Week Two in Yuma

Here we are - still in Yuma and having a great time.  In order to keep busy, I have been going to exercise three times a week.  While the program is not particularly strenuous, it makes me feel great, especially when exercising with a fun group.

In between, I spent part of the week shampooing the carpet in the motorhome - another job done for, hopefully, quite a long time!  That was my project for this past week.

I went for lunch with some friends and one of the gal's late husband was a sub mariner.  He was instrumental in creating a replica submarine which is often in local parades.

We decided that we should take a trip into Algodones, Mexico, where there is an abundance of dentists, opticians, and pharmacies as well a liquor stores and other services.  On the menu was to get a hair cut, visit a dentist, pick up some creams from the pharmacy, and last, but not least - visit the liquor store.

First was a hair cut and one can really get their money's worth - $8.00 for a ladies cut and I must say it is worth every penny.  The cut was great although it is a bit shorter than I would have preferred but the bright side - it is easy to look after, and in five or six weeks or so, I will be looking for another haircut.

Then it was off to the dentist where again, the price is simply a fraction of what it would have been at home.  As it turned out, one can get a whole new denture for the cost of repairing one at home.  There certainly is a huge choice of dentists.

A sample of the variety of dentists just in one short block

Off to lunch at our favourite sidewalk café - the menu is very varied so it is easy to order your favourite Mexican dish.

Finally, the liquor store - you don't want to have to carry around bottles of liquor for too long.  There were three of us so we were able to get three bottles of Macadamia liquer.  I have only found it here in Mexico and in a limited number of stores.  It is one of the smoothest, tastiest drinks around.

We also attended the "Welcome Back" party held by the business in Algodones welcoming the snowbirds.  There was entertainment, free food, free margaritas and/or beer as well as some product samples.  

Gerry trying to win a prize - no luck

We thoroughly enjoyed the festivities except it started to rain and everyone decided on heading home at the same time - that meant a two and a half hour wait in the line to cross the border.

A lovely house along the street

In Yuma there are a lot of advertisements for Algodones.  Here is one in Algodones for Yuma!!

We got home just before another rainfall - almost half inch last night.  If this keeps up, it will be another spring with great wildflowers.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope each and every one of you have a great week!!

Off to Yuma

Sorry I am running a little late.  One would think that it has been a super busy week but; it hasn't been busy but it has been enjoyable.

We arrived in Yuma at the beginning of the week and are now parked on our friend's lot.  This week, on Thursday, our American friends and neighbours celebrated their Thanksgiving.  We were fortunate to be invited to a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner.  I thought it would be great to take some photos of our feast but instead of taking my camera I decided that I would use my phone instead.  But the phone stayed in my purse so of course, no photos.

There was, however, quite a rain and wind storm - so glad that we finally got our leak found and fixed.  I had hoped to get some photos of how a rainstorm can turn into flooding waters.  Since it all happened at night - no photos.

Black Friday was a day of numerous sales.  We did make a visit to one store which confirmed the great crowds that were out stopping.  While we did get some bargains, we did have to wait in line for about half an hour.  Fortunately, we are not that busy so the wait was not a problem.  In fact we even made another trip today and the crowds were definitely less.

Yuma is a great place to visit and is quite pretty and have attached a couple of photos.

Thanks for stopping by.  Hope everyone has a great week!!