north of Yuma starts near an
This section of the Sonoran Desert
is very rocky, with little vegetation.
flowering Prickly Pear
The flowers are brilliant....
The trail rises in elevation...
The tan landscape takes on
a brownish red hue.
Eric loves to climb on trails.
I'm a little nervous. What's
at the top? Does the trail
make a sharp turn?
Powerlines in the distance
A flowering Ocotillo
A fenced off area....
DANGER
Abandoned Mine
This is the entrance.
There are more than 100,000 thousand abandoned mines in Arizona. Many of them are not marked, fenced off or have warning signs. People go exploring and rescues occur. I've decided to always take pictures of mine entrances from a distance.
Eric drives upward....
The views from this ridge
trail are lovely.
A carefully balanced Cairn
sits trailside.
A Teddy Bear Cholla & a
blooming Prickly Pear
Cactus
This is desolate terrain.
Eric touches a budding Ocotillo.
It feels a lot like a budding Lilac.
The formation in the distance
looks like a Tortoise.
Someone added a stone wall
to the formation.
This is someone's camp.
Three ATVs approach.
Eric backs up, off the
trail.
Someone left an Idaho &
an Illinois license plates.
Farm fields in the distance
Eric drives through a parking lot.
People trailer their ATVs here
for trail riding.
We return to the other side
of the Irrigation Canal.
A field of Citrus Trees
I think it will produce
for many years.
We return to pavement after
driving 15.4 miles on the
Laguna Mountain Ridge
Trail.
Lattitude, elevation and wind direction cause the differences I've seen in the Sonoran Desert in Southwest Arizona. Rocky plains interrupted by green plants and trees in washes in Quartzsite contrast with the sparse plant life in the rocky mountains north of Yuma.
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