Today, Dec 16, we did some exploring of the area.  We left our campsite at Buckskin Mountain State Park, AZ and drove over Parker Dam to the California side of the Colorado River.  Only about 14 miles each way.  Sunny skies, quite breezy and about 59 degrees...Chilly!

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Parker Dam is a concrete arch-gravity dam that crosses the Colorado River 155 miles downstream of Hoover Dam. Built between 1934 and 1938 by the Bureau of Reclamation, it is 320 feet high, 235 feet of which are below the riverbed, making it the deepest dam in the world. The dam's primary functions are to create a reservoir (Lake Havasu), and to generate hydroelectric power.  The dam straddles the state border at the narrows the river passes through between the Whipple Mountains of California and the Buckskin Mountains of Arizona.

Saw some Wild Burros on the California side.  We were told there are a lot of them around here...

Tomorrow, Dec 17th, we leave Buckskin Mountain Park and head south to Yuma, AZ, right on the Mexican border.