Quarzite or Bust

Hello to all, hope things are going great at home. We have now left Yuma where the average age was 75 years and have entered Quartzite where the average is 80 years. I guess one good thing about it is that Dad and I have a good 20 years left that we can travel in the Motorhome. It is crazy here. Swap meets everywhere and Motorhomes and 5th wheels as far as you can see. It is warm today though I guess about 85 degrees outside.

Don't get me wrong. There are younger people here but you have to have your 4 wheelers and head out into the desert to catch up with them. The other thing is a lot of the men age 60 or so have their "Harleys". Wow we have seen some beautiful Harley Motorcycles and Three wheeled motorcycles here. Some people have a quater of a million dollars into their Motorhomes and cycles.

Let's see what can I tell you about the area;

The water in Yuma and Quarzite is full of natural salt so you don't drink the water. You see water stands all over town.

Oh another thing is that half of Canada is in Yuma. There are Koo-nooks (spelling) all over. They congregate here by the hundreds.

We are dry camping so we have to just open the window and let the air blow through. The really nice thing about down here is that the air is clear. There is no smog. It is amazing!!! The sky is a very clear and beautiful blue. Last night we sat out and looked at the stars which are not obstructed by city lights. The stars are numerous by the millions.

We went to church this morning and the "Branch" as they call it had about 450-500 people all ages from 50-99. We saw one baby with a young couple. They have 40 missionary couples to run the Branch here. So that was interesting.

We went to play golf yesterday and tried to get our golf swing back. Ha!! I had three holes that were 1 over par and the rest we won't talk about.

Sasha is doing great. She has decided that outside is where she likes to potty. Yea!! she is finally house broke. Hope I don't get her all confused when we get home and it is too cold to go outside.

Well we will be home Friday I think. We are doing great. The motorhome is awsome!!!!

Love you all. Mom and Dad

Things are Sunny and Warm

/>Well I saw that it was 61 degrees in Salt Lake yesterday. Figures, we leave town to get warm and it warms up there. It was 83 degrees here yesterday. We spent another day at the pool. Dad tightened things up around the motorhome and did some cleaning on it. Amazing how dirty things get when they just sit.

This in interesting. Yuma is a huge agricultural area. They have fresh fruits and vegatables all along the roadside for sale. Anyway they have buses that carry the workers to the fields to pick the produce and on the back of the buses are portta potties. You see these buses everywhere dragging along their porta potties where ever they go. I thought it was kind of funny.










We went to Yuma Marine Corp Air Station and watched a Silent Drill Team exercise. It was pretty cool. The Marines marched and threw their rifles back and forth to each other without anyone calling out orders. It was all done in perfect unison. Then the Marine Corp band played. All the soldiers stood at attention for the flag. It was impressive. It makes you proud of the military.




In Laughlin we noticed lots of people dry camping. You pay 5 dollars per night, no hook ups but a nice view of the Colorado River and can stay for 14 days. Not a bad way to travel cheep. You can to down to the hotel and fill up your water and dump for free. Lots of people do it though.

We went to the Mexico border yesterday. It is about 20miles from here. We could not go into Mexico because we did not have our papers with us but we did get to see the fence that Bush wanted built. Bush gave the border patrol 3 billion dollars to build the fence from Calif. to Texas. The Border Patrol says that since the fence has been up they gone from arresting 75-80 illegals a day to less than 10 a day. One spot on the border was seeing as many as 800 people crossing in from Mexico in a day and now they don't see hardly any. In addition to the fence they have cameras along the border. The border patrol is pretty heavy in this area. We stopped for a DQ blizzard and saw about 6 border patrol trucks pass us by in about 15 minutes. They also use helicopters to patrol. But even though the fence is working the Democrats don't like it and have cut off funding. So who knows if it will be finished.

Well if I can get the pictures to load I will post todays blog. The internet here is a little slow.

Love Mom and Dad

On the Road Again

Hello to everyone from Yuma Arizona. This is the sunniest place in the USA so they say. I would agree. We were 83 degrees today. Dad and I layed by the pool and got sunburned. Oh well I guess I should not rub it in. Yuma is not all that big. You get on Interstate 8 and go from one end of town to the other in about 10 minutes. I should say the business area is not that big but the farmlands are huge. That must be their major industry besides "Snowbirds". We talked to a guy yesterday and asked if he was from here and he said 95% of the people here are NOT from here. We went to church and they said all the winter visitors helped their ward grow to twice the size. So it has been a good trip so far.

We stayed in Mesquite, then Las Vegas and then Laughlin. It was pretty windy and a little cold the first few days but after getting down here the wind went away and the warm came out.

Attached are a couple of the pictures we have taken so far. The is Laughlin, NV. It sits on the Colorado River. The river is beautiful here. We stayed at a state park right on the river.

That's all for now. I will try to do more tomorrow.