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A busy few days
... using dune buggies and bikes . We drove through the desert and then in the middle of nowhere a casino pops up, run by the local Indian tribe. It seems that every tribe runs a casino. As we approached Yuma the landscape changed again, it became green and lush. The land is well irrigated from the Colorado River and the farmers grow dates and citrus in this area. In Yuma we went to three different flea markets. These markets really cater to RVers ...
Visiting our friends in El Centro
... community here in El Centro, a home in the desert about an hour north of El Centro, and a home in Mexico. John says he’s house poor, no wonder. There wasn’t any place to park Star at John’s so we set up at Wal-Mart, about a block away.
Shortly after we arrived at John and Bertha’s it rained for about 15 minutes. We had watched the rain clouds moving our way before we arrived in El Centro so we weren’t surprised. However, John was really surprised ...
Day Twenty - Hit Water On The Left Side
... and climbing. It was weaving it's way through these huge boulders and up the mountain range. This road was designed for motorcycles and, maybe, sports cars (please note, if it does not have a manual transmission it is not a sports car - no offense). In no time all, starting from sea level, the signs indicated an altitude of: 1000 feet; 2000 feet; 3000 feet; 4000 feet. Then the summit was reached at 4181 feet (1274 ...
Keeping America Safe
... Profiling is alive and well here and we have never had any problem. Still as we crawled our way to the checkpoint through an amazing array of high tech surveillance, I was wondering if word might have reached them that we were messing around at the real border. But, as before, we were waved right through. Phew! By dinnertime we were back in Palm Desert having dinner at Tommy Bahama's with some people we had met earlier in the week........
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Day 1 - Over, put it in the books
Hello Everyone from Ocotillo!
After getting clearance from the doctor on Friday and no fracture on the wrist I was relieved and pumped up. After attending early mass full of anxiety,excitement,and the adrenaline rushing we started out from Oceanside at 10 am. With the wind at our backs, thank God, we flew for the first 30 miles averaging 20 miles and hour but soon got a preview of things to come when ...