Yuma Ocean-to-Ocean Highway bridge (#0787)

Lower Colorado River

Folder: Other West
The Colorado River area below Hoover Dam. An area where there seems to be a separate culture from the adjoining states (Arizona, California, Nevada), thus the area is treated separate from those states.

To insure that photos from the same trip are adjacent, photos are in date order with newest on the left.
Ft Yuma Indian Reservation, CA (2300)

Ft Yuma Indian Reservation, CA (2300)

16 Jun 2014 1 1 344
A structure that looks like it might have been a passenger railroad station. Its on a main east-west rail line on the Ft Yuma Indian Reservation, which is directly across the Colorado from Yuma, AZ.
Ft Yuma Indian Reservation, CA (2296)

Ft Yuma Indian Reservation, CA (2296)

16 Jun 2014 3 452
A structure that looks like it might have been a passenger railroad station. Its on a main east-west rail line on the Ft Yuma Indian Reservation, which is directly across the Colorado from Yuma, AZ.
Quartzsite, AZ (1492)

Quartzsite, AZ (1492)

11 Mar 2014 196
On the east side of Quartzsite, abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat.
Quartzsite, AZ (1485)

Quartzsite, AZ (1485)

11 Mar 2014 1 229
On the east side of Quartzsite, one of two abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat. Surprisingly the smaller of the structures (this one), had a basement that was at least 6' deep and as large as the main floor.
Quartzsite, AZ (1484)

Quartzsite, AZ (1484)

11 Mar 2014 192
On the east side of Quartzsite, abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat.
Quartzsite, AZ (1483)

Quartzsite, AZ (1483)

11 Mar 2014 1 235
On the east side of Quartzsite, abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat.
Quartzsite, AZ (1482)

Quartzsite, AZ (1482)

11 Mar 2014 216
On the east side of Quartzsite, one of two abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat. Surprisingly the smaller of the structures (this one), had a basement that was at least 6' deep and as large as the main floor.
Quartzsite, AZ (1481)

Quartzsite, AZ (1481)

11 Mar 2014 169
On the east side of Quartzsite, abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat.
Quartzsite, AZ (1479)

Quartzsite, AZ (1479)

11 Mar 2014 197
On the east side of Quartzsite, abandoned buildings that seemed to date back to when the area was a mining town, not a snowbird RV retreat.
Quartzsite, AZ (1478)

Quartzsite, AZ (1478)

11 Mar 2014 205
Quartzsite life.
Quartzsite, AZ (1477)

Quartzsite, AZ (1477)

11 Mar 2014 185
Part of what there is to do in Quartzsite is to shop for rocks -- not search for them, shop for them.
Quartzsite, AZ (1476)

Quartzsite, AZ (1476)

11 Mar 2014 191
One thing the people seem to come to Quartzsite to do is to shop in flea markets...
Quartzsite, AZ (1466)

Quartzsite, AZ (1466)

11 Mar 2014 219
A fairly creative RV.
Quartzsite, AZ (1465)

Quartzsite, AZ (1465)

11 Mar 2014 1 1 180
More of RV culture in Quartzsite.
Quartzsite, AZ (1463)

Quartzsite, AZ (1463)

11 Mar 2014 2 232
Quartzsite represents an RV culture that I've always found confounding. It's in the middle of nowhere, yet large numbers of snowbird RV folk come and park there for a few months in the winter. What do they do? How do they keep from going crazy? I don't know...
Quartzsite cemetery (1460)

Quartzsite cemetery (1460)

11 Mar 2014 180
Handmade headstone at the cemetery in Quartzsite, AZ.
Quartzsite cemetery "Hi Jolly" memorial (1459)

Quartzsite cemetery "Hi Jolly" memorial (1459)

11 Mar 2014 239
Backside of the memorial in the Quartzsite, AZ cemetery honoring Haiji Ali ("Hi Jolly"). The triangular dark stone in about the middle of the pyramid appears to be a petroglyph (see the largest version of the picture).
Quartzsite cemetery "Hi Jolly" memorial (1458)

Quartzsite cemetery "Hi Jolly" memorial (1458)

11 Mar 2014 4 205
Sign describing the efforts to introduce camels to the Arizona desert in the 1850's, and the role of Haiji Ali ("Hi Jolly"), a Syrian, in adapting the camels to the American desert.
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