Apacheland Days in Arizona

Today we went to visit the Apacheland Days at the Superstition Mountain Museum here in Apache Junction, AZ.  They had actors who were dressed in period costumes.

This Cowboy and Saloon girl are married in real life - so they made a cute couple.

Here we have a Fur Trader and his 'Sqaw' girlfriend.

This cowboy was a handsome and believable sheriff.

These 'Saloon Gals' were a crowd favorite.

They had a gunfight re-enactment which was fun and exciting.

But in the end the women were the tough and rugged winners.

At the same show we also saw the very entertaining Native American Hoop Dancers.

This young man's feet were moving very fast to jump though all these hoops.

He gave a whole new meaning to the term 'jumping through hoops'. He's airborne here.

If you've never seen Hoop Dancers - it's quite a treat to watch them intersect all the hoops all the while dancing quickly to the Native American singing and drumming.

Each group of hoops represents something - the above ended up looking like the world and this one once connected was a bird flapping it's wings.

They had many Native American Artisans and Craftsmen and this woman was one of them... she was weaving beautiful baskets that she was selling and trimming with leather.

 

 We had a great day here at Apacheland Days.....