Flying in Arizona

The gorgeous 80 plus degree weather has allowed us to get out and do more. Yesterday, a friend here in the park took us flying. We took off from Chandler Airport in a Cessna 172 and flew out here over our park in the far east valley. We were up for over an hour and had no wind turbulance at all....it was fantastic!

This is the plane we were in.

This is the Chandler Airport from the air.

More of Chandler (lots of building going on).


Those nearest mountains (hills) toward right side of photo are the Superstition Mountains (site of the Lost Dutchman Mine). The west end of the Superstitions is called Flatiron because it looks like an old flat iron. The really far distant mountains are up around Scottsdale.

Look at the hills of gold. So many wild flowers are starting to bloom right now (so are allergies).

These next pictures are of a very large Copper mine east of us. It is called Ray Mine and encompasses several miles. In fact, they have moved a nearby town several times because of the growing mining area.



In the distance, you can see the town of Queen Valley. The QV RV Park is the to the left of the picture.

Here are some closer shots.




Last but not least of all the photos we took, is the gorgeous golf course in Queen Valley. In fact the town is built around this course. Note everyone, it is open 7 days a week!!


We did take many more pictures and will I upload them to our web album very soon (see link on left of page under favorite sites).