Woodcutters Pass - Yuma - Desert Run
Trip Start
Feb 05, 2009
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6
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Trip End
Mar 05, 2009
Yuma,
Arizona,
United States
Thursday, February 19, 2009
They let the presure out of the tires down to 10-15 pounds so the tires can grip the rocks better.
Gus's Jeep with purple flowers
Gus letting the presure down
I had never seen the desert so green or colorful with splashes of flowers. Mainly Yellow or Purple.
Jackie & Gus
Field of Purple Flowers
Barry Goldwater Sign
Ocatillo with red leaves
At Fortuna Mine
Fortuna Mine
Aloe Vera
Beaver Tail Cactus
Henry, Gus and Jackie
Gus on the trail
Chris
Flowers
It was not necessarily roads or even paths we we driving on, but washes . . .where the water runs after a rain.
Chris on the trail
Driving up the Wash
Chris's Mazda
Cactus
Chris, Henry, Gus and Jackie at Fortuna Mine
Cactus Flower
Gus's Jeep
Jack Straw Cactus
Moth in the Red Flowers
Henry and Chris
The Good - the Bad - and the Ugly
I always use to cringe when I thought of a dog getting hit with porcupine quills. But a dog in that situation usually did something to get himself into that situation. In the desert the "Teddy Bear Cholla" cactus AKA "JUMPING CACTUS" will GET YOU.
More than once I had to call out for Gus (who carries a leatherman in his pocket). I can tell you from painful experience that sports shoes may be comfortable in the desert, but only until you step on a bit of cactus and it goes swiftly through the bottom or sides as if you were bare foot. After the worst time I paid a LOT more attention, and still ended up with thorns in my shoes and feet when I went off the path to take photos of cactus and flowers.
The dogs picked up cactus and had to have them pulled out . .OUCH! Popeye bit at them himself and ended up with a mouth full of thorns.
Dog
Dog in the Cactus
Dog after biting at the cactus stuck in his side
Dog getting the last of the cactus pulled out
Parked at the summit of Woodcutters Pass
Red Barrel Hook Cactus
Ruff Road
Three 4 x 4s
Ocotilla Cactus
Pamala Anderson Cactus
