Yuma Days

It's Wed. and it looks like we will hang out at Yuma for a few more days. Even though we aren't really loving it here. Except the hot weather. We love that!

There is a nice bike path through the parks and along the canal. We always enjoy a good / easy bike ride.

We have found the people in this park really aren't that friendly. Americans. We haven't seen a Canadian license plate yet. There are many empty sites right now but it's booked solid for the winter. The old boys across & beside us won't even look at us. It's like we don't exist. The 'foreigners' invading their little world I guess. Ron was at the office to pick up some Yuma literature and one of the old gals did invite him to Bingo on Thurs night however :) This RV Park is one of the older ones in Yuma & I suspect the Canadians are mainly staying at the newer parks on the city outskirts. We drove by quite a number of those parks yesterday.

Ron is toying with the idea of heading across the border to Los Algodones although I am not crazy about doing that. I guess 'thousands' of people head to that Mexican town for their eyeglasses & dental work. The violence that has plagued other border towns supposedly has not been a problem there... Still, it makes me nervous!

We have noticed that there is a whole lot of air traffic over this city with the Yuma International Airport, Marine Corps Air Base plus north of the City there is the Army "Proving Ground" for equipment testing.

Evenings we enjoy sitting around our propane firepit. Have I said how much we love this weather?
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Later Wed: We decided to stay. The office wasn't open when Ron first went by this morning. A resident told him the owner would be back shortly. When Ron said we planned to extend our stay, he asked what site we were in. Ron says "Number 10" and he says "Oh, the Canadians". So yes, we have been noticed with our foreign plates! Also, it is quite windy here today. It would not be good for RV travels.

We had an interesting morning at the Territorial Prison State Pk. In 1876 the first 7 inmates were locked in to the new cells that they had built themselves. The last prisoner left in 1909. The buildings were used by the Yuma High School 1910-14 and then provided shelter for homeless during the 1920's & 30's. It was very interesting to tour the cells & read about the prisoners who spent time there -- including 29 women.

Also, we will remain in Yuma until Monday morning - Nov 1. Hoping Jim & Jan will be ready for 'Surprise' company by then??