Yuma Lakes RV Park, Yuma, AZ

It seems that every time we move, something breaks. On the way to Yuma a week ago, another tire on the pick-up separated. We pulled into a tire shop (not a Les Schwab) and had them cut the bolt holding our spare (the kee to the lock got lost sometime over the last ten years) and they changed our tire for us. As soon as we find a Les Schwab we will have to buy two new front tires to match the two new back tires.

On our way from Cactus Gardens to Yuma Lakes RV Park, just as we pulled into the Park, both of the back spring shackles on the Condo broke. By the time we got to our spot, both tires were slammed together and not rolling too well. There just happened to be an experienced welder in the Park who just happened to have his welder with him. Four hours and $250 later, we were able to finish parking and get on with our "fun" time.

I have only seen Terry read two books since we have been married.
This is the third one. I keep telling him he needs to find more to do and reading would be a good option. He has already finished that book and started another one!

Well, we made another visit back to Mexico. Mama turtle was very lonely and so we decided to adopt a baby for her. Now some of the kids are making lists for when we go back next year. They would be great Christmas gifts if we had room to store all of them. The only thing is, the Mexican man who sold them to us said that they come alive at night so to be careful that they don't run away! They do seem to be in different positions come morning time once in a while.

Yuma Lake is pretty. It is only abut two acres in size. They stock it with fish. Terry caught quite a few bass, but none of them big enough to eat.

The park has people coming and going all of the time. There was a big Freightliner RV hauler that pulled in with a 40 foot 5th wheel behind it. Of course, it wasn't long that we had to go for a walk. Terry was admiring the truck and the owner came out and introduced himself. He suggested that Terry sit in the driver's seat and see how it felt. Come to find out, these people are headed for Emmett in August. Their son races at Firebird Raceway. They stayed in Eagle last year, but someone told them there was a nice little RV park behind a hotel. (We almost bought the hotel years ago, but they wouldn't let us have the RV park with it, so we didn't go through with it.) We gave them one of our cards so they can call us if they need anything while they are in Emmett.

It is really a small world. Last Sunday at Church I met a gal whose Mom and Father-In-Law both graduated from Emmett High school and another gal who was raised in McCall.

It rained one day that we were here. That is the first rainy day that we have had. It seemed kind of nice. The weather has been kind of erratic, cool for a couple of days and then hot for a couple of days. We have had a couple of really windy days. There is so much sand around here that when the wind blows, it turns into a sand storm. It has been warm enough to play in the pool several times. We even got sunburned (and that will be a picture that will not get published!).

We couldn't believe it when we came into Yuma. After driving though nothing but desert, you come into this valley with miles of green fields. They have three growing seasons here. They just finished harvesting lettuce, tomatoes, cantaloupe, an watermelon and have planted corn and grains. After that harvest, they plant cotton. All of their irrigation comes from the Colorado River in big canals and they flood irrigate. The fields look like big lakes when they are being irrigated. Back home we have "Cherry Festival Days." In Yuma they have "Lettuce Days."

No one drinks the water here. It has a lot of sulfa, or salt in it. There are drive-in water vending places. They look like gasoline stations, only you get water there instead of gas. They have had vending machines at both parks. You can get five gallons of water for $1.
You can't be an official RV'er unless you have your US map posted somewhere on your RV. You can tell we are newbee's because we only have four states filled in (we kind of cheated on Nevada because we only drove through Las Vegas and in Montana we only camped in the WalMart parking lot).

We will be leaving tomorrow, Wednesday, to go to Phoenix. The boys are taking Terry to the NASCAR race there this weekend. They are kicking me out to stay with Travis's family. I think I may be getting the better end of the deal. I think I would choose playing with four grandsons over watching cars go around and around in circles for three hours! I'm sure there will be pictures for next week's BLOG.