Yuma Proving Grounds

 

10 March 2022:  Connie and I our now down in southern Arizona near the town of Ajo. We left Quartzsite and drove down to Yuma where we spent a week at the Army’s Yuma Proving Grounds FAM CAMP.  We were plugged into electricity and hooked up to sewer and water.  They have a great place there and we have stayed there before and will again.  Did a little exploring of the area and a few good hikes.   We left there and drove to Gila Bend and stayed there for a couple of nights at the FAM Camp there at the Air Force Station.  Then headed to Ajo where we have spent a lot of time.  Great hiking and views.  But this year like last, there are no flowers.  Hardly any rain has fallen in the past year.  What a shame as the desert is so pretty when it is in bloom.  We will hang here for a while and then start our journey north to home.  Not sure which route we will take back and will make that decision then.  

 

A picked lettuce field

A farm tractor in downtown Yuma.

A lot of date palms in this area.

A fresh planted field. Water and sunshine will make it green.

Guys jumping out of airplanes almost everyday at the Yuma Proving Grounds while we were there.

And they used the soccer field for the landing zone.

Watering the crop. I am pretty sure this is lettuce.

We took a drive out to the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge and did a little hiking.

Pretty Sure this is Hat Top Mountain.

There a lot of abandoned mines in this area.

The miners look like they ate a lot of beans!

Connie and Zeph on our hike.

Pretty sure that is Hat Top Mountain.