HAVING FUN IN YUMA

Mar 19/10

It’s nice to be settled here and we have decided to stay for a second week.  We’re finding plenty of things to do and sometimes it seems like our days are too full.

We went out on our bicycles the other day and rode along the canals that are used to irrigate the lemon groves that grow beside our RV Park.  Here is what they look like:

We see mostly lemon and tangelo groves around here and there are date palms and a peanut farm not too far away.  Apparently, date shakes are very popular so we’ll have to try them one of these days.  Yesterday, we drove past a field where they were picking celery and it sure smelled good.  We’ve never seen celery growing in a multi-acre field before.

We golfed at the Cocopah Golf Course and RV resort yesterday and it was quite the experience.  We were paired up with a couple from Princeton, BC (lots of Canadians down here).  The fairways were narrow with RV’s and park models on each side and a few balls went astray bouncing off roofs.  No damage was done but it was scary to stand on the tee box and wonder what you might hit.

We had supper at a Mexican restaurant on the way home.  There are 25 Mexican restaurants listed in our GPS for Yuma--a better choice than Chinese food.

We’re taking a rest today (have to spend some time at the swimming pool) and will be golfing again tomorrow at a new course out in the Foothills. 

LEMONS ON THE TREE