived just as the doors opened, so in and out relatively quickly. From there a few other stops including Walmart and back to camp for the afternoon. Although it started out cloudy it cleared nicely for the afternoon. A quiet day as Ray's wound is quite sore.

It's snowing at home! Should be interesting to see how much we actually get at the lake.We are home in 6 days! We ended up with 8 inches according to our neighbour.

Wednesday morning we decided to go to the Goldfield Ghost Town. I have yet to tour it. The last time we planned to go, Ray ended up going with Dianne and Steve as I flew home as Dad was in the hospital and passed away shortly after.

It was nice getting there for 10 am before a lot of people arrived, so Ray did not have them in the way of his pictures. lol

Goldfield Ghost Town

Back in the 1890′s Goldfield boasted 3 saloons, a boarding house, general store, blacksmith shop, brewery, meat market and a school house. Just when it looked like the town would outgrow Mesa, the vein faulted, the grade of ore dropped and the town died a slow painful death.

After several unsuccessful attempts to reopen the mines, the town did come to life again from 1910 on and off until 1926. After more than 115 years, travelers from all over the world still visit this gold mining town located on the historic Apache Trail and enjoy the excitement and grandeur of Arizona’s wild west!

The train station.

A great little tour. Back at camp and sitting outside for the afternoon. My view, better than the snow. lol

And here is home. Yup just a little different.

Thursday laundry day! As the dryer is broken in the MH we are going to the laundromat to get everything done in advance of flying home. With Ray's help, 6 big loads and 90 minutes later we were done. 

Back home to put it all away ... almost took as long as washing it. lol  

At 4:30 pm we headed out to Organ Stop Pizza for dinner and then to the Mesa Arizona Temple to see their Christmas Display. The temple closed for renovations in the last time we were here in 2019. We picked the perfect time as traffic wasn't too bad and not much of a line up at Organ Stop. By the time we left it sure did.

Fabulous music.

Here is a link to when we went there in 2016, more pictures.

https://kastlejourney.blogspot.com/search?q=organ+pizza

Off to the lights at the Mesa Arizona Temple. Apparently this is their first light display in 4 years, Two years with building their new Visitors Centre and 2 years due to Covid. It seemed to us they only had half the displays they used to, still very pretty though.

An awesome outing. Left at 4:30 pm and back at 7:30 pm.