Our tour guide skills were put to the test today as we drove around Yuma showing John and Carol (California that is) the sites. The highlights were the bridge to no where, the sand dunes, Tumco historic mine, the old downtown area, pivot point and picking lettuce (you had to have known that was coming).

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Tumco is an abandoned gold mining town and is one of the earliest gold mining areas in California. Over 200,000 ounces of gold was taken from the mines in the area.

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There's not much left of the town, but these leaching tanks that were built in the early 1900s.

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Old downtown Yuma. It was a small downtown, only a couple of blocks long, but there are some impressive buildings.

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and some nice fountains. Downtown is now home to a couple of art galleries, a theater, several restaurants and a few businesses. In case your wondering these last two photos are "fused". Ed sets his camera to shoot a series of photos (3 or 5) with slightly different exposures. The photos are fused together to eliminate differences in lighting.