We've had a great 3 months in Hemet California (even though we didn't blog much) but now its time to head home, but not immediately. Hemet is on the west side of 2 mountain ranges and therefore isn't too windy. The two ranges converge north of Palm Springs CA and at that spot, hundreds of wind generators are buzzing away. We had about an 80 KM tailwind going through the gap. Almost had to ride the brakes.
Just before entering Arizona at the south west corner, we again come to the huge sand dunes which I so eloquently described in our first blogs in Arizona.
As you may have guessed, we're returning to where our RVing adventures first started, Yuma. We'll spend a week there catching up with the friends we made on that first trip.
Look closely at this picture. I'm sure you've seen pictures of Harvey (our RV) often enough to spot him, right? Find 6 things different! Imagine our surprise when we spotted this RV. We had to pull over and have a look. In all our travels, we've never seen another Safari the same year as ours and certainly not with the same paint job. This one's a bit shorter and in rougher shape but it was cool to see it anyway.
It didn't take us long to get set up and comfortable. Everything is as we remembered it. Hot and blue skies. I didn't remember the wind though; it must have gotten stronger over the years.
In no time, Grammie was over at one of our old friends, helping shell walnuts. She bought 10 pounds and took all afternoon to shell them, but I think it was an excuse to catch up on whats new with everyone.
After a few days of checking out Yuma and visiting, we decided to go for a drive and see some countryside. Its as awesome and rugged as we remember.
A drive to Quartzite seemed a good place to head. That's where all the RV's boondock (camp without amenities, like water and power). That's not for us but it's interesting to see so many parked all over the desert. We prefer showers and toilets and stuff.
We described this area in some detail the last time we were here so its time for a little quiz. If you followed our first blogs, this should be easy, if not go back in our blogs and study up. First question, whats the above plant called? Yeah, I know it's a cactus. Known as a jumping cactus, or a teddy bear cactus. But whats its common name? Forgot? Cholla fits the bill.
Next question. Whats this one? Come on, its easy. Ocotillo sounds about right. Spanish for 8 branches although it certainly has more.
OK. Everyone knows this one. Saguaro cactus, right? Fills up with water, weighs thousands of pounds. I described it in detail before remember?
I saved the hardest for last. Its a tree, its green, its a..... palo verde. Spanish for green tree. Pretty easy wasn't it. It was kinda fun to try to remember the stuff we learned our first year here. It came back with a little work. We are enjoying the few days here that we have. Connecting with old friends and seeing the sights again is fun. Soon we'll be leaving here for our next adventure. Stay tuned.
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