YUMA, Arizona, February 14, 2001.
We no longer need our GPS to go shopping and walking through the area, indicating that we are beginning to be familiar with the surroundings. The sight of bare mountains around us and the lack of vegetation reminds us that we are in an arid climate. This is the desert as soon as we leave the city.
http://www.visityuma.com/
http://travel.webshots.com/album/562642569zPXLNW
Permanent residents of Rancho Rialto we continue to place do not peat and do not sow grass around their house because the amount of water it took to maintain it, especially in summer, would be enormous. They innovate rather with arrangements of colored stones, rocks, plants and statues that vary from one residence to another and that reflect the artistic talents and budgets. The most motivated add plants or flowers and each has its own mini-private jet that gives her small daily dose of moisture. No waste. We are doing our tour every day and not only we have become accustomed to this kind of moving but we now have our favorites.
Last Saturday, we returned with our friends Lucy and Alain to Quartzsite to see the classic car show and crafts facilities that benefit the expo RVs before they do dismantled. These two exhibitions were anemic and were a bit disappointing but the trip was pleasant. We took the opportunity to visit the many shops and room accessories RVs lined up on the main thoroughfare of the city. There are 50,000 (yes, this is the right number of 0s) space camp in the desert around the city which house RVs of all ages and conditions and require constant maintenance.
http://rvingquartzsite.com/
I saw a sign that said, if we do not play is that you do not need. This phrase expresses the level of availability of parts and accessories here. There are also cemeteries old RV in the region. It's like the cemeteries in our car but with VR. They break up into pieces and the pieces are found in parts stores used RV. The use these parts can significantly reduce maintenance costs.
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http://www.telusplanet.net/public/waters/imperial.htm
http://hubpages.com/hub/Boondocking-in-the-Arizona-Desert
There are many trailers or motorized expensive that lend themselves to this kind of camping, which indicates that motivation is not strictly connected financial means of these amateurs. There are also areas controlled by the state parks, called BLM (Bureau of Land Management). To install it, you must obtain a permit which costs $ 15.00 per day. There is no water and electricity, but there are public toilets (sometimes showers) at the scene and a drain point and a point of drinking water. The
RVs camped in these places are generally well equipped with solar panels and we saw several windmills along with very long antennae. Many have an internet card that gives them access to the internet at any time. We also note that most have an ATV or motocross, 4-wheel bogie or a dune. The main vehicle is often a Jeep. These people organize trekking in the desert. Is the land of Bebel. We also see large dogs are not allowed in campgrounds.
http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/1119316516032560105NcdvIm
SquawLake interest to us because it is located near the BLM lake created by the dam (Imperial Dam). RVs are packed but they are parked on asphalt, there is a descent to put the boat in the water and is ideal for lovers of canoes and kayaks. It is also very rare to have the opportunity to be on the edge of the water in the desert. It should be noted that the period of stay is limited to 15 days in which BLM causes a continuous migration between these locations. The settlement is first come, first served. No reservations.
http://usbackroads.blogspot.com/2011/02/squaw-lake-campground-imperial-dam.html
$ 15 per day, that's $ 450 per month. We pay $ 525 for the month in Rancho Rialto with the 3 included services (50 amps), pool, whirlpool, tennis courts and laundry room. Rancho Rialto is not a campground, but a gated community with access limited to a single door that requires an access code in the evening. Our friends who have rented for the season pay about $ 300 per month plus electricity.
We knew that Jerry Avis, a friend and neighbor of our campsite in Glen Margaret, near Halifax in Nova Scotia was located somewhere in the Arizona desert. So I contacted him by email and discovered that it was near the small City Ajo (pronounced with emphasis on the Aho h) southeast of Phoenix, near Mexico. We left early Wednesday morning to visit him. Jerry, who is 75 years old has 2 Honda Goldwing one of whom is in Europe and with whom he has visited several countries during the last 10 years. Between his trips overseas, he has toured North America with another bike and he gave his motocross this spring because he thought it became dangerous to walk in the desert on a motorcycle at his age. http://www.cunews.info/ajoinfo.html
Jerry, who knew nothing about sailing, decided to buy a sailboat 23 feet 2 years ago and I met him when he needed someone to help him prepare his boat to turn with water and give sailing lessons. I had a lot of pleasure to maneuver his boat and it is possible that I bought a similar (Tanzer 22) if an opportunity presents itself.
We invited Jerry to the restaurant for lunch, then we went around the city and around 3 o'clock in the afternoon we made our way back to be home for dinner. I find very motivating to attend a man of this age who bites into life as a teenager and has no intention of slowing down as his health permits.
A group of residents in Rancho Rialto Quebecers have organized a trip in the desert in southeastern California and invited us. We left 8 couples in 4 vehicles, at 9 am Friday morning. We followed Route 8 and the 111 crossing the desert. We stopped en route to admire the sand dunes and then we continued to Slab City, our first destination. Slab City is a abandoned ground of a former U.S. Army and though all the buildings are destroyed, the foundations of cement remained and the area is occupied by old hippies, squatters and nomads of all kinds. Everyone had prepared lunch for the afternoon and brought chairs and small tables. We formed a big circle and we picnic on the spot. . The following links provide a good overview of what we found in this rather special place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slab_City
http://tommydevine.blogspot.com/2010/02/slab-city.html
We then went to Salton Sea, a huge salt lake that was created by a flood caused by the Colorado River in the late 19th century and a second flood that drowned 1,000 kilometers of desert in 1906. Take time to read the following link to know this story very interesting.
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http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea
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