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Hi! I think I’m going to make this more of a picture blog entry! Hey, I’ve got internet here at our Yuma RV Park. So I downloaded all my pictures and found the best ones to post for you. Just give it an extra second to download them on your screen and I hope you enjoy them…..

When we left El Paso, this is what we were faced with……I left New England so I wouldn’t see this stuff…..and now it’s on the ground…..

The bicycles got their share of it too…….

See, it wasn’t just a little dusting either……

Well, the sun was coming out, so it didn’t last long…..so you think…..

This is I-10 in New Mexico……

And at 8am, this is what is sneaking up behind us……

We made it to Yuma that same day and the next day we went out exploring……this is what we found in Yuma…..The Foxy Company was putting together their finest veggies for you right there in the field on the side of the road……..

They pick, wash, pack, and ship right there from the field. After it’s boxed up, the tractor trailer back right up and is loaded right there on the spot and shipped to your local grocery store!

After we drove around enjoying the scenery, we stopped at the Quechan Casino (of course!). This casino opened last winter while we were here. It was quite busy today. I lost $60 bucks……

After we left the casino, we headed down the street (like 4 miles or so from the casino) and we went into Mexico to check out what’s going on today!

A festival was happening in Mexico. In case you are wondering, we park the car on the United States side and walk over the border. As you can see, the town is right there! And when you leave, you just have to show your passport to the border inspector and then you pay $5 dollars to leave the parking lot to the toll attendant.

The Margarita’s were flowing and they were all free…….

After the shows, we went walking around to the little shops……Everything here is negotiable…..I have a blanket I bought in Mexico last winter that was $7 dollars, I love that blanket and I wanted another one of another color, so I found a vendor who was selling the blanket that I wanted and he said (in his cool Mexican accent) as he points to the stack of blankets, “$12 dollars”. I said, “No, not $12 dollars.” He said, “What do you want to pay?” I said, “Not $12 dollars.” He said, “$10 dollars”. I said, “No, $8 dollars.” He said, “$9 dollars right now.” I said “$8 dollars right now.” He said, “Okay, pick your blanket.” So, I flipped thru the colors and found one I liked and gave him $8 dollars (exact change of course) and we were on our way. We stopped by the bakery next door and bought some bread for 30 cents a loaf. Yep, 30 cents a loaf! Good bread too. Very sweet tasting bread. Different than what we have here in the United States. But, anyways, we moved on and I think that’s all we bought – NO, I almost forgot, we did buy a couple of cartons of cigarettes for Dad. They sell the same exact brand down in Mexico and up in New Hampshire, they are $54 dollars a carton, and down in Mexico, that same carton (looks the same and everything) sells for $20.50. So we got some of those.

During the festival, they had alot of vendor tables out on the sidewalk giving away free stuff. Alot of pharmacies had tables out giving out boxes of free pills. Between the cut up English language, I think I understood, “This is for flu. This is Vitamin C. This is for menopause. This is for anti-depression. This is for heart burn.” And it’s funny because they were passing those out. I mean, you don’t go by the table and pick them up or pick up what you want, they are shoving them in your plastic bag you get at the beginning of the line! I had more pills than I knew what to do with, or wondered again what they were for! So it was time to leave and I juggled my bags to get my Passport ID card out (have you seen these yet, they look like a driver’s license) and got in line to check out of Mexico. It’s always an easy procedure thru the border and the inspectors just want to know what ya got (if you have more than 2 cartons of cigarettes on ya, you don’t have to pay tax on the first one, but all cartons after that, you have to pay taxes on them at the border. But we only had one per person on us). So I’m waiting in line and it’s my turn next and I’m called up to the counter. Mr. Inspector sees my bags and says to me (of course in perfect English), “What do you have on you?” I say, “I got a carton of cigarettes. A blanket. And a bunch of pills for free.” I knew if I had purchased the pills, I would of had to produce a receipt. He immediately looks from his computer screen to me and says, “Where did you get the pills?” I say, “The vendors were passing out a ton of them.” Hey, I was telling the truth – gulp! So he says, “You are only suppose to bring back one pill.” I’m assuming he meant “one box of pills” because that all I had was boxes and boxes of pills. I say, “Okay, so, I’ll pick one andddddd……” as I look around for a trash can. He goes, “Just go. Just go ahead and you’re all set. Just go.” and I hear a big sigh from him as I left the counter will all my pills that I forgot what they were for and I don’t really know what I’m going to do with.

We left Mexico and went to another casino (you knew that, didn’t ya!), and we stopped by the Paradise Casino. This is a small casino in Yuma. We played some slot machines there and then headed home again. Our friend here, next door to us, was with us all day today, she made us dinner tonight and gave me access to her internet router. She’s great company and alot of fun to be with too. That was nice of her. So after dinner at her RV, we came back to the Montana (just next door) and gave Jake a bath and tucked him into bed.

As for me….I unfolded my new blanket from Mexico and laid it over my comforter and I’m ready for bed! I’ll leave ya with some other pictures I took in Mexico. Have a great night tomorrow is flea market day and we are dining out…..check on me tomorrow!

Wow! We made it to Yuma! Yippee! We get to settle down for a couple of weeks and first thing first – to fix our three-legged RV next week. Remember, one of our front legs gave out on I-495 in Massachusetts on the very beginning of our trip and I’m hoping we can get it fixed with no headaches. And if I see headaches with the service or warranty segment of repairing the unit, I’ll certainly be blogging about it in detail! I like to yap! LOL!

Okay, so we are in the RV park for now, at least for a few weeks to start off with then we either stay or we move on. The freedom of being planless (is that a word?)

Oh, we obviously don’t have internet tonight since we got here at 7pm tonight, plugged in, and just open the sliders. We will take care of setting up the rest later.

The reason it has been a long day is because we woke up this morning in El Paso to one inch of snow in the ground. And the local weather station said that I-10 was shut down in Las Cruces, New Mexico and sure enough, when we got to Las Cruces, we sat stopped on I-10 for about an hour before traffic started moving again.

But, for now we have plans for tomorrow all ready. We have a friend here we visit and what an angel she is! She made us dinner tonight and told us what was going on for local events and tomorrow there is a Mexico Festival across the border – Oh, that reminds me to get my passport out. So we are going to go to the festivities in Mexico and I will be taking my camera! I can’t wait.

If I’m lucky enough to catch an internet signal (I haven’t checked yet), but if I’m that lucky I will be adding a lot more pictures to my blog.

Well, this is my quick blog for the day, sorry if I jipped ya and you didn’t get your money’s worth, I’ll try to do better tomorrow. I’m tired after the 480 mile haul with the traffic tie up, so I’m going to feed Jake and hop in bed. I’m so happy to be here! Nite Nite!