We went to the KOFA Wilderness are on our first adventure in the Yuma area. Kofa stands for King of Arizona as in the King of Arizona mine. This widlerness area is full of old mines. Some had gold in them but most were mined for lead and silver. The most famous rock formation in the KOFA is Castle Dome rock.
Jim had to take a picture of the truck out on the dusty gravel roads. We couldn't go on most of the roads in the wilderness area because you need a high clearance four wheel drive. Our truck with dual wheels gets stuck in sand very easily and we had a bigger fuel tank put underneath that hangs a little low so we can't really do much "4 wheelin".
We were able to walk to the mine in the picture. It is the Hull mine and it closed down just back in the 90's. It supplied the U.S. army with lead for ammunition from the Civil War up through the first Iraq war.
We are enjoying exploring the desert areas around us and are amazed at the agriculture in the middle of it all. This area supplies almost all of the winter lettuce for the entire country. I'll have to try and get some pictures of the fields, irrigation canals and workers that make sure we have fresh lettuce throughout the winter.
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