A recent trip to our great American west.
Arches National Park is one of the many beautiful National parks in the state of Utah.
If you enjoy boondocking (camping off-grid), then the great Sonoran Desert in southwest Arizona should be on your radar. Arizona has millions of acres of BLM (Bureau of Land Management) land that is open for public use. I, along with thousands of other avid campers, are able to enjoy free camping in the desert.
While in Arizona, I visited the infamous Yuma Territorial Prison. The prison is now a museum. The below picture shows a portion of the prison cemetery. The Yuma Territorial Prison first opened its doors in 1876 and the first 7 prisoners had worked on the construction of the cells within the prison; in essence, building their own cells. Some 3,069 prisoners, including 29 women inhabited the prison during its 33 years of operation.
A few years back, Hollywood made a movie; "3:10 To Yuma" starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale about transporting a criminal to this prison. The original movie by the same title was made in 1957 and starred Glenn Ford and Van Heflin.
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