Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park is today’s adventure. Lots of reading today
The watch tower
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The view from the tower
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Click on the images to enlarge. Easier to read 🙂
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The Sallyport
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In the Prison/Museum we go. Don’t you hate it when the sun ruins the photo? NOPE!
The layout 
The Women in Prison = Trouble
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The Bell
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The cells. These guys are in this cell
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No latrines only one bucket for all the cell mates
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Who’s that in the cell? 
When prisoners were bad, the “Dark Cell” awaited them
There are 2 door in, Allan is standing by the second door. So very dark in the cell
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What they did to get here. Escape anyone?
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What did this handsome hunk do to get in? 
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In it’s 33 years, the prison housed 3,069 inmates — 112 of whom died during their stay
Self guided tour over we head to the wetlands trail. After Telegraph Hill we welcome this flatness. Yep, muscles are a bit tender
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No marking at the beginning of the trail but find these at the end of it
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Must have been quite the party AKA people are pigs
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Back we go, 1-1/2 miles This is where we are heading to
We encounter a Survivor type hut…
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… with quite the view 
We investigate this site and determine it’s Yuma Live Steamers
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We were hoping to visit when they are operational but their site only gives scheduling till May 2022
Lunch time! 
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Fun fact! Owner Chris Wheeler started Prison Hill Brewing themed around the Yuma Territorial Prison not only because the brewery is less than a mile from the prison, but also as a nod to his great-grandfather, Jesus Gil, who served time in the prison because of the fallout from a poker game gone sideways.