ARIZONA TO CALIFORNIA ~ September 22, 2007

A double rainbow is always an amazing sight, and
this one looked even more impressive with the
juxtaposition of a train and Hwy. 60 near Salome.

The same train a little farther down the road just before it
starts curving away from the highway through a little canyon.

We took the back roads south from Blythe on Hwy. 78 through the Palo Verde Valley
and then past the Chocolate Mountains where we saw these Desert Tortoise signs.
This stretch is also known as the Ben Hulse Highway, an important route at one time.
It originally followed an old Indian trail.

The Mesquite Gold Mine, the first open pit gold mine I've seen.
You can take a walking trail up a hill overlooking the pit.
This mine had just resumed operations the week before,
and the VIPs were all there to check out the operations.