These pictures were taken from I-8 and CA-98 about 16-20 miles west of Yuma, AZ. We even drove out to some of the RV parking sites. Semicircle parking was very popular for large groups.
The Coachella canal can be seen in some of the pictures. Most of the large canals in AZ and CA have stripers, black bass and catfish in them. Pan fish don't last long because all of the afore mentioned fish eat them.
It had rained and there were desert flowers in bloom everywhere.
This is post #6 in this series. All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algodones_Dunes
During our visit to this beautiful National Forest we were traveling with our friends, Don & Betty. We had charted out our trip from our summer campgrounds in New England To Southern California and were about a week or more behind schedule when we crossed into UT from WY. (Hunting for wild horses near Rawlings, WY had slowed us down). You can see in the first picture we appear a little chilly at the UT welcome center.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uinta_National_Forest
When entering the forest there is a bubbling stream along the roadway. Once the road starts climbing the stream goes the other way. The winding roadway leads to overlooks and other places to stop and take pictures. Near the park exit road we found a ski lift in operation for a ride up into the mountains where picture taking was excellent as you will see in some of our pictures below. As we exited the park there was a small park village with places to eat and rest from the trip thru the park.
For us, Alexandria Bay was the gateway to the Thousand Islands via a well organized fleet of tour boats.
Uncle Sam Boat Tours was our choice carrier and we enjoyed riding on the paddle wheeler. The All day tour was economically priced. There were places on the trip where we could get off on an island for a closer look and then get on the next uncle Sam that stopped there. There were well stocked food and drink concession on all of the Uncle Sam boats and the prices were very reasonable for a hot dog and drink or a bag of buttered pop corn etc.
The tour boat departure and arrival area reminded me of a small, busy, sea port. Everything was well organized. Parking for a dually was hectic but we did find one within a short walk to the tour ticket booth.
The village has a lot of other things to offer visitors. Golfing, fishing tours with experienced guides and numerous eateries to satisfy your hunger pangs.
Here are some interesting reference materials to browse. Great pictures and pointers for things you may be interested in and don’t know they are available.
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http://www.visitalexbay.org/
http://hendersonprinting.com/digitaleditions/abay2015/index.html
http://usboattours.com/1000islands/
These pictures are just a glimpse of the hundreds we took in the village and on the boat tour.
During a two week stay at Mill Creek Campground at Mackinaw City we made numerous side trips. This is about the one to Mackinac Island.
http://www.campmackinaw.com/home.htm
https://www.google.com/search?q=mackinac+island&sa=X&biw=1548&bih=755&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ved=0CEUQsARqFQoTCIb2oK6R6McCFQN7PgodAvMJ9A
This is the third installment in this series of adventures.
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Our day started with a high speed boat ride out to the island in one of Shepler’s ferry boats like the one below.
Motorized vehicles are not allowed on the island. You can rent bikes, take a horse and buggy tour of some sort or hoof it. We took a buggy tour to then hoofed to the major shopping areas. During this trip Linda's sister and her husband were with us.
Just a few random pictures we took while roaming around on the Island.
