On Tues. Feb 14th, we finally got to Palm Springs. This is our favorite place and we spend the last 9 weeks here, going between 2 campgrounds. We are losing the 2 campgrounds we usually stay at, so our goal this year is to find some new ones.
When we first stayed here in 2010, we never planned to stay this long, but the weather back home was so cold and rainy, we kept extending our stay. It went from 2 weeks to 9 weeks. The weather is always sunny and warm, so it was a no brainer to keep staying.
We have been coming here for so long that we have made many friends. They all started out as RV'ers, but 2 couples have bought places here and stay year round.
I wanted to mention a couple of things that I forgot to say about our last place, Yuma, AZ. It is the lettuce capital of the world, especially in the winter. If you eat any lettuce in the winter, it probably came from Yuma. Lettuce fields as far as you can see.
We were in a new campground that we had never been in before. We always take a walk around to see what it's like. With map in hand, we started walking. We were in an area that we couldn't see on the map. As we went around a corner, we saw an RV exactly like ours. Our Hitchhiker has a very unusual layout of the slide outs. We have never seen another like it. We were so surprised and as we got closer, the truck was gray just like ours. As it turns out, IT WAS OURS! SENIORITIS!! We had gone around in a circle without realizing it. We started laughing so much that we were almost bent over. Even Denny laughed out loud, which is, if you know him, very unusual. He is a serious kind of guy. He usually just smiles.
On our way to Palm Springs, we stayed at the Salon Sea for one night. We were so impressed with the campground that Denny thought we should stay the whole winter there next year. It was very nice, but, very secluded. The closest grocery store is 30 miles away. A little too far for me. The picture below is of the mineral spa area with the Salton Sea in the background.
In the picture below, you see a hill with a sharp line at the top. This is actually the wall that separates Mexico and the U.S. Wanted to show how close we were to Mexico in Yuma. A lot of people that live there, politicians and regular people alike, don't think building more of the wall will do any good. Mexicans can easily go over and under the wall in minutes. A lot of RV'ers boondock in the desert outside of Yuma. Boondocking is when you stay either by yourself or in groups in the desert without any hookups of water, sewer or electricity. We have never been interested in boondocking because we like all the comforts. Even if we did, we would never stay secluded in the desert so close to the border. We would never feel safe or secure with people crossing the border everywhere thy can.
