For the last week, since the rally, we have been at Rovers Roost in Casa Grande. Most of that time I was sewing...YEAH! Russell was working, but not having as much fun. Both of us were enjoying the park and the town. I talked to several park folks about other SKPs (Escapees') parks. Everyone recommended that we come to Yuma. They said the SKP park, town, and Mexican border town of Los Algodones were all very safe and well worth a visit.
Driving to the Escapees Park southeast of town we passed the Marine Corps Air Station. It was fun to see a few jets land, and plan to take a tour if possible. We had a late lunch and then went to the downtown visitors center. What we found out was that there is even more here than advertised.
The vast irrigated farmlands were no surprise as we drove in; we've been on this stretch of I-8 before. This is the route we drove coming back from San Diego a few years ago. This is a continuation of the Imperial Valley of California. The bounty of produce from this region is courtesy of the Colorado River and its many irrigation channels. We walked along the banks of the river and stood at the point where STEAMSHIPS docked here! The safest way to transport goods to the southwest was out of San Francisco, around the Baja, through the Gulf of California and upriver on the Colorado. Today we walked the grounds and museum of the Quartermaster Depot.
The town appears to be prosperous, clean, and very historic. We hope to visit the old town, the Territorial Prison, a few produce markets, the Yuma Proving Ground in addition to the MCAS. That is certainly a full week!
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