Yuma Pioneer Cemetery

 We arrived in Yuma in the early afternoon and began geocaching in one of my favorite locations for finding hidden treasure...a cemetery. I had not been to the Yuma Pioneer Cemetery prior to Friday afternoon. 

established in 1895

one of the more ornate headstones in the older section

descendants of this deceased have upgraded the pauper headstone

another ornate memorial in the pauper section of the cemetery

many pauper headstone 

this family of three had diorama headstones

ornate statues behind glass

we found 10 specific headstones and got our answers 

to earn this virtual souvenir

Then it was time to find the other geocaches in the Yuma Pioneer Cemetery. This cache required some tree climbing and Sherry was willing and able to make the attempt.

Then it was a stretch for our vertically challenged friend to reach the locked container and open it to get the log for our signatures.

I had not seen a pink headstone before

the Hispanic section of the cemetery

pom-poms decorating this grave

three crosses designating the Hispanic section

another unique grave marker

The geocaching event on Friday late afternoon was the Flash Mob. Geocachers were encouraged to wave cash (real or fake) as they walked around the traffic circle in downtown Yuma. The event takes about 5 minutes, but gives us an opportunity to see and visit with other geocachers attending the weekend SWAG events. Sherry took a photo of me waving my large $100. We enjoyed dinner at the Da Boyz, Italian restaurant near the event.