Marty's Travels

My house has wheels

In Yuma

I’ve not been in Yuma after the winter visitors left, and it’s quite a difference. The VFW/BLM site only has a dozen rigs (a hundred is more typical) and there is no traffic on the streets. Parking lots are empty.

The city takes advantage by starting up road improvements which has caused some street closures. The Marine Air Station here has increased it’s activity including evening exercises.

Many of my readers will remember parking at the Yuma Fairgrounds for some event or another. This week the actual Yuma County Fair started, giving me a chance to see actual Yumans and not retired snowbirds walking around. The bulk of the fairgrounds is devoted to rides and the midway, and the 4H displays the animals. I watched a quite decent magician and listened to quite a captivating banjo player. Food was entirely ordinary. The fair special seems to be cinnamon rolls, but I passed as I need to recover from the fried chicken and BBQ I had in the south.

The fairgrounds is the best place to watch the aero machines here.

It’s hot here, 95 in the afternoon. I like it.