We gathered up our stuff, dumped the tanks and departed Ajo Heights RV Park headed for Yuma, Arizona. The drive north from Ajo to I-8 is very scenic through tortured terrain. About 20 miles north of Ajo the road crosses through what seems to be a tiny mountain range with hundreds of little rock minarets dotting the landscape that is pretty neat but further north the road flattens out and crossing the terrain gets to be a drudge. Once we got to westbound I-8, the mountainous terrain disappeared into the distance to be replaced by flat ground with few redeeming features other than some enormous cattle feedlots surrounded by large expanses of dirt with some creosote bushes and palo verde trees.
There were a couple little passes over some minor mountain ranges separated by long stretches of nothing until we reached Yuma at the Colorado River and the border of California. We pulled into an RPI RV park called Yuma Lakes RV Park about 2:30 PM Arizona time. Arizona time is hard to determine because the state is in the Mountain time zone but this state alone does not observe daylight savings time so, in the summer, the clocks are set the same as those in the Pacific time zone. After this next Sunday when the clocks elsewhere go to standard time, the clocks in Arizona will be back on Mountain time. Weird.
Yuma Lakes RV Park has nice large spots, full hookups, wi-fi, our dreadful phone works and there is a lake, albeit a phony, man-made one. The town of Yuma is not far away for those that might have some reason to go there. The weather today was clear and pretty hot but the humidity is zilch so if you stay out of the withering sun, the conditions are quite pleasant.
We have been hauling a satellite receiver for Dish TV with us for 16 months but today was the first time we tried to hook it up. It was the usual first time headaches but by evening, we succeeded in getting the thing to work although we are thoroughly confused about what to do with it. Changing channels was about the only thing we mastered. Dish has elected to call channels from their satellites by different names than anyone else so NBCSC is NBCSP on Dish’s guide. We will eventually figure out the mysteries associated with this new form of TV reception but I think progress will be unremarkable.