On the Move

Good-bye Mitry

The time has come to slowly make our way northward - today we moved to Quartzsite, AZ, and once again are enjoying some time with our friends, Bob and Karen.  While we still have some time before the final trek north is made,  we didn't want to shock our systems too much so we will have to make the transition from south to north a bit slowly.

We spent several nights watching the International Space Station streak through the sky.  There were three nights that it was visible in the early evening - one night the sighting was as long as six minutes.  One night when we went out to  see the station, there was a beaver by the motorhome - a bit shocking.  We sent it back to the water while wondering what the heck was it doing there.  We often could hear them slap their tails on the water but we rarely see them.



The Beaver!!
 

Vegetable farms are very popular in the Yuma area and at this time of year, harvest is in full swing.  There is a great deal of lettuce, broccoli, and cauliflower grown.  The harvest is very labour intensive, mainly done by Mexican workers.  I can't imagine spending all day in the field, manually cutting each head of lettuce, or cauliflower, or whatever, by hand and placing it on a conveyor belt to be packaged and hauled away.  The heads of lettuce that are wrapped in cellophane are wrapped by the picker as soon as the head is picked.

Our friend, Gary, celebrated this birthday this week which means a party.  We had him start a new year in fine style.

I had mentioned that Gerry had to replace the drive shaft on the Jeep as we could not get a boot replacement.  Well, that resulted in a vibration whenever the speed exceeded 50 miles per hour.  The end result - take out the new part, put the old part back in, and worry about it when we get home.  After several phone calls, the company has consented to us returning the part which we will drop off in Las Vegas.  Using the old part is not a long-term fix, it will certainly work in the meantime (I hope).

One day Gerry found an interesting ad in the weekly shopper in Yuma - Vinnipeg Palace.  Not only was the name interesting, the specialty is what attracted us to the place.  The Thai food was wonderful, the rest was probably left too long before we tried it, but the experience was great fun.


 Until next week, I hope everyone has a great week.  I hope the snowstorm predicted up home is short lived, and the last for the year.