We have the best seats in the first car, the engineer is right in front of us. $3/ride lasts about 10m.
They ask you do not take photos on the ride cause the leaning to take photos may tilt the train. I followed instructions and did not take any photos. We did walk the route after our trip…
Then on to our walk on the Yuma East Wetlands. Spot the 3 white birds in photo 2?
“Rewards” in the Survivor shelter. Next photo is the shelter as seen from the trail
Full disclosure! We did not drink our rewards in the above photo. Just thought it made a cool photo.
Here we are midway and truly “REWARD” time, spot them?Back on the trail, we see this train making its roundsCan you make out the words on the bridge?Ocean to Ocean Highway
There, in the distance a boat cometh, get a wave from the Captain
Day 11, calendars are getting a little light! Allan likes his cerveza, I’m a wine fan so ya like mine
Yuma appears to be all about craft shows. Today’s is in our park, it’s being coupled with a car show.
“Kokopelli” they are everywhere, we didn’t know what they represented as we couldn’t figure out what they were called. We now know! We got one for a screen, hoping the luck is real!
Kokopelli is a Native American Deity, revered by certain Native American groups in the Southwestern region of the United States. It’s a highly symbolic figure and is associated with fertility, music, merrymaking and good luck.
Today’s highlight! A walk to Walmart, 30m each way!
Advent #10 We didn’t know what “Wit Ale” is, turns out it’s one of the better ones. I enjoyed my red blend,. For those keeping count, Allan has 2 yucks, 1 for me
I’m missing tumble weeds, haven’t seen one yet. Chandler does it right, too bad it’s about a 3h drive. Tumblewood Christmas Tree
But first yesterday’s advent calendar, can’t believe I forgot it in yesterday’s post. Allan, strongly disliked Peanut Butter Porter, but Allan doesn’t like PB anything! I traded my Reisling
We are “out” early, before 9, a rarity for us. The reason? We’d like to learn to play the fastest growing sport in America. Guess what it is, click here to learn. They have lessons Tues & Thurs at 9am.
The lesson went as well as could be expected. Scoring takes a bit to get used to. We had fun and now have our own paddles on order.
Pick some oranges on the way back, the park is full of orange, grapefruit & lemon trees.
We went to the library that has computers & printers. We printed out our Sun Peak show tickets
There are several tables with puzzles in vaious state of doneness. Anyone can sit down and contribute to the completion.
It’s repair the outdoor light time with yet another RV tech. You may remember the horror with the last crew “Pirate Mobile RV”
There are so many mobile RV techs it’s difficult to know who to select. We saw Jamie in the Walmart parking lot on Saturday. Allan had a chat with him, fingers crossed!
Jamie arrived at the scheduled time and had the outdoor light short repaired within one hour. He didn’t charge any travel time, got the job done. He is the fairest tech we’ve had. We will not hesitate to recommend him. Our 🎄 arrives!
Advent Day 8 to enjoy while decorating
Allan is kind of liking this one. Not amber but he’s drinking it:)
Allan in action!
The wall
The tree
Coffee! Bailey Tree 2022 Woodland Tree 2013
Such a big change of lifestyle over the years!
Our first night here, walking back from the hot tub we say “what’s with all the lit penises?” Turns out the woodworking shop, years ago, made a different theme for every street. There are our penises, howling at the moon, snowflakes, snowmen, on and on.
At the ” Raising Frosty” get together, one of the neighbours, Rob, says he has an extra penis. Lucky us, we are now the displayers of our very own “on loan” penis!
The park has a RC car track, they meet at 9 Wednesdays – we are here to watch them race. We are surprised at how many participants there are, these are just a few
Kissing to make up?
Onward to Winter Visitors Welcome Bash. No idea what this is but we are game!
Turns out it’s a lot of vendors giving away stuff. Pretty busy, lots of people
Santa says to Allan “You are on one of two lists!” Let’s guess which one he’s one!!!
Our loot as laid out when we got home. The best part, is the thermal bags. The one we have from Newmarket Hydro has seen way better days!
*** Take note of the jello shots! ***
Next… Neither of us have been to Chick-Fil-A (or In-N-Out Burger another on our hit list). Today is the day for the Chick!
We both declare the burgers & whaffle fries delicious!10 things to try to say without sounding sarcastic: 1. That’s great 2. Good for you 3. Have fun 4. Fascinating 5. Thanks for that 6. Well done you 7. Good luck with that 8. Sounds thrilling 9. What a shame 10. Wow
Not sure I agree with these but perhaps I should stop the “good for you”
We are now official residents. We traded in our temp badges for the real thing We lucked out, our street. Ingrid Bergman has “this street only”, pot luck events. Advent Day 5: Allan deems this better than yesterday’s brew. Love the different wine bottle names
Today’s is caroling, raising Frosty and feasting!
The organizers, Wendy & Frank
We meet so many new people! Fortunately, the name tags help keeping it straight.
Dec 01 – Advent Calendar Begin Day!! A wonderful day!!
Dec 02 – Move Day!, ! This is officially, our shortest drive to a new park day. 11 minutes down the road
Goodbye Western Sands, It’s been a productive month!As I’m following Allan I spot??? Yep, undies wanting to escape the dryer vent.
Hello Sun Vista RV Resort., site 879. Entrance is little different, the guard will protect us againt all evil! Or will he? He is observant, he did mention the undies in the vent 😃
Allan goes through the gate, my turn.. the guard says, Allan said you’d pay and side bar, “look at those panties”. He figured it out right away, are we not the first to have vent exposure?
Our street
We are all stars here! All set up!
I will miss the view from Bailey of Telegraph Hill. It reminded me everyday I was super woman to have made it up to the top!
