Parked Out on Palm Canyon Road

With a tiny last burst of light the sun said goodnight on

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Sunday, March 7, 2021

We are presently parked out just off of Palm Canyon Road on BLM Land and just a short distance further down this road is the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. The road is somewhat of a washboard with some dips and places where the edge of the road is disintegrating. We would not go much farther in with our Motorhome. Just down the road is a Labyrinth which I had hoped to walk this year but our time here is short and that is not in the cards for this adventure. This is without a doubt one of the quietest places we have ever parked. We drove over yesterday and will be leaving in the morning. We would definitely park here again.   

Looking South from our patio area.

We took a ride up to the parking area for the Palm's hike.

There are beautiful views to look out at up there

 and they seem to go on forever. 

No sunset to see this evening and it was cold and windy. 

The Stinger "B" is somewhere out there in the distance.

Even though we did not see the sun go down

we were rewarded with some color.

It continued to brighten into 

a beautiful rosy afterglow.

Then there was what looked like two eyes looking down at us.

(It was dark by now so this picture is blurry.)

Saturday, March 6, 2021

Today we left here separately.

Tom headed over to top off our propane and I made a 

quick stop at Dollar General.  

Quartzsite is in our review mirror for this adventure.

Our destination was Palm Canyon Road and this spot. 

We had a lovely warm afternoon 

and then watched the sun set on our day.

A shadow selfie with our home  next to us 

and the Kofa Mountains in the distance.

A baby Ocotillo growing near where we are parked.

There were a few clouds to the Northwest of us tonight

and there gift was a rosy afterglow.

A nice view to end our day.

 Friday, March 5, 2021

Today we drove over to Yuma. First to visit the Arizona Market Place there was something I wanted to purchase. Second to pick up groceries at Walmart and Fry's. We stopped for lunch at what we thought was the From the Farm Restaurant just North of Yuma on US-95 we have stopped there several times in the past. I like their tacos on cabbage leaves and Tom likes to have a date shake. We were not paying attention to the sign as we pulled in. If we had we would have noticed it is now Dirty South Barbecue. They did have tacos, pulled pork, brisket, etc...another words barbecue, and Tom was able to get a date shake. Not bad we would go again but a surprise. Plus, if you like to look at stuff old and new they still have stuff for sale.

Thursday, March 4, 2021

Today we took a ride out to the Crystal Hill Rock Collection Area in the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge. Friends, Cathy and Shane are parked out here and we went to visit them. 

They had a really wonderful spot; I wish I had thought to take a picture. We spent time talking about their adventures looking for crystals plus this and that. In no time the afternoon had flown by and we knew we needed to get back down the road before dark. It is a very bad, bumpy, rocky, pot holed road. The pictures below are of the sunsetting as we drove west towards 95 and one looking east where we had come from. We cut it close, and it did not help that I had Tom stop a few times so I could jump out and snap a picture, but we mad it out before the dark enveloped us.

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Tom likes to take a ride back behind the Dome Mountain BLM area there is a working gold mine back there, at least that is what we have been told, but mainly it is a nice short ride to take in some pretty views. The pictures below are of those views.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Today was set aside to take a ride over to Wickenburg, Arizona. It is about 92 miles east  of Quartzsite on US-60 and if you stay on US-60 in about another hour you would be in Phoenix.

Our purpose today was to check out the area and a couple of places Tom had found online that are for sale. As much as we really like fulltiming at the same time we would like to have a small home with enough land to park the motorhome on. On our list as we start to look is that it is in Arizona and within a couple of hours of a decent airport and Wickenburg fits that bill. Not sure it is the place we want to settle but it is a nice area.

Lunch at the Local Press where we enjoyed some delicious

pressed sandwiches and we both agreed we would eat here 

again. It is a small shop with outdoor seating. 

After lunch we took a short walk around a couple of blocks.

In front of the American Legion

I miss seeing the Caboose at the end of trains.

March 1, 2021

Was another day spent not doing much of anything. We did take a ride over and checked out Gem World and spent a few dollars other then that we were home bodies.

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We Moved to More Expensive Digs, Arizona Market, Valentine's Day Dance, Spending Time with Friends

(Now back to our regularly scheduled catch up)
February 9, 2018

We were up with the sun this morning. It is moving day and as always I want to capture our last sunrise in our spot. We are not going that far today but still want to get and early enough start and Tom wants to be at the From the Farm Yuma - Grill in time for lunch; he is looking forward to his date shake.

The sun is just peeking up over the Kofa Mountains.

The shadows are reaching out across the desert.

Out on the road one last look at our parking place.

The Stinger "B" is about to turn onto Palm Canyon Road.

We stopped at a parking area just before turning onto 95 to see if
we could hook up the Jeep. It was not level enough so back to Plan A.
I know they are utility poles but I like how they march off into the distance.

A lovely decision either way.
Today it is Yuma, friends, and three free days at a RV park.

I am stopped in the parking area in front of the Stone Cabin waiting for Tom
and the Stinger "B" this is where, Plan A, we would hook up the Jeep.
The first picture of my views had to be the Ocotillo across 95.

