About 45 minutes north of Yuma there is a wildlife refuge along the Colorado river.
So our little band of intrepid explorers set out to see the sights.
Martinez lake is an lake formed by Martinez dam and has a small town there. Here is one of the houses on the lake.
In the reserve is a hiking trail called Painted Desert Trail so we decided to give that a try. Here we are starting out.
This is still the wild west and Mexican banditos can pop up from behind any rock.
Its called the Painted Desert because various minerals in the soil cause the hills to be different colours. It looks like a giant piled different colours of sand there.
The trail was quite rugged and the scenery beautiful. I'm not sure how much we would have enjoyed it at the summer temperature of 120F.
I did manage to find a shady spot and after recuperating from the scorching 70F we moved out again.
Along the trail there were spots to stop and learn about various aspects of the desert. Here we learn there aren't many trees.
After walking the trail,which took about an hour, we stopped for lunch which we had packed with us. Picnic tables with shade were located at the trail end. A lack of toilets had everyone scattering to the four winds in search of modesty. Its all part of outdoor fun!
Although I was accused of not trying too hard to hide natures call, I was actually following a burro trail over one of the hills.
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