Soon we will be land owners in Yuma!

Well it has been a few weeks since my last post. We have been busy as always here in Yuma. Jean and Jill were here for a few days and we really enjoyed our time with them. Ernest has been golfing two and three times a week so he is happy. We have gone to the casinos a few times and have been to a couple Happy Hour Parties.

We are in the process of buying a place here in the Foothills, it is a lot a few blocks from where we have been renting. We were looking for a RV lot and then found this one with a "Park Model" on it. It is a one owner and in very good shape. It is only 385 square feet but seems larger and it is very bright. The owner is leaving all the furniture and some of the dishes, etc.... Today we got to go through it once again and it was a chance to take some photos of it. Here are the photos.

The lot has two RV hookups, a narrow one on the right side of the house and then a larger area on the left side of the yard. We also have a weeping tree and three small palm trees.

The kitchen is nice and has an eating area which will seat four. The curtains will be the first thing to go when we come down in the fall. The living room has a sofa that makes into a bed and there are two other chairs. It has a corner cabinet where they have a small TV. We plan on getting a small " flat screen" TV and mount it on the wall.

These next photos are of the bedroom, the wood looks different in each photo but it is all the same oak. There is lots of storage, the photos only show some of it. The bed is a queen size but we will buy a new bed when we come down in the fall.

We Arrived IN Yuma!

Well we made it to Yuma, our propane froze the first day travelling. We do not know if it was Yuma propane that we bought in April or the propane we bought that day in Orville Washington. Anyway we had no heat, the stove did not stay on and fridge would not light (it gave a reading of no fuel). We stayed in the Best Western in Omak, had a nice room with two queen beds and they had a hot contental breakfast included. Ernest drained our fresh water tank so it would not freeze overnight.

The next day we drove to Pendleton Oregon, the road was bare all the way and it was part sun and part cloudy day. When we got to the Wildhorse Casino our propane had thawed and the stove and furnace was working once again. The fridge still said no fuel. It was New Years Eve and the casino had a nice Buffet with “CRAB LEGS” and other seafood as well as “PRIME RIB”. We stayed in the motor home that night but in the morning the propane was frozen again and nothing worked. We had set the heat at 60 and it never came on but we were not cold in bed and actually the room was not very cold when we got up. We turned on the generator and made toast, and hot chocolate for breakfast.

The road from Pendleton to Jack Pot Nevada was very good. The pass just south of Pendleton was clear and dry but just by Baker we had some blowing snow on the road. It was funny to see, but not to drive in. The road was clear and dry and the snow was blowing across the road, it looked about a foot high from the road surface. The road was 2 lanes and had a wide shoulder so there was no problem staying on the road, but at times it was hard to see the lines. This went on for about 5 miles, it was also very windy there so Ernest went very slow…… We stayed in Catcus Petes Casino that night, again a nice room and a great dinner.

Jackpot to Las Vegas was a nice drive, the roads were good and there was not much wind. We were in Vegas just after 3 and I checked the furnace and it worked fine as well as the stove, the fridge still said “no fuel’….hmmmm…… We went out and washed the car, had dinner at Olive Garden and the hit a casino for a few hours.

The trip from Vegas to Yuma was nice, we have a feeling of coming home when we go to Yuma. It is exciting to see Irene and Aki again as well as all our friends who winter in Yuma. Now it is time for golfing, shopping, happy hours and just having fun!