Sunday -- Yuma to Gila Bend

Today was a slow day. We woke up a little late, and went to a laundromat that we had spotted to wash clothes. We did bed sheets, pillow cases and rugs to get rid of the desert sand. We did a final stockup of diet cokes from Sam's Club. Patsy made a us a nice lunch of Trader Joe's potatoes and bell peppers with some pork tenderloin and gravy that we had in the freezer.

Then, we hooked up the car and headed out of Yuma toward Gila Bend ......... 100 miles of nothing but two rest areas with minimal services.

On Saturday I spent a little time fooling with my 12 year old CB radio, and decided it was time to replace it. The channel display had some lights go out several years ago, and was hard to read. Lately, people have not been responding to me (nope not what most are thinking!!), and I discovered that the mike was not putting out! I wanted another Cobra with SWR metering and the weather channels. There were none in Yuma, and I was hoping we could buy one at the Love's in Gila Bend. If not, we would have had to drive to Eloy, Az...... about 65 miles from Gila Bend in the wrong direction for Mexico to go to a Flying J truckstop. We arrived in Gila Bend about 4pm, and were lucky. They had what I wanted at the Love's. I purchased it from the Assistant Manager, and when he found out we were in an RV, he invited us to overnight in an RV space on the parking lot. They also have a dump station......... so, in the morning, we will dump, get our last gasoline until we come back out of Mexico, and head to Ajo. Here's a picture of our "lovely" overnight spot!!!

In case you are wondering why the urgency, the caravan is planning on communicating with each other on the way to Puerto Penasco using CB........... especially if we get separated on the way. Here's a picture of what Patsy calls my "trucker trash" CB with lighted display:
We're ready to "put the hammer down.... good buddy!!!


I found out that I could get 24 hrs of WIFI at Love's for $6.95 (a bit steep, but it has been a while since I could sit in the MH and work on the laptop), so I went for it. I've spent so much time on the laptop, that it is after 10:00pm (Texas time), and I am too tired to mess with the CB install. I will do it first thing in the morning.

Gila Bend was something of a surprise..... a disappointing surprise. The town boasts 1700 residents, but it has one main road (business I-8) that runs about 2 miles. All businesses are on it........ what businesses are still alive!! It does have a U. S. Post Office, and we will mail a birthday gift to Megan before we leave in the morning. Here are some Gila Bend pictures: Some nice cactus at a local motel, a gift shop with unique items in front, and Main Street Gila Bend.....
The rest of the group is leaving Quartzsite tomorrow, and we will all meet up in Ajo, AZ (pronuonced AH-HOE) tomorrow afternoon. It is only about a 50 mile trip from here. As noted before, but you may have missed it, we have conned another couple into going with us to Puerto Penasco...... Bob and Linda Klyne. They have a web site:

http://www.because-we-can.net/

and will be posting "whatever" about our trip also. He has already begun with some postings about Quartzsite. If you look, you will notice that he complained about some junk RV's that moved into the area he was staying in when he moved into my spot when we left. Since he parked his Junque in my old space, I know exactly how he feels. Check his site out.

More later. We head into Mexico on Tuesday Afternoon. My daughter told me not to do anything stupid in Mexico and get thrown into jail. I told her I did not think it was a crime to be stupid in Mexico or the US!! All she said next was that she wasn't coming to bail me out!!