December 24, 2023 Travel to Ogilby Acres!

Since we didn’t have far to go today and we did not know the conditions of the road we decided to travel separately.

For those that are not familiar with the desert, the washes, and the farmers (God Bless Them), torrential rains can be devastating.  What we take for granted in PA., over an inch of rain here can cause flooding and LOTS of mud.

Leaving Yuma Lakes RV CG, we passed many of the acres of farmland.  God bless those folks who did the picking – it was a good 6-12 inches of mud!  Other fields were lakes and others were okay.  (The rain was two days ago!).

In other parts of the desert, the rain calms the dust, runs into the washes and is gone the next day!  So interesting!   We were blessed to have folks who advised us when we first came to AZ and the desert.  Yes, we really had no clue. – Pennsylvania is VERY DIFFERENT  from Arizona!

I digress… we headed west to California: 

Past the reservation:

  To Ogilby Acres and my backyard view:

Our spot for the next week:

After setting up and getting caught up with Larry and Peg, we decided to check out the area.  Heading towards American Girl Mine Road:

To the mountains:

One of the old mines:

I just love this scenery:

 

The American Girl Mine – still active:

Another mine shaft:

A little information on the American Girl Mine:  https://smp.gold/american-girl/

Cool maps of the other mines in the area (might be some good road trips in the future):

https://www.mindat.org/loc-296378.html

https://thediggings.com/mining-districts/ca697/map

A few years ago, we explored the Tumco Historic Town located a few miles from here.  We may have to do that again.

We made our way back to Ogilby and then to Sidewinder Road:

Where we found this:

These are two of the Geo-Glyphs – Have to say that I had a hard time, seeing the “figures”

 

And the skies – OH MY!

 

    

Here we are… Andy, Bob, Larry, Peg – what a great group!

What a great day!

 

 

Stats for today:

Miles Traveled: 32 Miles

Routes Traveled:

Arizona: S. Avenue 8 1/2 East; E. County 6th St. South; S. Laguna Dam Rd; US-95; Araby Road; I-8

California: I-8; Ogilby Road; Sidewinder Road; Unknown Road!