Yuma - Oldtown

... d met in Mississippi at our campground in Columbus, stopped by for a visit. They were returning home to Ft Worth after purchasing two Rail Road cars from an estate in Sacramento.
What a unique sight. They're the rail cars that railroad repairmen used to ride on the rails to do any needed repairs. Apparently, there are quite a few clubs of enthusiasts who get together and travel on seldom used tracks, mainly in Idaho, Montana and Oregon. How neat.

We did it!!!!!

We made it to downtown Yuma by 7 a.m. this morning to view the Balloon Ascensions that started at 7:15 a.m. It was something to see. We were able to walk around on the field among the participants. It was chilly there this morning, but warm again this afternoon.

... the day before yesterday that we saw the whole schedule. We hope that we can view them from our campsite that is 7 miles out of town.

The weather here is warm, in the high 70"s today. It is very dry here, that works good on Bonnie's sinus', but, we are getting static shocks all the time.

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 ...

... that day and not sure how to get to the government border office without re-crossing, we opted to cross back into the U.S. for the night and simply try again Monday morning. So instead of spending the late afternoon and evening looking for a motel, we spent an hour waiting in line to re-enter the U.S., during which time we spent the bulk of our time saying “No, thank you” to the hundreds of food and souvenir vendors standing amid the traffic.

... the Bad - and the Ugly I always use to cringe when I thought of a dog getting hit with porcupine quills. But a dog in that situation usually did something to get himself into that situation. In the desert the ...

... first going to put us in a site right next to a construction area with all the accompanying dust and noise. No this would not work. She then said we could be placed in a site across from all the facilities which was perfect, however we could not get in there until Saturday the 31st. This meant setting up in one place and then moving the next day. We agreed and finally on Saturday we "moved in" to our site. I should mention that I had to post a $250.00 deposit ...

... was to follow each other to this place. It was only a two mile drive, but what a drive. Turn here, turn there, follow the irrigation ditch but don't forget to go right slightly. Past the geese, chickens, ostriches and ducks, turn left, you have arrived. As we walked up to the restaurant, we could hear the Mexican music and lots of chatter going on ...

... needed to stop to put Lawrence's fire out and to remove the twenty extra pieces of clothing we obviously didn't need. When we resumed, the pace was incredible and ultimately there were consequences. Given that Jim was still recovering from his neck injuries, he only planned to ride one hour of every two, but Lawrence began to lag at mile 60 with leg cramps and ultimately decided to travel ...

22/04/07 - Lake Havasu City - The town itself is a little bit basic. As an example, most of the houses are mobile homes (i.e. static caravans to us Brits, except without the wheels and made of wood). They have no gardens and share zip codes with the local storage companies. There's no architecture to speak of nor are there any trees or foliage. I believe it is a second home (holiday home) and very seasonal. It was ...