Yuma, Arizona

Tuesday we finally (and reluctantly) left our cozy little campsite in Needles and headed out to Yuma.  We had heard the weather in Yuma is fantastic in the winter and we were in no hurry to head to Texas yet.  It’s been VERY cold at John & Erica’s house.  We also hadn’t seen Rod’s sister, Sue since we left Port Angeles and she and her husband winter in Yuma.  We weren’t sure where we were going to stay but after talking to our friend Phyllis who also winters in Yuma we decided to head for her place.  She has a friend who owns the double lot right next door to her so that’s where we’re parked now.

Headed out through the desert

Across the Colorado River

And back into Arizona

We even drove through Quartzite which is a HUGE RVer’s paradise.  Some people camp out in the desert here with no hookups called “boondocking”.  Not something we would do for more than a day or two but some of these people do it for weeks or months at a time.  Every winter people come by the thousands to check this place out.

Phyllis and Bob came out to meet us and direct us where to go

We had a nice visit with Bob & Phyllis over Happy Hour at their motorhome and then went and had some dinner.  We made plans for Wednesday to see some of Yuma and run some errands.  Since they don’t get up early either (we like that!) we made plans to go to lunch.  We went to Old Town Yuma to this cute little place that says it’s a Casino but it is no longer.  LOL  It had pictures and antiques ALL over the walls.  There really wasn’t any room for anything else and you could probably sit there for a week and not see all of it.  Lunch was burgers and fries which was just an okay burger but the atmosphere and the company was FANTASTIC!!

From there we headed to where else?  The Casino!!  None of us had a withdrawal, just left a small deposit

From there we went to check out a Miniature Golf place.  We weren’t going to play, Phyllis just wanted us to see the little town they had constructed there.  It was really cute.

We ended the evening with a campfire in Bob & Phyllis’s back yard.  What a great day!!

Yesterday we met up with Rod’s sister, Sue and her husband, Rich at their brand new park model.  They used to tow a 5th wheel down here from Washington state every year.  Then they decided to leave their 5th wheel here and just use their car to come down.  After several years living for 4 months in their 5th wheel they decided to buy a park model.  It’s much bigger than their 5th wheel and they’re very happy with it.  It’s very nice.  We met them for lunch and a trip to the HUGE swap meet.  Oh my gosh, we got LOTS of “treasures” .

We went back to Sue and Rich’s for Happy Hour (see a pattern here?) before going to dinner at the Texas Roadhouse which is one of our favorite places to get a good steak.

Today I am going to lunch with some of Phyllis’s friends.  It’s just a “girls day” so Rod and Bob will have to amuse themselves.  Tonight is “pizza night”.  Every Friday somebody has pizza at their place and tonight it’s at Mike & Betty’s who we met the first night we were here.  Should be another great day.