Mississippi River Trip: Phoenix, Gila Bend, Painted Rocks, Yuma

That’s how they came – we’re sort of deadheading to San Diego, but picked Painted Rocks as a stopping point because it will break up the drive into a couple of short days instead of one marathon day of driving, and also because I love the petroglyph sites.  There’s something about standing next to 10,000 years of human history that makes me feel tiny, but still significant.  We made it to the park, but the campsites were unprotected and wind was forecast for the night, so we just walked the loop trail and headed on.

We found a camp spot on a lake near Yuma, but it was a hot night (103 degrees at 10:30pm).  We sweated our way into sleep - disturbed only by a family that came to the lake, little kids and all at 4:00am, stayed for about 10 minutes, and left.  

We headed out as soon as we could get the car packed the next morning.  Next stop – San Diego and cooler days!!