We went to the Quartermaster Depot Museum that sits on the shore of the Colorado River in Yuma. Its where the army had a post. I took a picture of the old car to show the "plank road" that you drove on that is under the car. The plank road was built over the sand dunes that are just west of Yuma. Half of the museum is dedicated to the history of putting the dam and siphon in place to take water from the Colorado in order to irrigate the land in the area for crops. The other half shows what the quarters were like for the military personnel stationed here.
We also went to up to the city of Quartzite with a neighbor to the Rock & Gem Show. I got a picture of some of the booths set up -- all selling rocks of every kind. Beautiful rocks from near and far -- even rocks from China. You can't get away from buying "chinese" goods no matter what it is.
We did our weekly hiking trip. This time we went around the Muggins Peak. It was very beautiful and we found pretty rocks galore. We found the best desert roses (a kind of rock) that we have seen so far. They are kind of like crystal quartz that forms a circular pattern and builds up to look like a rose.
Jim wants me to add that its been very nice and warm here -- 70's and low 80's :)
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