Week ending Dec 19, 2019 Yuma

We ran our Mr. Heater to warm up the trailer in the mornings this week.  We were testing to see whether the heater would be adequate in cooler temperatures under 50F.

Friday, we saw one of the resident hummingbirds on our walk around the park.

Saturday,  as we headed out for a walk, we saw the cotton harvesters at work.

We parked at the visitor center and walked along the West Canal.  This canal goes along the back of a residential area. 

We saw a tree with really tiny fruit.  It turned out to be limes.

This canal doesn't go out nearly as far as the East Canal, until it is in the fields but was still about 4.5 miles.  We checked out a couple of RV parks backing onto the canal, chatting with one lady bringing her little dog out for a walk.

Sunday, we returned to the visitor center, this time to do the east wetlands.  We started by going under the Ocean to Ocean Highway Bridge.

At one of the interpretive signs, we talked to a guy who said he organized the first Earth Day in Yuma.   The trail along the Colorado is part of the Juan Bautista de Anza Trail, which started south of Tucson at Tubac.

Joan saw what she thinks is a wolf scooting across the path ahead of us.  There are mexican wolfs in the area.  The south section of the trail was a muddy path, so we had to find solid spots to keep from slipping.  

Monday, we bought our LTVA permit, which is good until April 15.  Then we went to a U-Pick a few miles from us to pick up 6 grapefruit for $2.   The first small one was a bit tart, but the bigger ones were quite good.  They had a resident peacock in the orchard.

 Peacock

Wednesday, we drove out to Imperial Dam LTVA to check out the feasibility of boondocking there.
On the way out we went by Laguna Dam, a small dam below the larger Imperial Dam.

At the LTVA we had a good chat with the volunteers in the office.  We found a few areas that weren't too crowded. 

Tiny House in LTVA