We left San Diego on today and picked up I-8 a few miles from our RV Park and headed east. Four mountain passes (Laguna Summit elev. 4055’, Crestwood Summit elev. 4109’, Tecate Summit elev. 4140’, Mountain Springs Pass elev. 3241’) with high wind warnings kept us on our toes for the first 90 miles. We continue to be amazed by the variation in appearance/geological composition of the mountains we see – it boggles the mind (or, at least, MY mind). We must have met at least a hundred toy haulers apparently coming from the Imperial Sand Dunes Recreation area in the southeast corner of California. There were lines of them at rest areas waiting to use the RV dump stations courtesy of the Interstate system, I guess.
Things flattened out by the time we reached El Centro (about 10 miles from border with Mexico). Agriculture along the way included whatever you plant to get hay (bright green crops) and something in the cabbage family – thick, almost blue leaves.
Arrived in Yuma about 3:30 and got situated in an RV park on the outskirts of town. We don’t usually unhook for overnites but wanted to check Yuma out for future wintering – weren’t terribly impressed but we’ll drive down again while we’re here - it’s 85 miles from Quartzsite. Ate a very disappointing dinner at a Mexican restaurant – just proves being near Mexico doesn’t guarantee good Mexican food.
Planes Trains and Automobiles – Throughout Canada and our trip down the West coast, we have stayed in RV Parks adjacent to railroad tracks. Well-used RR tracks, I might add. Tonight we had a 1-night stand (so to speak) in Yuma, AZ and once again picked a railroad neighborhood. Added to that was Yuma International Airport and 2 highways that intersected out our front window.
We had hoped to be able to check out Yuma but only had a couple of hours to explore the area we were camped in. Yuma has an Olive Garden but not Costco and no Ford dealership. Overall we aren’t impressed yet. So we’ll, have to give it a little more time on down the road.
