I was born and raised in Yuma, Arizona. Yuma is located in the bottom corner of Arizona. Yuma has many amazing things to offer to people. Yuma was once considered a small town but in the past few years, it has grown quite a bit. Yuma is known for its hot summers, the temperature getting past 100 degrees but that is one of the things I love about the town. Yuma has many attractions to offer like the Colorado River, Territorial Prison, farming, sand dunes, and the best Mexican food. Yuma is also a good traveling spot because we are three hours away from Phoenix and three hours from San Diego, California. That makes for fun road trips.
The Colorado Rivers runs right along the side of Yuma. During the hot summer temperatures, many people like to take their boats and Jet Skis out to the river. It is a great time to spend the day or weekend. Riding on the boat or Jet Ski or just hanging out on the sand bar with all your friends and family and just having a great time. During the winter, everyone likes to go the sand dunes, which is about 20 minutes away from Yuma. All the sand dunes are is a bunch of sand, and there are some big hills that have been created. Everyone likes to camp out there for the weekends, especially on Thanksgiving. People take their quads, golf-carts, ATV's, rails, and any other toy that they have. It is just another great place to have fun and to be with your friends and family. It's fun because everyone will drive to the back of the dunes and they will park in rows and watch people race up and down the hill. Another exciting thing is, if you drive to the very back, away from people and park up on this little hill, you can see all the lights from people racing and from the people just watching. It's a pretty cool sight to see.
Another great attraction is the Territorial Prison. The prison has been here since 1876. It ran for thirty-three years, 1876-1909. The prison is now considered a historical park. There is a museum inside and you can tour the entire cellblock. The museum contains old pictures and stories about the prison and its prisoners. When you take the tour, you get to see all the old cellblocks that the prisoners actually stayed. You can walk in them and sit down in them. It's an amazing feeling and an amazing thing to see. The prison sits on a bluff above the Colorado River. During the fall and spring, it is a great time to go down to the water and swim and to have a picnic. There are trails that you can take. The city also built this huge Ramada that you walk up stairs too and it over looks the prison, and the river. It's a beautiful sight to see. A neat fact is back in the late 1900's, one of the high schools burned down, and so they held classes at the prison. The prison is really an amazing thing to have because it adds so much to the town.
Yuma also has the best Mexican food ever. Once you eat the food, no other Mexican food will taste that good. Once you leave town, you will always crave the food. Yuma is also a huge farming town. Another interesting fact is that Old Yuma, which is downtown, still has some old hotels and that have been around since Yuma was first established. The hotels have been used in a few movies as well. The sand dunes have been used in a few movies, like one of the Star Wars movies.
Yuma is a very interesting and cool place to live. There are so many attractions and things to do. Yuma is also the best place to raise a family because it is a small town and there isn't really that much crime. Don't get me wrong, there is crime, but not like you hear about in Phoenix or another big city or town. Yuma is an exciting town, there is so much history behind this town, and it's so fascinating. All those things above are the reason why Yuma will always be my home. I did all those things when I was young and I still do them. I love going to the river and I love going to the dunes. Believe me, I love to eat the food. It's the best. I especially loved going to the prison when I was younger because my grandpa would always take me. Therefore, I have those memories of being with him and learning about the prison. It's hard putting it into words. You have to experience it for yourself to understand how great this town is. Even though I am away at school, it will always be my home, no matter where I am.
The Colorado Rivers runs right along the side of Yuma. During the hot summer temperatures, many people like to take their boats and Jet Skis out to the river. It is a great time to spend the day or weekend. Riding on the boat or Jet Ski or just hanging out on the sand bar with all your friends and family and just having a great time. During the winter, everyone likes to go the sand dunes, which is about 20 minutes away from Yuma. All the sand dunes are is a bunch of sand, and there are some big hills that have been created. Everyone likes to camp out there for the weekends, especially on Thanksgiving. People take their quads, golf-carts, ATV's, rails, and any other toy that they have. It is just another great place to have fun and to be with your friends and family. It's fun because everyone will drive to the back of the dunes and they will park in rows and watch people race up and down the hill. Another exciting thing is, if you drive to the very back, away from people and park up on this little hill, you can see all the lights from people racing and from the people just watching. It's a pretty cool sight to see.
Another great attraction is the Territorial Prison. The prison has been here since 1876. It ran for thirty-three years, 1876-1909. The prison is now considered a historical park. There is a museum inside and you can tour the entire cellblock. The museum contains old pictures and stories about the prison and its prisoners. When you take the tour, you get to see all the old cellblocks that the prisoners actually stayed. You can walk in them and sit down in them. It's an amazing feeling and an amazing thing to see. The prison sits on a bluff above the Colorado River. During the fall and spring, it is a great time to go down to the water and swim and to have a picnic. There are trails that you can take. The city also built this huge Ramada that you walk up stairs too and it over looks the prison, and the river. It's a beautiful sight to see. A neat fact is back in the late 1900's, one of the high schools burned down, and so they held classes at the prison. The prison is really an amazing thing to have because it adds so much to the town.
Yuma also has the best Mexican food ever. Once you eat the food, no other Mexican food will taste that good. Once you leave town, you will always crave the food. Yuma is also a huge farming town. Another interesting fact is that Old Yuma, which is downtown, still has some old hotels and that have been around since Yuma was first established. The hotels have been used in a few movies as well. The sand dunes have been used in a few movies, like one of the Star Wars movies.
Yuma is a very interesting and cool place to live. There are so many attractions and things to do. Yuma is also the best place to raise a family because it is a small town and there isn't really that much crime. Don't get me wrong, there is crime, but not like you hear about in Phoenix or another big city or town. Yuma is an exciting town, there is so much history behind this town, and it's so fascinating. All those things above are the reason why Yuma will always be my home. I did all those things when I was young and I still do them. I love going to the river and I love going to the dunes. Believe me, I love to eat the food. It's the best. I especially loved going to the prison when I was younger because my grandpa would always take me. Therefore, I have those memories of being with him and learning about the prison. It's hard putting it into words. You have to experience it for yourself to understand how great this town is. Even though I am away at school, it will always be my home, no matter where I am.
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Glendale REALTOR, Carl Chapman provide relocation information on 160 Arizona cities. as a REALTOR at West USA Realty, I also provide access to The full Arizona MLS . Find homes from across Arizona
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