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| Mittry Lake |
The snowbirds that come here for the great winter weather look to be a large part of the area's economy.
There are many BLM & Arizona wildlife areas to camp in. There are also a large number of RV parks and the Army's Yuma Proving Grounds has an RV park too, if you're retired from the service.
The local Whitepaper (ad sheet) had a number of ads for RV parks so you could shop around. The BLM land is free and scenic (lakefront!), there is plenty of sunshine for our solar panels, so that's where we are. My wife heard at the beauty parlor that the cost of living here is cheap!
Yuma is a small city with all the facilities we need, from movie theaters (we saw "The Post" & "Darkest Hour" for a $5.50 senior rate) to package delivery places so we could get our mail sent to us. There are a couple of swap meet places and 3 days of farmers markets a week too. And Mexico.
The Colorado river is a big part of Yuma. There is a lot of agriculture here. Lettuce & cauliflower are easy to pick out and date palm plantations are nice to look at!.
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| Lettuce |
The river allows lakes to be formed behind dams, such as Mittry Lake, which has a dam at both ends! The river has been tamed. The long ago floods no longer happen, electricity is produced, and the lakes formed provide recreation and wildlife habit.
All the water gets used...
We went to the Yuma Territorial Prison, the Army fort and a couple of casinos to be a tourist. Plus all the day-to-day stuff required to live & be comfortable. Yuma is nice.
We are right next to the lake and during the cocktail hour & sunset viewing there are mosquitoes. The Thermacell mosquito repellent really works! Our first night down at the dock we brought ours and all our neighbors were really impressed by the device, and we were able to stay long after dark.
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| Cocktail hour on the lake |
You can find a Thermacell mosquito machine at
One of the attractions to Yuma is Los Algodones Mexico .
Los Algodones is a safe, small town that houses hundreds of dentists, hundreds of eyeglass shops & more pharmacies that I could count. I used an enhanced drivers license to get back to the US my first trip & my passport this time.
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| 40 miles west of Yuma are Holtville CA Hot Springs |
Yuma is a pleasant place in the winter!
I love boondocking around Yuma!
ReplyDeleteThe sidewalk sellers in Los Algodones have really good large fresh shrimp if you like seafood.
The Cloud Museum is good for an hour or so of browsing through the collection of old junk - http://cloudmuseum.dynamitedave.com/
Fresh shrimp, we'll be going back tomorrow! Thanks!
DeleteI would have never guessed that in the desert there would be agriculture thanks to the Colorado River.
ReplyDeleteThe sunsets are beautiful and make it appealing. I have never been to Arizona but would consider it. Would love to boondock there, now all I need is an RV :)
All the agriculture in the desert is amazing if you ask me!
DeleteArizona is one of those places where you could spend all year. In the winter down here, as it warms up to higher in elevation, come summer up by Flagstaff (80s in the days & 50s at night) or the Grand Canyon then head south as it gets cooler.