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Betty's Kitchen - 1 member in 7 triplogs has rated this an average 1 ( 1 to 5 best )
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Feb 08 2014
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65 male
 Joined May 14 2003
 Ahwatukee, AZ
Yuma AZ and Imperial Sand Dunes CA, AZ 
Yuma AZ and Imperial Sand Dunes CA, AZ
 
Backpack avatar Feb 08 2014
Randal_Schulhauser • Triplogs 1,009
Backpack23.61 Miles 1,110 AEG
Backpack23.61 Miles3 Days         
1,110 ft AEG
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Meers Point Trail
Painted Desert Trail
Smoke Tree Point
Indian Pass Arches
Osborne Overlook - Imperial Sand Dunes
Watchable Wildlife Site - Imperial Sand Dunes
North Algodones Dunes Widlerness Trails
Yuma Territorial Prison and Nature Trail
Betty's Kitchen
Yuma Proving Grounds - Roadside Tank Exhibit
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Yuma AZ and Imperial Sand Dunes CA – Feb2014
Saturday February 8th, 2014
7.82 miles and 350 AEG (35 floors) on FitBit Imperial National Wildlife Refuge :next: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/imperial/

Headed north on SR95 until you reach Martinez Lake Road. At about 35 miles from Yuma, turn onto Red Cloud Mine Road. Pavement ends just beyond this intersection. Stop in at the Visitor Center and check out the Meers Point Trail (HAZ :next: [ Meers Point Trail ] ) boardwalk overlooking Martinez Lake.

Painted Desert Trail (HAZ :next: [ Painted Desert Trail ] ) is a 1.3 mile loop heading east from the trail head parking (with restroom and picnic table ramada) along Red Cloud Mine Road. Painted Desert Trail is comprised of rocks tinted by minerals - iron creates the rusty reds, copper the blue-green tones. In the washes saw plenty of evidence of wild burros. Also saw about a dozen deer in the TH vicinity when we passed by after sundown...

Smoke Tree Point (HAZ :next: [ Smoke Tree Point ] ) to catch sundown. Plenty of ducks, coots, and cormorants in nearby Butler Lake.

Didn't have time to make it Red Cloud Mines and Ghost Town :next: https://www.in-the-desert.com/redcloud.html Maybe next time...

Checked into our Yuma AZ base camp at the local, dog friendly, Holiday Inn :next: https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/u ... oteldetail
Sunday February 9th, 2014
10.18 miles and 650 AEG (65 floors) on FitBit Indian Pass Arches and Imperial Dunes (North Algodones Dunes Wilderness Area )

Headed west from Yuma on I-8 into California. Turnoff at Ogilby Road and headed north about 12.5 miles to Indian Pass Road. Take Indian Pass Road (aka EC649) about 8.5 miles to the TH Parking and Kiosk. It is strictly high clearance 4WD beyond this point. Hike down 0.63 miles into the main wash (Gavilan Wash). EC649 will continue to the right (east) as you enter Gavilan Wash. Hike to the left and enter the Wilderness Area as you head up the wash another 1.39 miles to Indian Pass Arches. You will notice the arches up on your right as the wash enters a zone of distinctive white/yellow conglomerate surrounding rising bands of black/brown volcanic rock. My iPhone GPS indicated 2.02 miles one-way from where we parked my truck to the three arches. Indian Pass Arches on HAZ :next: [ Indian Pass Arches ] This trio of arches is located in the Black Mountains at the Western edge of the Picacho Peak Wilderness.

Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation Area via Osborne Overlook (HAZ :next: [ Osborne Overlook - Imperial Sand Dunes ] ) and Watchable Wildlife Site (HAZ :next: [ Watchable Wildlife Site - Imperial Sand Dunes ] ) to access North Algodones Dunes Wilderness :next: [ North Algodones Dunes Widlerness Trails ] Caught sunset on the dunes at Osborne Overlook.
Monday February 10th, 2014
5.61 miles and 110 AEG (11 floors) on FitBit Betty's Kitchen :next: [ Betty's Kitchen ]

