Springhill Suites By Marriott Yuma

It was a rather tricky drive getting outside of Prescott, Az. That's a road we'll never take again in our motorhome. The road isn't something I'd recommend even if driving a car. Craig earned his stripes that day. Drove thru Quartzite; it looks the same as usual, although ...

... the pond-raised catfish fillet with mixed greens, black-eyed peas and sweet tea. The mixed greens were fresh and particularly tasty.<br><br>The drive from Phoenix to Yuma via I-10 East and I-8 West was fairly short and pretty uneventful, punctuated as it was by Marty Robbins cowboy ballads and three back-to-back episodes of the Shadow: Radio&#8217;s Greatest Man of Mystery.<br><br>Visiting historic downtown Yuma had a slightly &#8220;back in time ...

... was about 1/2 Mile that took over 2 hours . . . In the few desert runs I have been on this was almost the most fun, requiring multiple ...

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

... are nick-named "Jumping Cactus" because they will jump out and get you . . . And sure enough I manage to step on some the one step that I took without looking down where I put my foot today . . Fortunately John and Sallee had a pair of pliers because there was not a pair in our Jeep. And we ...

... The burgers come in three sizes 6oz, 10oz, and for the hungry a 12oz patty made fresh daily. You can get anything you want on them along with fries and very large milkshakes. Great place and very popular. Only operates during the snowbird season. Another fascinating(to me) pastime for some of these intrepid travelers is taking advantage of the deals available at the various buffets. If one goes to dinner at 3:45 you can get charged for the lunch buffet price ...

... at the base of these dunes (in the middle of the desert) where there are no roads, no services, no shade, nothing. It's like a modern day wagon train where they circle their trailers for the night and build a big fire in the middle of nowhere. In the daytime they roam the 5 mile wide x 300 ft high hills. In Yuma, we stayed at the Del Pueblo RV Park and Tennis Resort south of the Marine Corps Air Station and the International Airport. With a 13,000 ft long ...

... out of it. Wish me luck! !!!Update!!! While I was updating the blog above he was trying to fix the problem. After I finished blabbing, I went out to help him. I pulled out the maintenance manual and ran through the schematic diagram. Long story short I checked a fuse and what do you know... blown. We replaced it an we are good for tomorrow. I guess 5 years working on electronics wasn't a waste of time. LOL!

... Well gee both navigators could rest from here on in, just a highway, with keep going at 70 miles per hour, we climbed up to 4110 feet in elevation and the Castle handled the road well. Some buffeting winds made for interesting adjustments but not to dramatic. We came to a rest area after around 2 hours travelling and pulled over to use the bathrooms and make a cuppa. Gee the castle is honestly proving a great idea, we just kicked the generator and ...

... in the story). Our GPS took us the shortest way, we love her BUT the shortest route didn't neccessarily include towns, which are sort of important when trying to find a hotel. We researched in our books, of course, and they gave us the possibilty of a town thst I can't think of the name right now but warned us that the town was on the sleepy side. This town wasn't sleepy, it was in a coma. There were 2 scary looking expensive hotels and we ...