Day 25 - Ride to Yuma

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.......Big guns at the Yuma Proving Grounds

Mel locked me up then went drinkin...so I had him locked up................. in the old cell block .

Howdy,

We had a fun day. We went to Yuma (about 100 miles south) via the back roads. I thought we were lost but I should know Mel never gets lost!! It was a beautiful trip. Lots of mountains and desert and produce fields. Molly found a little lizard or Camellia..(what ever its called) at one of her stops.

WE visited an old Territory prison built in the 1800's. So interesting. We spent about 3 hrs there.

There was a museum and the actual cells were there. We could go in the "Dark cell" where some were put in for extreme discipline. No light at all. Inside the cave was a 5 foot high cell box that one or more were kept in. Pretty creepy. They said it was kept very clean... Cleaned at least once every 3 months. Lots of history there.

The Arizona Market was next (flea market). Mel and Molly went for a ride and just dropped me off there. I only had an hour before they closed so had to hurry. I had so much fun spending my Christmas gift cards. I got a great chase lounge, some lawn ornaments, and flower baskets... artificial but really pretty. All to decorate our new yard.

We were going to visit some friends but found out they were watching the Super bowl so we stopped at a Wal Mart instead. I got 2 sheppard hooks for my flower baskets.

Headed for home from there. Going by the Yuma Proving Grounds we stopped to check out the big guns at the entry.

We only had a hot dog since breakfast so stopped at a fast food in Quartzsite and wished we didn't. I think they gave us yesterdays burgers.

We were all happy to get back to the camper.

Good night and God Bless