Best Western Innsuites Hotel And Suites Yuma

... many of the snowbirds have arrived yet. Saw a small herd of wild burros on the way outside of Q'zite. They were the first wildlife we'd come upon in many- a-mile. Our site here at the Park is quite nice with lots of room to spread out and enjoy the weather here this winter.

Saturday 20 June 2009<br><br>A short driving day, we started out with lunch after laundry. Our second Road Food pick was Mrs. White&#8217;s Golden Rule Café, a modest diner with whitewashed concrete walls adorned throughout with signatures and well-wishers&#8217; notes written in black Sharpie. The food is thoroughly Southern country cookin&#8217; or soul food; take your pick. Steph had the southern fried chicken, red beans, mixed greens and lemonade. Jim ...

... directing each vehicle to make sure it did not bottom out or scrap the sides on the large rocks. Hope you all enjoyed the pics Jackie Whedbee

Spent most of the day downloading pictures from camera to computer to back up hard drive . . . so only had a very short time to get out and shoot a few . . .but the pictures I did get are worth sharing . . Jackie

... these beautiful flowers . . some kind of Poppy or Thistle they looked like . . . And there is this emergency station where if you push the button there will be border patrol with water to pick you up within an hour. .. .. designed specifically for the Mexicans trying to walk across the desert ...

... Gus lives in . . . there are many cactus just starting to bloom . . but they are here! Hope you enjoy the photos Jackie Whedbee

... yellow as could be with blooming Desert Marigolds lining both sides of every wash and along the mountain sides. The Desert Mistletoe ...

Saturday we took Kathy and Terry out to Imperial Dam to see what kind of living arrangements are for RVers that spend up to 7 months here camping on BLM land. We met up with Dick and Doris from our Escapee Chapter 37 group. We took a little jog to the Algondois exit when Dale thought he needed to cross the Colorado River. Needless to say, the rive is back in Yuma. We got turned around and headed toward Winterhaven and got ...

... getting ready and they were starting when I walked in. It was 6:05. Can't be late around here that is for sure. I had stopped at the bank in WalMart and picked up 300 pennies to be prepared. As it turned out, lady luck was with me this night and I came home with more than I took. Amazing! We watched some TV as I prepared the back travel logs and off to bed to get ready for tomorrow. Tuesday is Market day in old town Yuma.

... included the fire-devastated area and a home of one of their friends which was entirely gutted. It was a humbling experience to stand amongst the burnt out cars and homes of the ones unfortunate enough to be directly in the path of the fires. The news reports describing it as resembling a war zone were not embellishing. While in the resort in Desert Hot Springs, we made contact with friends from Victoria, Jean and Gord Bell. We joined them in Indio at their resort in ...