Checked out of our Holiday Inn Yuma base camp and headed to the iconic territorial prison (my hommage to "3:10 to Yuma") and a local wildlife and agriculture tour via Levee Road up to Laguna Dam and Imperial Dam. Found a roadside tank and artillery exhibit just before Imperial Dam Road joins onto SR95.
Yuma territorial prison :next: [ Yuma Territorial Prison and Nature Trail ]
Levee road on California side of Colorado River (osprey encounter) Laguna Dam Betty's Kitchen by Laguna Dam Imperial Dam Yuma Proving Grounds - Roadside Tank Exhibit :next: [ Yuma Proving Grounds - Roadside Tank Exhibit ]
Old suspension bridge over Gila River near Colorado confluence, McPhaul Bridge :next: https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/15235
TOTALS
333 images on Canon 6D
106 images on Canon 7D
71 images on Canon Rebel XT
77 images on iPhone 4S
587 TOTAL IMAGES
23.61 miles and 1110 AEG (111 floors x 10 feet) on FitBit
Will post photos when I get the chance… ;)
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[ checklist ]  Imperial Dam  Imperial National Wildlife Refuge  Imperial Sand Dunes
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brittlebush, globemallow, verbena, desert marigold blooms
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Sep 07 2011
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49 male
 Joined Dec 30 2007
 Avondale,Az
Betty's KitchenSouthwest, AZ
Betty's Kitchen
Southwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Sep 07 2011
Stoic • Triplogs 552
Hiking1.00 Miles
Hiking1.00 Miles   1 Hour      1.00 mph
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I would have to agree with all the comments before mine. Now that its $10 per car, I wont be back.
It looks like the place burned down, and they didn't reopen it. I explored around then hiked to the Colorado river.
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Jan 09 2009
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72 female
 Joined Jan 21 2006
 Eagar AZ
Betty's KitchenSouthwest, AZ
Betty's Kitchen
Southwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Jan 09 2009
azbackpackr • Triplogs 883
Hiking2.00 Miles
Hiking2.00 Miles   1 Hour      2.00 mph
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Where we went is more of a walk than a hike, but takes you to the river. It would make for a nice, very easy mtn. bike ride, too.

Okay, so we didn't actually go into the trailhead for Betty's Kitchen. Been there, done that. (It's not all that interesting.) We had heard about an area right NEXT to it though. You make the same turn off of Laguna Dam Rd. (Ave. 7E) at the sign that says "Betty's Kitchen," but then you keep on going straight past the driveway for that trailhead another hundred yards or so to a locked white pipe gate. Park near gate but don't block it, the farmers need to get in.

Walking past the gate and down the road you get to an alfalfa field. Walk around the field to the left, following the dirt road. You will pass a totally cool ruin of a house, of the wattle-and-daub method of building. (We later met the landowner, and told him we'd be happy to rent it and restore it!) It was heavily damaged in a river flood, but the walls and roof are still pretty good--needs cleaning up and new windows. It has heavy logs for roof beams. It is so neat! Anyway, pass the house and get to the far side of the field, then follow tire tracks to the river. This is a put-in used by the owner of the field for his motorboat.

If you have a kayak or small fishing boat you can drive past that white pipe gate (don't go through it) to a legal put-in. It is a 4WD put-in if you are using a trailer, but if you are hand-carrying a kayak it will be very easy. This area is very nice for fishing and kayaking. It is a stretch of the old river below Imperial Dam and above Laguna Dam. Not many people go in here as it is hard to get in and out of. There are many birds, and deer. We saw hundreds of deer tracks. It is a very beautiful area with many cottonwood and willow trees. A cottonwood grove, in nice straight rows, has also been planted in this area by the Bureau of Reclamation as habitat for the endangered Willow Flycatcher. But the farmer said he didn't think there were any of those birds around there.
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Mar 11 2007
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72 female
 Joined Jan 21 2006
 Eagar AZ
Betty's KitchenSouthwest, AZ
Betty's Kitchen
Southwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Mar 11 2007
azbackpackr • Triplogs 883
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Took a stroll through this area, north of Yuma, the other day. It costs $5 to park there and the walk takes about 10 minutes! It is kind of pretty, kind of interesting, but I wouldn't go back unless it was free. It's called Betty's Kitchen because there was once a settlement there with a restaurant by that name. It was all wiped out in the big flood in the fall of 1983.
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Jun 10 2006
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 Joined Jun 10 2006
 Yuma, AZ
Betty's KitchenSouthwest, AZ
Betty's Kitchen
Southwest, AZ
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Griz • Triplogs 2
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Short, flat, wide loop. Some of the interpretive signs have faded in the sun and are difficult to read. Irrigation hose for many plants are visible. Trail is flat and smooth but visually dull.
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Jan 30 2006
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53 female
 Joined Feb 17 2006
 Yuma, AZ
Betty's KitchenSouthwest, AZ
Betty's Kitchen
Southwest, AZ
Hiking avatar Jan 30 2006
roynda • Triplogs 2
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Qucik little jaunt around the intrepretive path. Very flat and very easy. Harderst part is finding the parking lot.
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May 23 1993
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 Joined Jan 15 2010
 Avondale
Betty's KitchenSouthwest, AZ
Betty's Kitchen
Southwest, AZ
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leonesiegel • Triplogs 298
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