January 2011
The first few days of January were still cold but it soon started getting warmer. We had 4 nights in a row of temperatures below freezing – this is a rarity here in the valley. We then enjoyed temperatures in the high 60’s and low 70’s for most of the month – this is the reason we spend our winters in Arizona! Our friends, Leroy and Jinx, from Benson, AZ visited us for a couple of days. We took a drive to Canyon Lake and enjoyed a cruise on the Dolly – it was windy and a little chilly but we had a great ride and got to see some Big Horn Sheep and a Bald Eagle. After our cruise we had lunch at Tortilla Flats, one of our favorite places. Tortilla Flats is an old stage stop between Roosevelt Lake and Apache Junction. It is located a couple miles upstream from Canyon Lake. There is a restaurant, a gift shop, an ice cream store and a small museum. The walls of the restaurant are covered in $1 bills and the bar stools are saddles. ...