Day 54, Monday, Feburary 19, 2007
48 this morning at River Island SP
Not bad, and warming up with spotty sunshine. But dark clouds on the horizon. By the time we pulled out it was about 70 and starting to rain.
We drove 150 miles to Pleasant Lake Regional Park north of Phoenix with rain all the way. Quite heavy by the time we arrived. The temperature dropped to 43 by 6:00pm as the cold front came through. Still raining now at 8:30pm and the heaters are on. News said more than an inch of rain so far. Someone said if we are still here in a week we will see the desert blossom with green and flowers because of the much needed rain.
I'm going to put pictures from the past days here on this page. They don't belong where we are now, but it's not important. Everyone wants pictures, not my verbage. If I went back five days or so to put the pictures where they belong, no one would see them.
Colorado River as seen from our hike to the top of Buckskin Mountain
Sun going down behind mountain as seen from our camp site at River Island State Park Parker, Az.
One of the few remaining inmates
Colorado River as seen from our camp ground at the River Island State Park. We are in Arizona - California is on the other side.
Buckskin Mountain State Park. They were full when we tried to stay here so we went up the highway to River Island State Park - it's sister park. We came back to hike the trail while staying at River Island.
Jim and girls at old mine entrance on Buckskin Mountain Trail
Not bad, and warming up with spotty sunshine. But dark clouds on the horizon. By the time we pulled out it was about 70 and starting to rain.
We drove 150 miles to Pleasant Lake Regional Park north of Phoenix with rain all the way. Quite heavy by the time we arrived. The temperature dropped to 43 by 6:00pm as the cold front came through. Still raining now at 8:30pm and the heaters are on. News said more than an inch of rain so far. Someone said if we are still here in a week we will see the desert blossom with green and flowers because of the much needed rain.
I'm going to put pictures from the past days here on this page. They don't belong where we are now, but it's not important. Everyone wants pictures, not my verbage. If I went back five days or so to put the pictures where they belong, no one would see them.
Colorado River as seen from our hike to the top of Buckskin Mountain
Sun going down behind mountain as seen from our camp site at River Island State Park Parker, Az.
Yuma Territorial Prison
Wildlife we saw at River Island
Prison cell at Yuma
One of the few remaining inmates
Colorado River as seen from our camp ground at the River Island State Park. We are in Arizona - California is on the other side.
Another view across the Colorado to California - those are RV's over there.
River Island State Park from the trail up the mountain overlooking the park. Can you see Blue Boy and Junior?
Colorado River from our Buckskin Mountain trail
Buckskin Mountain State Park. They were full when we tried to stay here so we went up the highway to River Island State Park - it's sister park. We came back to hike the trail while staying at River Island.
Jim and girls at old mine entrance on Buckskin Mountain Trail
Ellen and Gracie on the Buckskin Trail
Yuma Prison cell block
posted by TheBTCruisers at 10:22 PM
3 Comments:
Brother,
It's nice to see Arizona. I wish we could be there. Maybe we'll just sell our house and travel for a few years.
Bro
Brother,
Fantastic! Amy and the girls were in for a visit (plus both dogs) this past long President's weekend. Emma & Kathleen were fasanated with pictures and map showing them where we were and where you were camping. Emma suggested we sneak out there and suprize you. Kathleen said we could sneak in during the night and if we didn't snore loud you wouldn't even know it. Sister Beth
The "wildlife" is so beautiful in Arizona! I had no idea that the wild golden habitat extended that far south! : ) Mandy
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