YUMA, ARIZONA FUN FACTS

Where are we? Yuma, Arizona

Did you know Yuma is recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the sunniest place on earth with 339 bright days a year and less than 3 inches of rain annually.  (I think we just got our 3 inches).

Yuma is the country's highest producer of winter vegetables, especially lettuce. We are surrounded by crops and see the workers out there all day.

One of the many crops we pass by

Yuma is the site of the first railroad (1877) and highway bridge (1915) across the Colorado.  For your movie lovers, over 65 movies have been filmed in or around Yuma since 1913 including Star Wars, Jarhead and Resident Evil: Extinction.

With the help of the All Trails app, I found a moderate hiking trail called Telegraph Pass Trail.  The sun was warm with very little wind it was a good afternoon for taking a hike.  We were on the trail at 2:00 and back at the car around 4:30.  The trail was out and back with 836 feet elevation.  Easily got our 10,000 steps.  My Garmin clocked 5.6 miles for today. It felt good to put on our hiking boots and start hiking again, it's been a while.

The telecommunications towers
were  at the top and we had
great phone reception

It was a nice day and I hope you had a nice day too.  Thanks for stopping in to say hi.