Running Boy Narrows


Tink you’ve “done Yuma” because you toured Yuma Territorial Prison and ate at Lutes Casino?


It’s a start, but one reason thousands of snowbirds return to Yuma year aſter year is that there’s always something new to discover in the world’s sunniest destination – even in the “same old places.”


To take your Yuma adventures to the next level, just get off the beaten track:


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istory buffs will dig Castle Dome Mines Museum (www.castledomemuseum.com, 928.920.3062), a lovingly


re-created “ghost town” in a picture-perfect desert setting about 40 miles northeast of town. Spanish conquistadors found silver here in the 1600s, and exploration continued from 1862 to 1979, making these Arizona’s longest-worked mines. When Allen and Stephanie Armstrong bought the old


claim – now surrounded by Kofa National Wildlife Refuge – only a few original buildings remained standing. Tey’ve since created a sprawling town of more than 50 authentic structures -- each filled to the raſters with period furniture, equipment and artifacts like the world’s oldest pair of Levi’s, much of which Allen pulled from the claim’s dry, dark mineshaſts in pristinely preserved condition. Mostly off the tourist radar, Castle Dome delivers what writer


Roger Naylor called “an unforgettable blend of history and scenery” that “bristles with rich details of the lives led -- and lost.” A new section updates the story through the ‘60s and ‘70s. It’s open daily fall through spring, the $10 cost includes the ghost town and a self- guided hike through the mining area. Bring a picnic and make a day of it – no drive-throughs out here.


E SEEN, DONE AGAIN …


By Ann Walker SNOWBIRDS & RV TRAVELERS 25 SUNCRUISERMEDIA.COM


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