Today was a hair-raising ride! We climbed steeply out of Superior on Hwy. 60. There was virtually no shoulder and a ton of truck traffic roaring by us as we wobbled up the grade. The worst part was going through the tunnel. That was the longest quarter-mile of my life.

We passed an enormous open-pit copper mine.

We stopped in Miami for lunch. Here's Mr. French Fry. Grandma Weezy is below.

Great landscape.

There's a store at the top of the climb. The place is full of junk that I can't imagine anyone buying. How can he possibly make a living?

This shrine is outside Miami. An old guy with a Korean War vet cap pulled up in his pickup and just waited while we inspected the shrine. I asked him what it was about. He explained that a soldier in the Korean War vowed to build the shrine if he got home alive. Was the old guy in the pickup the soldier?

There are two memorials just outside the tunnel. The other was for a motorcyclist.

We stopped at a Sonic drive-in for lunch yesterday. The carhops deliver the orders on skates. One carhop announced that she competes in roller derby. Better not stiff her on the tip!

We visited the Besh Ba Gowah archeological park after we arrived in Globe. The site was inhabited by Salado people from about 1100 AD until 1400 AD. The climate became drier, causing the site to be abandoned.