Hello Spring!

Another great winter in Yuma Arizona is coming to an end. We had a last get together with our friends from the block here at the Palms last night. We shared an excellent Prime Rib dinner and enjoyed the new home built by the Billinger's this past year. They have a beautiful home and a great patio, complete with Fire Pit.

The evening was warm and after supper we had a fire and shared more stories. More memories to cherish while we all go our seperate ways this summer. The sun is coming up as I write this, soon it will be high in the sky and the temps are starting to climb up in the 80s by afternoon. I've been working on a list of things to get done to ready the coach to move. We have had several dust blows and this rig is just about as dirty as I've ever seen it. The guys come this afternoon to wash and wax us up and get us all sparkly again. We had a bird pick holes in one of the tire covers last week and had to get a new pair. I won't speculate what the reason for that was. No shiny objects...black covers....who knows!Looking back through the season, we haven't made very many side trips but took advantage of things close by to Yuma and attended some of the festivals here in the area.
A couple weeks ago, we went to the Yuma Lettuce Days held in the Quartermaster Depot State Historic Park. Yuma is a year round Agricultural area. Many vendors, equipment displays, cooking demos by celebrity chefs and recipe contests.

It was a beautiful morning and after walking around, collecting samples and watching some demonstrations we stopped in at the Toss it Up Arena and had a great big salad for lunch.

Tanimura & Antle is the local Harvest Company that works to provide many of the fresh vegetables that go in a great salad from here in Yuma.
They sponsor the lunch and the FFA kids assist with the interactive salad bar. You can find that brand of Artisan Lettuce, Romaine, Leafy Green and Red, Celery,onions, brocolli and cauliflower that are grown in this area in stores all across the country.

I have found their Artisan lettuce in Walmart in Holdrege, Nebraska and even in Florida last summer.

Also the Case IH dealer, RDO John Deere and other equipment sponsors put their harvest equipment on display. Dole is also another food company that participates with samples of fruit cups and fruit juice samples. It was a yummy,healthy event! We went to Quartzsite a couple times to visit with friends and attend the huge RV gathering.

One day we toured the Lake Martinez area and driving through the Proving Grounds.


We made several trips to Los Algodones Mexico, about 20 minutes from here. We walked in about 9 am and depending on the time of day you return, sometimes we walked right back and a couple times we stood in line for over an hour! I got some great bargains and very cute gifts there.

There were shows and activities here at the Palms RV Resort offered to not only the residents, but open to the public as well. We attended the Jan and Dean show and the Mel Tillis Show and several other functions here for residents only.
The Resort is starting to clear out now. All of us are either going home or moving on. We will be moving on in the morning. First off to the Starlight Solar Company, where we will have 4 new house batteries installed and our solar panels checked for a recall. Depending on if they have to be replaced, we will head back east about 3 hours to Eloy Arizona and stay a few days in the corridor south of Phoenix. While in our old stomping grounds, I have a couple stores to visit and we are going to take a drive to Tucson and around to see the desert as it's waking up. Spring is a great time to visit the desert!