Goodbye Quartzsite.... Hello Yuma

Friday, we were on the road again! We left Quartzsite about 10:00am. Bob and Linda were going to move into our space, and join the RVA group. It was an hour and a half drive to Yuma, and we went straight to the "Arizona Market Place" aka New Flea Market. We purchased some baking pans that fit Patsy's portable oven, and a few odds and ends. We also found a 'La Mesa RV" lot here and looked over some Winnebagos and Tiffin motorhomes.

Afterwards, we found the Sam's parking lot, and abandoned the motor home. We then took our Yuma street map, and explored in the CRV. We found both Super Walmarts, some laundromats, and most importantly, a car wash the the motor home would fit into. We ended up boondocking on the Sam's lot with about 20 or so other motor homes. To cap off the night, we celebrated being out of the desert with a dinner at The Olive Garden restaurant.

On Saturday, we found the Yuma visitor's center, and picked up some more information. We started out with a tour of Old Town Yuma, which is small, cutesy, and under construction!! Here are some photos of the Main Street fountain, and a 'old casino' eatery.

After that, we drove past the old Yuma Territorial Prison, a mission church, and a casino with lots of RV'ers enjoying the free parking.

We then went to what everybody refers to as "the OLD Flea Market" which is located near a greyhound race track. Since it was Saturday, it cost us a whole fifty cents each to get in! We bought some cookware, a couple of belts for Richard, and a basketball for Matthew. Here's a picture of Richard with the ball, and Patsy at a part of the market.

Since the motor home and car had left Houston in a drizzling rain, went through a snow/ice storm, and then spend a week in the sandy desert, we decided to "bath" both of them at the car wash that we found. We then did some cleanup on the inside.