Gold prospecting is on hold because it rained so we have been doing more 4 wheeling. We went over to the Barry Goldwater military range east of Yuma and south of Wellton. Its about 30 miles from where we are staying for the winter. We had never explored this area of the Barry Goldwater before so we thought we would check it out. It had rained a day or two before we went. We thought it wouldn't be such a dusty ride if we went after the rain. It was a good day for a ride and the road we took wasn't muddy. We got quite a ways south but then the road turned into a very sandy wash. The sand made us sink about a foot and while we could have continued it wasn't any fun slogging through the sand.
The area is surrounded by very pretty mountains although my picture doesn't do the colors justice. We also came across three tanks sitting out in the middle of nowhere. Not sure if they were still in service since they had a bit of rust on them. I can't believe the military would just leave them out in the desert to "die". We tried a different road but it eventually got very narrow and muddy so we gave it up but it was still a good day riding.
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