The convicts from Yuma Prison were chained to these granite rocks to live and work for weeks at a time.

 These massive granite rocks were  broken down into cubes and used in the construction of the Yuma Courthouse.

                  Hills and hills of raw granite.

                    A cube, rough cut by man power.

                     Lots and lots of granite.

                         The guard quarters.

 What is this Explorer doing on our trail???  Getting majorly stuck.  The passenger side was on top of that row of rocks.  "Oop mom, I don't know what happened to your car on a ride after school today".

 The 100 year floods in 2009 caused these huge washes.  Every thing in sight was uprooted. 

                  A view from the Three Ladders Mine.

           Our riding buddies breaking for lunch on top of a hill along the trail.

 Can you believe this "Fan Cactus"?  Only 5 in the whole state.  It was really a fantastic find.

We are so short

compared to these huge specimans.  And I don't think anyone said Terry was short.

 A phenom.......

These Barrel Cactus usually

only grow about knee height.  Only a hundred feet away from the Fan Cactus.  Wonder what is in the water there?  hehe

Around the hill

was the other fan.  Similar, but different.

A closer view

of the different fingers.  Look, the thumb is smoking.

 Such odd multi finger cactus out here.  I could only include a few.

This guy lost a finger then another grew out of the edge of the broken part, three times.

 So odd..........

 Only saw 2 like this, a perfect split.

 They grow tall here too.  They begin to die at the base while new fingers grow at the top.

An Eagle found the perfect perch.