Category Archives: Going South, 2011

We left with an international group of about 20 others this morning on a guided walk across the Canada-US border.  There were a few Canadians, a couple from Germany, a mother with her young daughter from Australia though now living … Continue reading →

This is our last day in the park as tomorrow morning we start on the long trip home for Christmas.  We travelled to the west side today. Our first stops of the morning were to photograph the Devil’s Cornfield and … Continue reading →

This morning we drove about 100 km north of our campsite here in Furnace Creek to Scotty’s Castle.  This is a large personal retreat complex built by wealthy financiers Albert and Bessie Johnson of Chicago, together with their “partner in … Continue reading →

Death Valley is stunningly beautiful.  Strangely it is a land shaped by water, yet water hardly exists within it.  The valley floor is mostly the remains of old and dessicated lakes, while the surrounding rugged mountains are sculpted into crags … Continue reading →

We were up fairly early this morning, had a quick shower in the public campground shower, and it was very cold as we walked back to the trailer with wet hair.  We saw why when we were disconnecting the water … Continue reading →

This morning we drove in to Lake Havasu City, to London Bridge.  We walked around the waterfront a bit.  It was very cold and windy, but a bright sun.  There were a few people bundled up against the wind and … Continue reading →

It’s been pretty cold here, at least cold for the Arizona desert, and very windy the past two days.  Yesterday, December 4 we just took it easy, and did some reading, though I went for a short bike ride in … Continue reading →

We left the senior citizens home this morning.  Yuma, Arizona, must be populated with a huge number of retirees.  It is wall to wall RV parks, almost every one of them that we saw a “55+” park. Enid and I … Continue reading →

Since the forecast for the rest of the week isn’t very good, we decided to go today to the Imperial Wildlife Refuge on the Colorado River north of Yuma.  It was a really lovely day, sunny, light breeze, and a … Continue reading →

We went to jail today.  The Yuma Territorial Prison is a state park on the site where this jail used to be until it closed in 1909.  Like all historical jails it showed the kind of treatment that the prisoners … Continue reading →