Marla and Sonya - Bonanza!: Day Three at the Ponderosa II

Day three at the Bonanza reunion was a little different in that we left the Ponderosa behind for half a day and spent it exploring the Superstition Mountain Museum. You know me - I work at a museum - so I had a great time soaking in the history and looking at the artifacts in the museum itself.

Once we got outside, it got a little...well...less serious.

On the bus. Good thing we have these things these days, otherwise we would have had to use a wagon and it would have taken a half day is not more to get there!

The dock. This is Lake Saguaro.

Heading for the paddle-wheeler, the Desert Belle.

And the, it was an hour and a half of beauty!!!! No wonder Pa loved the sea so much!

When we got back from the Paddle-wheeler ride, we headed for the museum. Here are a few shots of some of the cool stuff there. My photos, as you can probably tell, were for research purpose.

After the museum we went outside to explore. Yikes! We didn't see any fortunately. These are not your standard garden snakes, you know? They have rattles!!

Outside there was lots to explore including giant one-hundred-plus year old cactus plants.

A machine for extracting gold from ore.

The jail, and no, Little Joe wasn't there. Nor was Roy Coffee sitting on the porch. I checked.

The stage to Virginia City.

And the Elvis chapel. Yes, really. This building was once part of a movie set and was moved to the Superstition MT Museum area after a fire where most of the buildings were destroyed. The movie posters on the wall are of all the films made there. And yes, really, it is a wedding chapel with its own Elvis!