Advent day 2, Allan liked yesterday’s beer betterIt’s now time to head downtown to rescue Santa. missing from his sleigh
Lots of vendors & entertainment, this was a high school choir. This is my present from Allan!! “MK” for my crocs! Love it!!My own Santa! 🎅
Before saving Santa, dinner!! Meatball sandwiches. yummy!!
Dinner done, off to rescue Santa. There he is high onto of city hall! Oh boy!!
Looks like us rescuers will need a bit of assistance. Here they are!
A first for us! Never saw Santa needing fire engine assistance! A fun evening ending in the We both thought this was a little one compared to our last park. Wrong this is much huge-er! It has crazy jets that shoots the water out of the tub!
Dec 03 – First rain since we’ve been in Yuma, results in flash back to Vancouer Island rains
Still, we’re BCers rain can not deter us!
The locals know who aren’t, we’re the ones wearing 🌧️ coats. As the Sunniest Place in the World, Yuma has an average of 308 sunny days per year… that’s 4,000 hours of pure Vitamin D! Off to the Yuma Christmas Extravaganza
Seems it may have detered others though, wasn’t quite an extravaganza
Back home to our advent calendars
My wine is delicious, Allan deems his beer… drinkable!
❤️ the sunsets
Dec 04 – In & Around the Park
Trees decorated by various groups in the park
Some of the available activities, a little mind boggling
Exercise bikes! Didn’t get me any steps = I’ll stick to walking
Fun Park includes a huge RC car track, we’ll have to pop by when they are racing, Monday’s 9am. We don’t do early very well nowadaysThey have a fire pit here, may have to have a fire one day. Another cool thing is they separate dog owners, our area is no dogs. Kind of nice not to hear yappy puppies.
Today’s advent offerings. Allan thought this was a better Indian Pale Ale, I think he’s anxious to be done with pale ales.
Our first dinner on our charcoal grill, AKA Joey since, it feels like, forever. They did not allow grills in the previous park.
Chef Allan did not lose this touch! Steaks cut like butter!❤️❤️Love this face ❤️❤️
Two weeks ago, after an extensive search, we found.a mobile company to replace our flooring. Carlos came by, quoted the install and left us a list of what to buy at Big Bob’s Flooring Outlet.
We set up the install for Monday to ensure the ordered items were in on time. The install crew is to arrive between 9 & 10.
1030 still not crew, time to call. Carlos answers, surprising me a bit, seems the issue was Big Bob’s could not find our order.
1112 Here they are 😀
We contacted an RV dealership who said it would take a week to complete..
We toyed with crossing the border at San Luis but were told by several folks it may not be safe as the Cartel reins. Our google searches confirmed we’ll just visit the Arizona side.
The flat, produce filled drive
Funky apartment outside of San LuisHere we are 🙂 Hopefully we’ll find a great MargaritaThe town centre tree
Town is pretty much shut down on Sunday. Can’t get the pronouncement of this street correctly even with our 300+ days of Duolingo Spanish. Contessa you/ve got this 🙂 Behind the sign is the Mexican border
Another view of the crossing
Flowers in November, love it!
Donald’s wall!
Close up
How much did 1 mile border wall cost?
In total, Trump’s admin built 52 miles of wall where no barrier previously existed, with some wall segments costing American taxpayers up to $46 million per mile.
Trump buid 458 miles of barrier “border wall security” before Biden was elected
End of wall education!
Hot tub time 🙂 Was a fun day, perhaps next time we will cross?
Today is a no drive day so how better to start it off….
TIP! Don’t waste your money on this coffee. It’s OK with the additives without = ICK!
Not a today thing, but huge shout out to Allan. On his “dental surgery” day in Mexico he picked up this t-shirt I liked the last time we was there. Such a Sweetie!Still not about today BUT, I read a DIY tip on cleaning a dishwasher. 1 cup vinegar run on a hot cycle with no dishes. Over the last couple of months, I’ve done this 3 times with the same curious results. How does this black, gritty stuff find it’s way into the bowl but no where else!? Kyle you may be able to solve this 🙂
Finally!! Back to today! We’re setting out to find a trail we can walk to as it’s a no Bob day.
Right outside Bailey’s door we find a white feather!! Bottom right of the photo
“Feathers appear when Angels are near!” This brought the biggest smile to my face!!!! Mom/Omi, our angel is always near but so nice to be reminded!
Didn’t find the trail, we would have had to turn up a street with no sidewalks, we’re not fans of “street walking”. We opt to visit a neighbouring park, West Winds Golf & RV Resort. This park is huge with 1024 sites. We’ll easily get our 10k steps 🙂
Lots of, still vacant sites. We’ve heard Jan-Mar is the busiest time in Yuma, will it fill the park?
Spot Allan?
At just under 10k steps and to give Allan’s hip a break it’s RewardTimeThis gives me an even bigger smile, back at Bailey a few hours after the first spotting and with wind gusts over 30mph/48kph the feather is still here!!Feather is as determined as Mom always was ❤️ Sure do miss her!
Next up is the park’s complimentary turkey/ham with all the trimmings dinner
Delicious dinner shared with two fun couples. Lots of laughs and story telling
Next, of course, hot tub where we meet up with Ricky who suggests we may enjoy watching “12 Strong” on Netflix. We did and would recommend this documentary.
I moved “Mom feather” indoors Feeling happy she’ll be on our adventures with us!
Here we go 
Back on the trail, we see this train making its rounds
Can you make out the words on the bridge?
Ocean to Ocean Highway
The tree
We meet so many new people! Fortunately, the name tags help keeping it straight. 
Measure twice cut once
The boss is on the lookout!
Flowers in November, love it!
