Well, we have the first week under our belts at our RV resort in Yuma and we are starting to get a routine established. We are getting e-mails from family and friends and here's Carmen checking her e-mails. Notice her cross-stitching and coffee aren't far away.
We soon met our neighbours and developed new friends. Whatever we do each day and wherever we go, we are expected to be back at our sites by 4 PM for happy hour. I think this has been a snowbird tradition since the first covered wagon. Its a great way to socialize and learn things about fellow campers. We also use the time to set up trips and activities for the future.
Even though we won't be home for Christmas doesn't mean we can't bring it with us, at least a little bit. We opened our little box of decorations and after minutes of decorating it looks positively festive. I'm not sure how many gifts will fit under that tree though.
We didn't bring any decorations for the outside. People that have been coming for years have their rigs covered with lights and decorations. I'll show some in another posting.
We went to see the quartermasters museum in old Yuma. During the 1800's supplies for the army was shipped from L.A. to Yuma through the sea of Cortez and up the Colorado river by stern wheeler ships. It was then sent by wagontrain to the forts set up to control the Indians. The quartermasters fort was where the freight was received and sent out.
This narrow trickle is all that's left of the Colorado river at Yuma now. All of the upstream dams and water used for irrigation has reduced it to this. At one time all the green area you see was under water; the river was over a mile wide here.
One of the wagons used to ship freight overland during the Indian wars. Many dozens of wagons would be in a wagon train for protection and because they didn't carry much. There are no springs on the wagon or on the seats. I wonder if they carried soft cushions to sit on?
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