MORE OF YUMA

OUR FRIENDS, BONNIE AND JOHN , FROM SOUTH DAKOTA JUST HAPPENED TO BE IN YUMA WHILE WE WERE THERE. THEY CAME OUT TO THE RV PARK AND VISITED AND THEN WE HAD LUNCH AT CRACKER BARREL ALONG WITH BONNIE'S BROTHER, STAN. WE ENJOYED OUR VISIT, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SOME OLD FRIENDS.

WE WENT TO THE YUMA TERRITORIAL PRISON ONE DAY.

THE PRISONERS CALLED IT "HELL", I CAN SEE WHY, THIS TINY SPACE HELD SIX PRISONERS. SUMMER TIME TEMPERATURES  REACHED 120 DEGREES. THIS IN ITSELF SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DETERRANT TO CRIME. IT WAS A VERY INTERESTING TOUR.

OUR MONTH WAS WINDING DOWN, WE HAD TO START GETTING THE TRUCK AND RV READY FOR OUR TRIP EAST. I NEEDED SOME NEW CLOTHES, SO WE DID SOME SHOPPING. I WANTED TO GET MY TEETH CLEANED BEFORE WE LEFT. WHILE WE WERE AT PICACHO PEAK RV SOME FOLKS THERE TOLD US ABOUT A DENTIST OVER IN MEXICO.  I CALLED AND GOT AN APPOINTMENT. I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE DENTAL OFFICE AND THE YOUNG MEN WHO CLEANED MY TEETH DID AN EXCELLENT JOB  FOR $30.00

THE WHOLE TOWN OF ALGODONES  LOOKED CLEANER AND MORE PROSPEROUS THAN PROGRESSO, MEXICO,  IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

THE TOURISTS WEREN'T JUST SHOPPING ON THE MAIN STREET,  THEY WERE DEEP INTO THE TOWN. THAT SURPRISED US, IN PROGRESSO IT IS ONLY SAFE TO STAY ON THE MAIN STREET AND ONLY ABOUT THREE BLOCKS INTO THE TOWN. EVERY OTHER BUSINESS IS A DENTIST,  EYE DOCTOR OR  PRESCRIPTION MEDICINE. NOT SO MANY RESTAURANTS OR SHOPS. MOST OF THE GOODS THEY SELL ARE OFFERED ON THE STREET.
THE LAST WEEK WE WERE IN YUMA IT TURNED HOT, IN THE HIGH 90'S. WE WERE SWIMMING AND SUN BATHING EVERY DAY.

AND STILL ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL SUNRISES AND SUNSETS.

WE GOT THE TRUCK WASHED AND WAXED AND SCRUBBED THE RV DOWN.

WE CELEBRATED EASTER A DAY EARLY WITH A TURKEY DINNER AND A COCONUT CAKE.

WE LEFT YUMA EASTER SUNDAY MORNING HEADED TO BENSON, ARIZONA FOR THE NIGHT.

OUR MONTH IN YUMA

WE WERE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT YUMA IS LIKE......WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT IS MORE DESERT-LIKE THAN WHERE WE HAVE BEEN STAYING. ALSO, IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE " WINTER  VEGETABLE CAPITOL OF THE WORLD." LOOKING FORWARD TO EATING SOME FRESH VEGETABLES! 

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE INTERSTATE YOU SEE COULD SEE THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DESERT AND THE GROWING FIELDS. THEY RAISE 175 DIFFERENT CROPS INCLUDING MORE THAN 90 PERCENT OF THE NATION'S LEAFY GREENS FROM NOVEMBER THROUGH MARCH.

WE WERE STAYING THE MONTH IN A BRAND NEW RV PARK, AND IT IS 5 STAR FOR SURE! THE WEB SITE DIDN'T DO IT JUSTICE.

IT IS A 400 PLUS SITE RV PARK AND WE FOUND OUT THERE ARE ONLY 40 OF US HERE, INCLUDING THE 14 WORKAMPERS. LOTS OF ROOM TO MOVE AROUND!

THE RV LOTS ARE VERY LARGE, THERE IS A BOWLING ALLY........

MINI GOLF.......

A THEATRE ROOM.........

ANOTHER  DOG PARK THAT MAGGIE AND  MARLEE DIDN'T LIKE GOING TO.....

A BEAUTIFUL POOL AND HOT TUB......ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT.

AND DURING THE DAY IT WASN'T TOO BAD EITHER.

WE WENT SWIMMING ALMOST EVERY DAY  AND WORKED ON OUR TANS.

FIRST THING WE DID WAS GO TO THE VISITOR  INFORMATION CENTER TO CHECK OUT THINGS TO SEE AND DO HERE.

WITH OUR MAPS WE WERE ABLE TO FIND THE COLORADO RIVER......

AND DOWNTOWN YUMA........

 WE FOUND OUT THERE IS A FARMER'S MARKET HERE TOMORROW MORNING.  WE WERE THERE  BEFORE THEY OPENED.

WE BOUGHT ASPARAGUS, TOMATOES, CUCUMBERS, AND THE BEST LETTUCE I HAVE EVER EATEN! ON THE WAY HOME WE FOUND AN RV PARK THAT WAS HAVING A PARK WIDE GARAGE  SALE.

WENT TO MARTHA'S GARDEN, A DATE FARM CLOSE TO  OUR RV PARK
.

 I HAD A DELICIOUS DATE SHAKE.

WHILE WE WERE AT THE POOL ONE DAY WE MET A GAL WHO TOLD US ABOUT  THE ARIZONA MARKETPLACE. A BIG OPEN AIR FLEA MARKET!  WE WENT AND CHECKED IT OUT. IT WAS GREAT AND WE SHOPPED THERE A LOT.

WE WERE ENJOYING THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER HERE, SUNSHINE EVERY DAY.

AND BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS IN THE EVENINGS.

 BUT IT IS WINDY HERE....WHEN IT'S NOT WINDY THERE ARE HOT AIR BALLOON AND GLIDER PLANES.

BUT THERE ARE NO SAGUARO CACTUS IN THIS DESERT!