On March 7, we had quite an exciting morning. The tree outside our RV made a loud cracking sound. A big limb on the opposite side of our RV broke and fell onto the empty park model beside us. Someone called the office and before you know it, the maintenance guys were swarming all over and had the mess cleaned up in no time. They even raked up all the leaves. It was an exciting way to start the day! It was a really windy day and we weren’t the only ones that lost part of their tree.
The following day the wind died down—thank goodness—and 13 of us went on a boat tour up the Colorado River. We drove to Martinez Lake with Ian and Maud Snow. It is about 20 miles from the park. I didn’t even realize that there was a lake. The Gila River and The Colorado river form a lake. During the summer I guess, it is full of boaters and fishermen. We went on a guided tour boat.
Here we are headed up the Colorado River. We made a few stops where we could get off the boat and see an old miner’s cabin and get a beautiful view of the river.
View of the river, the tullies along the banks and the mountains in the background. Very picturesque.
Our next stop was the petro graphs. Our boat captain tried to explain the Indian way of choosing a chief or leader, but it was very confusing. Something about a gray area!
He told us how old the rocks have to be to have the patina on them in order to show the markings, it was many thousands of hears, but I’ve forgotten how many.
While we were looking at the rocks we were treated to a fly-over by one of the jets from the Marine base in Yuma. A little dot in a big blue sky, with lots of jet noise.
Our last stop and turn around place was Norton’s Landing, where we had our box lunches. This is also a boy scout camping area. It was fixed up pretty nice, but primitive. Although we did get to use the flush toilets!
Check out all the old wood stoves. I guess the boy scouts that use this camp for overnight camping get to use these to keep warm. They also have to use the primitive out houses!
Ian, Ron and big John on our way back to the landing. Weather was slightly windy, but clear and beautiful.
Below is one of the houses that surround the marina and lake. Of course, it is the most beautiful!
This was a five hour trip and it cost us $75.00 each. There were more people on the boat than the 13 of us from Sundance. It was a very enjoyable trip, the lunch was good and the boat crew kept us entertained with jokes.
Thanks to everyone who emailed me photos, because this was a day I forgot my camera!
A very nice day was had by all.
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