KofA - Crystal Hill
When we had overstayed our welcome near Yuma, we went back to KofA, this time at Crystal Hill, where there’s a camping area along a wash with actual trees that cast actual shade. Shade is helpful when the temperature is pushing 100 degrees.
On the way to KofA, I wrecked my trike, so it is now totally unrideable. That makes sightseeing a bit tough for someone who can barely totter 2 or 3 miles even when decked out in major gear such as leg braces, knee-braces, heavy boots and hiking poles. However, I was determined to walk up to a saddle in the mountains to the south of my campsite, so I undertook a four-hour hike, barely reaching my goal. It would have taken a normal person a couple of hours. From the saddle, one could see….more desert. It’s a great spot if you like the desert.
If you zoom in, you can see the Ocotillo are in bloom…there’s one in the center of the picture.
It must have been right after I took the above photo that, in manhandling my camera around as usual, I managed to lock the ISO setting on 6400 (again). So all my photos became horribly grainy. The picture below (looking back across the valley toward where I am camped) is so grainy that it almost looks like an Impressionist painting.
That dark hill in front of the lighter hills in the distance is Crystal Hill. I am camped at the foot of that hill. I have no clue how many miles away it is, but I estimate somewhere around 3. Yes, it takes me 2 hours to walk 3 miles. That is how speedy I am.