SUNDAY FUN

Started out at Day Breaker's for breakfast and then on to caching. A Team Yuma was headed for new territory, well at least for this year. First stop was a housing development then on to Adair Road. It was a busy place, lot of cachers out for the day. Thank goodness we ran into Bill and Berta, they helped us out on a couple we were having problems with.

The first pix is of "The bridge to nowhere"

Yuma, Arizona

This 800-foot-long suspension bridge spanned the Gila River when it was built in 1929, and was named McPhaul Bridge in honor of Henry Harrison McPhaul, "the only Yuma resident who ever became an Arizona Ranger." But it was considered to be too flimsy for modern traffic, and when a dam was built upstream in 1968 the river was diverted and the highway was rerouted over a much smaller bridge. This ultimately proved unwise, as a flood in 1993 destroyed the new bridge while the Bridge to Nowhere, with its broad span and high clearance, probably would have been just fine.

McPhaul Bridge crosses only desert sand and rocks these days, but the Arizona air has kept it remarkably intact. It would have been a fine location for a post-Apocalyptic Charlton Heston film....

It was a fun day but by 1ish we were ready to had home. It is now Monday and it is 68 on its way to 78 for the day. I am glad the wind has finally stopped and it is warming up.

New week an not much planned as of now. W does have a Dr appointment for tomorrow, will go with him if I get up and move around early enough. More later when we do something, I am trying to be better about taking pix's. Once again these are taken with my GPS.

Later B

ABOUT TIME TO MAKE AN UPDATE

On the 17Th we hit the street fair again in Old Town Yuma. The only good thing was the "Ribbon Fry's" they cook them when you make the order so they are fresh, they were so bad for us and so oily and oh so good. Afterwards we worked off the Frey's by finding a couple caches. The top pix is a view from Holiday Inn, and it is the fields, and business's along hwy 95.
Today Suzannah and I had a nice relaxing "girls" afternoon. A Lady in there park came to the rig and gave us a pedicure. Fun time, nice visit and relaxing. Suz and I got to catch up on with we have each been doing and. Frank and Suz will only be here for 3 weeks so we have to visit as much as we can. W and FO went caching while we had our "girl" time. Next stop for FO and Suz will be there place in Casa Grand.

This year there seems to be fewer "snowbird",the traffic is not as bad and there are a lot of spaces for rent in the Foothills and in the parks.

Here are some pix from Cassidy's basketball game, she is # 23. With her long arms she is good at rebounds. Doug sent a message "5 points, 5 rebounds, 1 foul 1 tired kid". If you know Doug you know he is a man of few words.

Have noticed the verveba bonariensis are blooming, will have to take a drive in the desert to see if there are more flowers in bloom, getting that time of the year.

Enjoying the desert life. B

STREET FAIR IN OLD TOWN

This week was armed forces fair. We got there late so some things were closed. As a matter of fact we just happened to drive by and saw the streets blocked off. Walked around and check out the booths, this took maybe 15 minutes. At least it got W walking some.
One of W's favorite was the belly dancer, imaging that! The snow man was cute, he would move around when you were not looking. I think it liked scaring kids and Old people, Decided to have lunch at Lutes, here is a picture of my lunch, Wayne had a boring cheeseburger. Mine was praline and Carmel Sunday. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMY.

B

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

was spent on the bombing range caching......surprise!!!! It was a day running around in the RZR's finding caches. Took these pictures with my GPS, nice little camera on the Oregon 550 t. The desert is nice and green right now with all the rain we had last month. Have not seen any flowers in bloom in the desert this year. February and March we should be seeing the the desert in bloom.

Looked up Saguaros cactus on the Internet and they take up to 75 years to develop a side arm. It is estimated that saguaros can live to be 150- 200 years old. The cactus bloom in May and June so I never get to see them in bloom but the bloom is a creamy white flower with yellow centers that measured about 3 inches. So much more info on the net, check it out...

Of course we were on the Bombing range to cache. Not sure how many we found but know it was a bunch. Fun day but is was WINDY and cold, notice how we are all bundled up. Rain, wind, cold, snow, heat, nothing slows down a true cacher. Well snow and sleet might slow me up......

Rhonda and Steve bit the bullet and got a new car, 2011 Kia Hybrid that is all I know.... Nice looking and Rhonda was so thrilled.

Have a good week B

0 DARK O'COCK

was the time we headed for the January S*W*A*G* breakfast at the Holiday in. Nice turn as usual, every month we get a few more people. Picture of the moon is just before we took the off ramp to Holiday Inn. JJ gave a presentation on using GASK and logging caches from the Oregon.

Now it is time to head for the bombing range for a day of caching, the Ateam is on the move. Stay tuned to see how the caching went...... B

ANOTHER SUNNY DAY IN YUMA

Has been a nice sunny week, Wayne took advantage of the nice warm weather and had the motor home washed and waxed. He did not want to have to sit and watch the MH being washed in the cold weather. It is also nice to have it done early before all the "Snowbirds" get here. More people are showing up everyday, as of now, all four spaces are filled on the lot where we are staying.

Went to the movies and saw Mission Impossible it was ok we enjoyed it. We now have our popcorn supply for the week, always get a big bag and eat one, then bring the refill home. Really surprised us the first time how fresh the popcorn stayed. Why doesn't home popped corn keep???? We hit the casino after the movie, since we were in the area, and believe it or not I WON, hopefully my loosing streak has ended. I do not expect to win every time but this loosing all the time was the Pitts!

Friday started with breakfast at Mad Chef and then a day of caching. Only found 6 or so but it took us to parts of town that we had not been to for a while. After breakfast and before caching we hit the casino, and I won again, can you believe that! Now I have a gambling fund that is all gambling money, how long that will last who knows. From there we went caching for a few hours, only found 6.

JJ, Char, La8, Audrey and us all met at Fun Factory for dinner, food was good, service awful..... will try it again if for no other reason I did not take picture one. That is right no pictures and the pictures that you see here was take with my GPS.

That was our week, B

MORE FUN IN THE DESERT

Saguaro cactus this is a very old cactus since it takes 70 years before it get is first arm. When the sun hits the "teddy bear" cactus just right it looks like it is lighted. This is just a small sample of what we found in the Kofa national wildlife refuge.
The different mountain ranges around the Kofa refuge. Do not know the names of the mountains so, I just call them beautiful.... The color in the mountains change as the sun hits it and the pictures never do them justice.

Below is some pictures of white mounds left over from when mining was done in the Kofa's. JJ told me he would take me where I could make snow angles. Yeah right..... but is does sure look like snow. Larry even tired to hit me with a "snowball". The 4 of us had a fun time today checking out the Kofa's, on the way home we tired the Buffalo burgers at the "Log Cabin" good stuff.....
Would like to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR..... My 2012 be a much better year.... B