The Coronavirus Quarantine's getting to me... I'm still able to get out for an occasional hike into the Arizona desert but it's warming up quickly and I'm not so good anymore at temps above 90 degrees, so I'm limited to early morning hikes and finishing by 09:00 am. So I'm spending more time digging through photos from those forgotten outings.

Here's a photo I came across from five years ago, it's a view of Superstition Mountain cloaked in a solid bank of storm clouds. In the center of the photo stands the Elvis Chapel at the Superstition Mountain Museum.

The Chapel was originally located at Apacheland, a western movie set located in Gold Canyon, Arizona, it was build for the Elvis Presley movie, Charo, and was frequently used over the years for many other western movies made there.

When Apacheland burned down back in 2004, the chapel survived the fire but the western town (movie set) was a total loss. The chapel was donated to the museum and a group of museum volunteers carefully disassembled the chapel and re-erected it at its present location.

The photo was taken at the end of April 2015, our springtime in the Sonoran Desert. The predominant yellow in the photo is mainly due to the flowering of the Palo Verde trees.

Please Stay Safe during these difficult times,
Jack Olson

The Coronavirus Quarantine's getting to me... I'm still able to get out for an occasional hike into the Arizona desert but it's warming up quickly and I'm not so good anymore at temps above 90 degrees, so I'm limited to early morning hikes and finishing by 09:00 am. So I'm spending more time digging through photos from those forgotten outings.

Here's a photo I came across from five years ago, it's a view of Superstition Mountain cloaked in a solid bank of storm clouds. In the center of the photo stands the Elvis Chapel at the Superstition Mountain Museum.

The Chapel was originally located at Apacheland, a western movie set located in Gold Canyon, Arizona, it was build for the Elvis Presley movie, Charo, and was frequently used over the years for many other western movies made there.

When Apacheland burned down back in 2004, the chapel survived the fire but the western town (movie set) was a total loss. The chapel was donated to the museum and a group of museum volunteers carefully disassembled the chapel and re-erected it at its present location.

The photo was taken at the end of April 2015, our springtime in the Sonoran Desert. The predominant yellow in the photo is mainly due to the flowering of the Palo Verde trees.

Please Stay Safe during these difficult times,
Jack Olson