There was no one in the parking area when I pulled in.
Then this guy came in and parked right smack in the middle of the area
making it hard for anyone else to park let alone drive through.

Some of our views as we headed south on 95 today. We always seem to see a lot of RV's along this route. We are a society on the move and it is nice to be able to take our home along.
(Most of the following pictures are through the front windshield and it is not clean.)

Driving by the entrance to the Yuma Proving Grounds  and the
Imperial Dam LTVA.

Workers out in the field.

In the back of this photo is the Historical McPhaul Bridge.

Around the corner and there is the place we are looking for.
From the Farm Yuma-Grill
Tom got his date shake with a hot dog. I enjoyed two of there
From the Farm tacos.

There was so much dust we could not see his tail lights.
The hope was he did not have a blinker on to pull out in front of us.
He did not.

A very nice detour through this subdivision as they are working on the
North Access Road which would bring us to Fortuna De Oro RV Park.
These were very nice homes and I wondered how much they were enjoying
the traffic through their neighborhood.

No pictures of the RV Park as we pulled up. (Though I did take a couple on our last morning which I will publish in the next post.) Our first impression was this is a very large park. The woman at the front desk, that we talked to, was very welcoming. Considering we were there on a free three day coupon I was impressed. When we made the reservations they had assigned us a site number and since Patsy had sent me a text with the number of the site they were in we asked about the possibility of parking closer. There were two possibilities near them but she thought we would be to long to fit in either of them. Just the same she did arrange for us to take a ride and look at them and the site we were assigned so we could decide for ourselves.. Sorry to say she was right we would not have gotten into either one. The nice part was while we looked at the sites the guide also gave us a quick tour of the park. Back at the front desk we registered to park in the original site we had been assigned.

After we got parked I took off to take care of getting some very important cards mailed out and make a quick stop at Fry's for a few groceries. While I did that Tom, hooked us up, got our patio area set up along with pushing out the slides.

Not long after I got back we had a nice surprise visit from Patsy, Chillin' with Patsy, Bill, On Our Way, and Clemson who were out walking and stopped by for a short visit to say hello. Since, we knew Bill was having some work done on his teeth in Los Algodones today we did not expect to see them until Saturday so it really was a nice surprise.

February 10, 2012

Saturday we were up and moving early so we could have our coffee before we took off to visit the Arizona Market Place. With it being Saturday we wanted to get there just as they opened so we would be able to get a good parking space. Which we did. We had mentioned to Patsy and Bill about coming along but they declined. Something about having left enough of their money at this place for this year. After one visit we see the problem as we left enough of our money their for this year, also.
We did find a larger patio rug that we liked and a couple of other things we hope the grandkids will like. So it was a successful shopping spree.

Earlier I had heard from Patsy about getting together for Happy Hour which we totally agreed to. Then she texted about a Valentine's Day Dance they were having at the park that they had decided to attend and would we like to join them. After talking it over with Tom I let her know we were in. We road over to their Suite for Happy Hour and spent time catching up. We agreed to meet at the hall around 6:30.

When we got there Patsy and Bill already had a table picked out and after paying our $5.00 per person entry fee we joined them. You could either BYO or they had a cash bar available. Except for Tom, there is always one in every crowd, we had all brought our own adult beverages. When we found out drinks were only $2.00 each we could have easily skipped the cooler.

It was a fun evening and it was soon apparent Tom had competition for once when the three of them starting naming who originally recorded the song we were listening to. For some reason, though I remember the songs and most of the words to them, I can hardly ever remember the artist who first recorded them.

Patsy and Bill

Tom and I

Patsy and Bill under the heart enjoying a dance.

Later the gentleman at the next table took a picture of the four of us for Patsy.
A nice memory of a wonderful evening spent with friends.

February 11, 2018

Sunday morning we went to Mass at St. John Neumann Roman Catholic Church. What a beautiful church. Afterwards we stopped for breakfast at the Foothills Eatery and Spirits. We were headed for the Kountry Kitchen Cafe but when we drove by the Foothills Eatery and Spirits there were so many cars in the parking area we decided it was probably the place to go and it was. The service was fast, friendly, and efficient and most importantly the food was good. Sometimes you get lucky.

Even the choir loft, upper right, looked beautiful.

These small niches were on either side of the altar.
The depiction of the Holy Family was beautifully joyful.
Many of the churches down here have pictures of Our Lady of Guadalupe,
the patron saint of Mexico, but this is the first time I have seen the addition
of Juan Diego. Whom she appeared to on December 9, 1531.

Last Happy Hour with our friends for this adventure.
From the left: Patsy, Bill, Tom and my chair.

We enjoyed these three days at this beautiful park. 

It was especially nice to have the opportunity to spend a couple of

more days, this year, with our friends, Patsy and Bill. 

With some final hugs we all mentioned looking forward  to the next time.

Tomorrow, which was Monday, they were heading east and we were heading west

all of us on to our next adventure. Taking memories with us.

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