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| Colorado River near the West Wetlands Park boat ramp |
We're still in Yuma, AZ. Plan to leave March 7th and go back toward Tucson to the Picacho, AZ (near Casa Grande, AZ) area for a few weeks. We were hoping to stay in Apache Junction, AZ (east of Phoenix, AZ) to be near the Superstition Mountain area, but everything was full. We now know why people stay in the Casa Grande area - no room near Phoenix!
We've locked into walking along the Colorado River as the best place to walk and sightsee in Yuma. This is in addition to the Telegraph Pass Trail east of Yuma. Both can be busy. Telegraph Trail is more mountainous while walking the river trail between the East & West Wetlands Parks is a more level, less strenuous walk.
We've made one trip to El Centro, CA for a doc appointment and have a following up appointment in a couple of weeks.
We did meet up with Jonathan and Alice (summer volunteers at the hatchery last year) and were able to visit & tour Martha's Gardens Date Farm with them. Learned a lot and found it easy to become addicted to date milkshakes!
Since we last posted, we've learned we'll be spending the summer volunteering at Grand Teton Nat'l Park's Larry S Rockefeller Preserve. The Preserve is on the quiet side of Grand Teton and located along the Wilson to Moose road. The preserve comes with limited parking and access to Phelps Lake - another gorgeous glacial lake - just like all the others in the Grand Tetons. The trailer will be parked on volunteer pads in the Gros Ventre Campground.
To fill the gap between leaving Yuma & arriving Grand Teton, our first stop will be near Casa Grande, AZ (mentioned earlier). After that we plan a week in the Lake Mead Recreation area, then three weeks near Zion and Bryce Canyon Natl Parks. There's roughly three more weeks to plan before we're expected at Grand Teton. We'd hoped to visit Capitol Reef National Park, but they've chosen this year to redo the scenic drive (I'm sure it's needed) and some parking lots. Looks like a good year to skip Capitol Reef!
That gets you up to date with us, and we'll update things as we go along. Thanks for dropping by and checking up on us! David
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| Bighorn sheep along Telegraph Pass Trail |
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| Colorado River, East Wetlands, Yuma, AZ |
