65 and partly cloudy today. I rained just a bit last night and supposed to rain a bit tonight, then sunny tomorrow.
We hiked up behind the campground. There were lots of trails. We took the one that looked most used. Looking down on the Colorado River canal where it comes out of a tunnel right below us. A Christmas tree of sorts on the ridge.
Early blooming ocotillos. John hiking through some cool rocks.
Dropped down into an arroyo. John walking down the arroyo.
Ironwood tree in the arroyo. Looking up a side canyon toward red cliffs. I wanted to go this way because it looked more scenic. John wanted to go another.
Looking down into the lush side canyon. Red cliffs on the horizon with clouds.
John on the ridge. The canyon lead to more of the Colorado River Canal. It goes through another tunnel in the middle of this photo. We could not cross it to get back to camp. Oops, maybe we should have gone the way John wanted to go
We had to climb down into three arroyos and back up three ridges to get back to the trail to camp. John is the red dot at the top, I have fallen behind.
Looking out of the dry desert to the blue lake below. The Colorado River canal where it comes out of the tunnel.
Looking down the Colorado canal where it comes out of a tunnel. Ocotillo blossom, creosote blooms, ad a cool rock.
Backlit red thorned cactus, cool rock, screw bean mesquite seeds and our campground. Sunset looking east.
Looking west you can see the lights of Yuma.
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