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Plank Road



These are remains of a plank road that was built in 1915 to run through the Algodones Dunes as part of a highway connecting Yuma and San Diego. The road was only one lane wide and provided a rough ride. Work crews fought the elements for 10 years to keep the road open before the road was replaced with a concrete road built on top of a sand embankment.

My visit was short (and my photos fuzzy) because the setting sun was taking away my light.






Hell Hole

Yuma Territorial Prison
























Painted Rock

Painted Rock Petroglyph Site





The Painted Rock Petroglyph Site contains hundreds of ancient petroplyphs pecked into basalt boulders.






















The picnic shelter made a great office for the morning, until the temperature hit 100 degrees.