Sunday, October 31, 2010

7:15 to Yuma

A converted post office is now the Gowan Company building

(Editor's shout out: As I arrived in downtown Yuma, I got a call from my college chum, Skeeter. We talked college football, movies and hockey.)

Now, back to our regularly scheduled program...

Early Saturday morning, I left Phoenix for a day-trip to Yuma, AZ, to see what I could see. Yuma, on average, is one of the hottest cities in the U.S. and filled with sunshine. I was welcomed with temps in the mid- to high 70s, sunny skies and a nice breeze.


Downtown Yuma:


Space on the ground floor is available


Looking west on Main St.


The Kress building


The Yuma Theater


Drink anyone?


Looking east on Main St.


Looking south on 2nd St.


An old firehouse? See below


Ah, that's what it is


Random Buildings:



Yuma County Courthouse


Fourth Avenue School


Disrepair in Yuma:


A row of shops


An erstwhile law office


Hotel Del Sol

Odds and ends:


A train crosses the Colorado River from CA to AZ


Looking up the Colorado River from the Fourth Ave. Bridge


Lunch at Texas Roadhouse

Yuma Territorial Prison

Notice the ball and chain

After walking around downtown Yuma, I drove out to the Yuma Territorial Prison. It sits on a bluff overlooking the Colorado River.


The Sallyport. What the heck is a Sallyport?


Glad you asked


The main guard tower


Check out what this gal was in for


If you were really bad


Illuminating the Dark Cell


Entering the main cell block


Cell after cell


6 men to a cell. Stacked them 3 high


The yard


Prison stats


Of course, I signed the guest register


Prison cemetery