Yuma, Arizona…

Mary is no longer available for RV traveling, but we remain good friends.
Because we have almost 4,000 postings, I’ve invited her to continue posting entries on this blog.

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The motorhome is parked at Shady Acres Mobile Home and RV Park in Yuma, Arizona. I expect to be here a couple of months hiding out from the cold, wet weather. Average temperatures in January are high 69.6, low 47.6. In February, high 73.8, low 50.1. As nice as Yuma is, I wouldn’t want to be here in August.  🙂

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Yuma is the sunniest place on Earth. Every year many thousands of snowbirds flock here for the same reasons. There are MANY RV parks to accommodate these folks.

I believe Yuma to be the friendliest RV city in the nation. It’s clean, with very wide streets, easy to find your way around, big enough to offer most big city amenities, yet small enough to have that small-town feeling. The area offers a multitude of attractions and activities. Here are some items found around Yuma…

 

As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…

 

 

Big Yuma mural…

 

 

Archway over Main Street…

 

 

Old City Hall…

 

 

On the left is the territorial prison..then the two bridges crossing the Colorado River…then St. Thomas Indian Mission atop Fort Yuma Hill…

 

 

A Yuma poster…

 

 

Model of early Yuma at the visitors center…

 

 

Doors at the Yuma Landing Restaurant…

 

 

 

 

 

You can read all about Yuma by clicking this link…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma,_Arizona

 

 

Here’s a neat video I found about Yuma on YouTube…

If the video does not work,  click this link…http://youtu.be/yF9WRbETXvs

 

 

Recently I’ve been running blogs about my 2004 Central America trip. While here I’m intending to continue those postings while also alternating with Yuma area blogs.

 

I hope you enjoyed the photos.

 Yesterday was sunny and 56 degrees. Forecast for today is sunny and 59 degrees.

Enjoying nice weather is another joy in the life of a full-time RVer!

The red dot on the below map shows my approximate location in the State of California. You may double left-click the map to make it larger…

Enjoying 65-75 degree temperatures with low humidity most of the year is a primary joy in the RVing lifestyle!

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving”…Albert Einstein

My current travel rig is a 2006 Fleetwood 26′ Class A Motorhome and a towed 1986 Ford Bronco II, Eddie Bauer Model. This photo was taken in the desert at Slab City near Niland, California…

On October 27, 2012, I created a two-minute video titled America The Beautiful. The music America The Beautiful is by Christopher W. French. The photos, which I randomly selected, are from the states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia (not shown in that order)…are mine. Yup, That’s me standing in front of the Post Office in Luckenbach, Texas…Y’all!

Click this link to start the video. Make sure you have your speakers turned on and go to full screen asap.
http://youtu.be/FfZUzEB4rM8

If you would like to see my YouTube videos, click this link… http://www.youtube.com/user/JimJ1579/videos

There are more than 600 photo albums in my Picasa Web Albums File. To gain access, you simply have to click this link… https://picasaweb.google.com/jimjrver

If you have not checked out my Ramblin Man’s Photos Blog, you can do so by clicking this link…http://ramblinmanphotos.wordpress.com/

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All original works copyrighted – Jim Jaillet -2015