Wingate By Wyndham - 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.

... misleading; twentieth Century Americana is perhaps most apropos, even though a few of the images were older than that. Whatever else might be said about the décor, it certainly entertains the waiting patrons.<br><br>Sunday 21 June 2009<br><br>Our intention was to spend the day driving across Southern CA on I-8 West from Yuma to San Diego and then down to Baja California to find a place to stay until Friday morning. The truck across the Southern CA ...

... 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

Turns out there IS a fence between the US and Mexico .. . but only enough to keep cars out . . .we drove 100 miles today and saw the boarder fence in several areas. The fence to keep vehicles from Crossing the Mexican/US border Along the way there were of course the cactus flowers. Teddy bear ...

... Lots of fun and yet again another experience to put under of belt of travels. Our good friends Joe and Elsie took us to the town of Felicity in order that we could go to the official Center of the World. Felicity in just across the border in California. Once there you go to this little Pyramid go inside and you can stand on a spot that is designated the "center of the World" You also get a certificate that confirms that you were there and you a logged into a register.

... we stopped at Armand/Claire Fortier's. The next day, Ed & Anne Rembowski came for a visit, some more gossip and dinner. That night we met up with Denis/Dorothy, Alex and Val Hutchison for supper at Heinz/Betty Felberg's - she's an awesome cook (and formerly Premier Don Getty's secretary) who's always looking forward to create a meal for more than two people. The next day Denis/Dorothy and Andy/Yvette Bouchard came to our place for a roast beef supper and some ...

... they got a new governor. Paul and I went with our gut feeling and decided to go the main land route. We are staying in Yuma and will be heading out tomorrow with confidence that we won't be having any problems. I don't have a lot of time to write because we need to hit the road so I will update some of these with more detail later on.

... to work out why anyone lives here but I guess we may find out when we have a look around. The rain has stopped as quick as it started, we might yet to go look around. Pack up and away we go to a Target we were told was nearest according to Mandy. Well no luck with a TV purchase (yet again we lost Karon on the way to the correct department) They didn't have one in stock. Ok let us refuel (this took 2 attempts because the first gas station ...

... many more choices so we continued on. We got off at exit 2 and it was a booming metropolis (it's a relative term now). But there were a lot of stores and hotels. The first 3 hotels we pulled into had signs up that said "no vacancy". We stopped in at the fourth and they had nothing but the guy was really nice and started to call area hotels. He called about 6 before he found one, we said we'd take it, no matter what it cost. I got on the phone ...