Cataract Lake

Normally we meet the folks at Kaibab Lake near Williams each summer, but their campground was full. Within a few miles of Kaibab is Cataract Lake, so we decided to make our first trip there. We caught plenty of fish, had great weather, and overall had a very nice time.

Busy Day

Started off with the great Arizona Museum of Natural History (generally called the Mesa Southwest Museum):




They have a lot of fossils and interactive exhibits and is inexpensive.

Walking around the museum for a couple of hours makes one hungry, so up next on our itinerary was the famous Iowa Cafe in Mesa. We'd heard about it but had never been there. It was started over 20 years ago by a transplanted Iowan and offers midwestern comfort food and decor that reminds other transplants of home. No wussy health food here. Be prepared to leave any diets at the door. The pork tenderloin was very good. I had it with eggs and home fries. The wife had a tenderloin sandwich.


That was going to be the end of the day, but the ringing of the doorbell at home told us differently. One of our neighbors has season tickets for Arizona State University football. He couldn't go to today's game against Stanford and asked if we'd be interested. Only two tickets, so it was decided that Alex and I would go. His first college football game and it didn't disappoint. ASU won 41-17.