Friday, 9 November 2012

Yuma - Cacti & Sunshine

Nov. 9/11  We have been away from WiFi for a few days, so will catch up from the Yuma library. We spent a day outside Flagstaff visiting National Monuments - first some cliff dwellings inhabited 1100-1250, then to Sunset Crater Volcano which erupted last about 1000 years ago. We walked over lava fields & learned more about the volcanic history of the area. On to Waputki where we walked around & into pueblos built out of red rock, a 3 storey "house" & an area with 100 rooms. On the way to Phoenix we stopped at Montezuma's Castle - a 5 storey cliff dwelling built into a limestone cliff - quite the sight to see! We saw our first palm trees of the trip outside Phoenix. We spent 2 nights in a casino parking lot, hot 87F. We met up with friends from Penticton who winter in Casa Grande, had a nice visit. Had a surprise in the campground - a rather large black widow spider walked over Robin's hand when he was hooking up the water! We have seen cotton fields, cotton bales, a road runner (bird), citrus trees (no, we didn't swipe anay!) We bought dates, oranges, pomegranite from farmers. I won $80 in a casino & actually cashed out! We wandered the HUGE Arizona Market where they sell everything from clothes to RV stuff to dollar store junk & more. We walked across into Los Algodones, Mexico for a look- there are more dentists, pharmacies & optical shops in a 4 block radius than anywhere else, also lots of tourist shops. We bought beer & fresh shrimp. Today we toured The Peanut Patch - tasty, bought some fresh peanut butter. The weather has cooled from 90 to 70's with wind & dust storms. We plan to cross into the Baja in 2-3 days, looking forward to this.






 We are healthy, happy & Living the Dream.

4 comments:

  1. Greetings from the Okangan, where there is a forecast of the possiblity of snow. Your trip sounds SO good. I love road trips and the wonderful surprises one finds along the way. Thanks for sharing this with us. Lou

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  2. Thanks for the update. Could use some of the warm temp. We are hovering around +6 (during the day) and 0 to -3 at nite, which is not bad if if wasn't for that nasty wind. Sounds like your seeing some very interesting places. Keep the posts coming they are great to read. PAT

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  3. Thanks for the email. Quite jaw dropping to see those dwellings built into the cliffs. Carpenters ahead of their time. Lots of canadians in Yuma? Talk soon and take care. Hats off to the poppy. PAT

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  4. Wow, those cliff dwellings are amazing! The spider is huge! Can't imagine having to worry about those(spider phobia)! Looks like you are exploring some great stuff, really enjoying the blog! All is well here.
    Safe Travels
    Eric and Sam

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