Apache Junction.....site of the most wonderful object of recent obsession by the Boy-Goldfield Ghost town. Is his excitement evident? Well, it was to those who know him.
Apache Juction is a little hole-in-the-wall wide-spot-in-the-road that is quickly being swallowed up by the metastasization of Phoenix on the south and east. We rendezvous-ed with the Pooh and had a great time, walking up the block-long street that is Goldfield, peeking in the storefronts, and of course, riding the train. The town of Goldfield was really a working mining town, its inhabitants brought up over a million dollars' worth of gold from a not-very impressive hole in the ground, there at the base of the Superstition Mountains.

The train makes a loop around the site, at a speed of about 5 mph, with frequent photo op stops. It turned out to be a pleasant way to spend about an hour out and about on a beautiful spring day in the desert.

The whole experience made quite an impression on the Boy. He's been drawing some interesting pictures.