Monthly Archives: November 2011

Since the forecast for the rest of the week isn’t very good, we decided to go today to the Imperial Wildlife Refuge on the Colorado River north of Yuma.  It was a really lovely day, sunny, light breeze, and a … Continue reading →

We went to jail today.  The Yuma Territorial Prison is a state park on the site where this jail used to be until it closed in 1909.  Like all historical jails it showed the kind of treatment that the prisoners … Continue reading →

Today we drove to Yuma from Tucson.  We got to our RV Park (Desert Paradise) just after 1 pm and checked in.  Since they have a nice heated pool we went for a swim, and Enid enjoyed the hot tub.  … Continue reading →

It was a really nice warm day again today, and no wind unlike yesterday.  We went for a bike ride this afternoon, but along the way we stopped at the short hike around the Romero Ruins.  This is an archaeological … Continue reading →

It rained the night before last (November 25) and when we got up it was cool and cloudy.  We thought about going to Biosphere 2, but decided against it, and just took it easy all day.  I did beat Enid … Continue reading →

It is American Thanksgiving today.  The state park we are in is full of motorhomes, trailers, and 5th wheels.  Several of them seemed to have deep fryers for turkeys set up.  I could smell turkey cooking in the campsite tonight.  … Continue reading →

It was a very nice warm day today, probably the warmest we’ve had with a temperature near 25 C.  We drove from Tombstone this morning, and stopped to get gas about half way to Benson.  While at the service station … Continue reading →

Our RV park is right next to “downtown” Tombstone, so we walked around the old historic town today, and visited a number of different museums and exhibits.  We started at the old Cochise county courthouse, which is now a state … Continue reading →

It was a long travel day today.  We left White’s City, New Mexico early this morning, and drove through El Paso, Texas and on to our destination of Tombstone, Arizona.  It was a very windy day, and mostly a headwind, … Continue reading →

It’s only about 11 kilometers from here in White’s City to the caverns, so we were there in good time this morning.  We bought tickets for a guided tour of the “King’s Caverns” for the afternoon, and then headed into … Continue reading →