FEB 21 INTO THE DESERT
Feb 21, my parents’ wedding anniversary many decades ago! We are up at 7:30 for coffee and early breakfast and on the road by 10. It’s an easy drive on interstates most of the way, huge complex road systems like spaghetti all over the landscape, then out through nice hilly rural residential areas. Lots of green hills and palm trees give way to protected saguaro national wilderness areas, huge sand dunes and finally plain flat dry plan in Yuma. This is a huge snowboard destination, a few far hills but otherwise the sunniest spot in the US with nothing much to commend it.
This is huge agricultural land on the south part of the Imperial valley, a vast producer of crops and cattle.
We lose an hour going into Arizona which does not move to summer time.
With nothing much in the fridge yet, we find the local popular watering hole called Wheezy’s sports bar and enjoy a couple of margaritas and beers and a feast of ribs and other grub.
It’s now 28 so no problem sleeping just under the duvet tonight. A gorgeous sunset but we are parked on a concrete pad in a massive RV park so no good views.
Overnight we hear heavy rain and wake to puddles all around and much cooler, windier temps.
Once you are parked, people come by to visit. One from Medicine Hat (just south of Calgary) spending his first year as a snowbird and loving it. Another cycling round with his dog in the basket, come to check on us. I play Zuni sunset on my flute to watch the sun go down.
This is huge agricultural land on the south part of the Imperial valley, a vast producer of crops and cattle.
We lose an hour going into Arizona which does not move to summer time.
With nothing much in the fridge yet, we find the local popular watering hole called Wheezy’s sports bar and enjoy a couple of margaritas and beers and a feast of ribs and other grub.
It’s now 28 so no problem sleeping just under the duvet tonight. A gorgeous sunset but we are parked on a concrete pad in a massive RV park so no good views.
Overnight we hear heavy rain and wake to puddles all around and much cooler, windier temps.
Once you are parked, people come by to visit. One from Medicine Hat (just south of Calgary) spending his first year as a snowbird and loving it. Another cycling round with his dog in the basket, come to check on us. I play Zuni sunset on my flute to watch the sun go down.
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