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Showing posts with label Yuma-AZ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Yuma-AZ. Show all posts

Saturday, November 18, 2023

CIRCLING WITH HUMOR~Yuma-AZ

The morning sky was heavy with gray rain clouds … it looks like a WA sky, here, today; and the air is filled with the scent of grass fire smoke.  Fields are being burnt in mexico, in preparation for crop planting. Del Pueblo RV Resort is very close to the boarder and the atmosphere is a smokey drift haze overhanging the area.

Gray, wet morning.

We have a favorite roadside produce stand that we like to visit every week; we are still learning the roads here … and GPS is insisting on taking us in a continuous half hour looping circle out of our way to get to the produce stand literally mere minutes away from our front door.

It makes no sense at all as to why the roadway was designed this way.

It's nuts.

It's unnecessary.

But at least we were laughing with the absurdity.

Laughter is good medicine right now ;-)

Gonzalez Produce Stand from Del Pueblo RV Resort; 17 mins (11.6 mi) via E County 14th St & AZ 195-Araby Rd
Yuma has the craziest roadway design we've ever encountered 
Billy Preston - 'Will It Go Round In Circles' 1971 song: 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuFOkAL8ihM)
Holland said, 'NO WAY!' - and found a way around the freeway snafu ;-)

Holland eventually got us from point A to point B without following GPS's freeway route … and we took notes of the street signs overhead, so hopefully, next week, we won't plug GPS in at all ;-)

While gathering and paying for our fruits and vegetables, we also bought some fresh made tamales to eat at home :-)

Gonzalez Produce Stand, off Hwy. #95; Yuma-AZ
Gonzalez Produce Stand; inside, everything very well organized & displayed well: (@ #7862 US-95, Yuma, AZ 85365)
DELISH fruits!
Health Benefits of Pomelo fruits:
 (https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/pomelo-fruit)
Fresh cooked Tamales - YUM.

Back home, we enjoyed an afternoon siesta, a leisurely Supper (the tamales were yummy) … and I finished another angel baby blanket, before relaxing with a blueberry margarita.

MOD Angel Baby Blanket w-picot edging; 15-in square Shabbat mitzvah.
Blueberry Margarita

Today has been a good day of togetherness, good humor, good mitzvah (commonly interpret it as “a good deed”; the term mitzvah comes from the root word tzavta, which means “connection.” What makes a mitzvah a mitzvah is its emphasis on action), and good relaxation :-)

Monday, November 13, 2023

Sunday, November 5, 2023

DETERMINATION HUSTLE

I woke up this morning with a determination to get out and walk the Resort grounds.

I need to lose weight.

I need to tone up.

I need to get back to a healthy life mindset.

I wanted to be out walking before I got sidetracked and the walk didn't happen; so, I fed Bleu and hustled him out to walk with me … that only lasted 15 minutes, before he was back inside; and I finished the walkabout solo lobo. He's still an energetic, Curious-George puppy - and I  wanted to get my hustle on ;-)

Sunrise today; Yuma-AZ

The outside temperature was in the 70's, the sunrise was pretty; and I smiled every time the rooster (housed somewhere at the end of the street) cockadoodledooed.

The lots are beginning to fill up quickly, now.

I noticed that there are several RV's that are parked here long-term; porch add-ons/cactus gardens & flowering shrubs, lot decorations, ect.; some lots have small storage sheds on them, there are tiny home mobile homes going up on some lots. There are a lot of canadian license plates on parked vehicles, & canadian flags hoisted, all over the place.

I met a few couples, and enjoyed light and passing convo as I looped back to our parked 5th wheel.

Goofy metal yard art.
Prickly Pear Cactus, & Prickly Pear fruits: (httpswww.gardendesign.comsucculentsprickly-pear.html)

When I got back home, I made myself a cup of coffee … and got busy on a christmas gift I hope to get mailed off around Thanksgiving time to ensure it reaches it's destination.

Today was a low-key day loaded with determination hustle ;-)

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

NEW DIGS~Del Pueblo RV Resort; Yuma-AZ

Yesterday, we pulled stakes at Desert Holiday RV Resort - and set up at our new digs, Del Pueblo RV Resort: we like it here, and will probably stay in this space until we head back North in March 2024.

A truck full of gypsy souls; Me, Bleu, and Holland~Yuma-AZ/October 31, 2023.
Del Pueblo 55+ RV Resort; Yuma-AZ

After we got finished setting up in our new RV space, I was pretty sick yesterday: so nauseous that even the thought of opening (and getting a whiff) of something that would help my sour stomach, was making me sicker.

My lips are dry, so I know I have an internal temperature - even though the reading is {normal}.

I'm coughing just about every 15 minutes (not asthma coughing).

Every evening & morning for the past week, outside temperatures have been in the low 40's: who knew I'd catch a cold in "the sunniest State if the Union"????

And I'm totally drained - like someone pulled the plug on my battery.

Thankfully, this morning, I have been able to eat 2 slices of bread with peanut butter and honey in it this morning (energy food) - with a cup of mild coffee (waiting for the 'joy' in my Joy Juice to take effect 😉); so, I'm doing a little bit better.

I do not know what is going on with my body … but I do know I don't like it. We're pretty sure whatever it is, has to do with the dust in the air.

I would like to go for a drive, but Holland's keeping me inside, out of the dust cloud - he doesn't even want to risk my inhaling dust while walking the few short paces from the front door to the 4x: practically at the door 😕

So, I've sent SOS prayer requests out to all corners of the USA - asking for a speedy healing and a quick recouping of lagging energy.

I need to be on the move; my gypsy blood isn't liking this nonactivity :-(

Brian Hyland - 'Gypsy Woman' song: 
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StC5lwA2snM)

Poor Holland; he's being good about marrying a lemon ("no returns"), but I feel bad: this is not how we envisioned spending time in Yuma 😔

I'm hoping that by Friday, I can get out and about meeting people here, enjoy some of the resort perks, fellowship at the Messianic Fellowship down the highway a pace, and get to Sedona before the snow flies.

And Holland says maybe the Colorado border with mexico, too. He's been to Sedona and the border, and is wanting to show both to me … and I, am wanting to see both ;-)

Sunday, October 29, 2023

HIGH WINDS & FLYING SAND~Desert Holiday RV Resort, Yuma-AZ

Yesterday we had taken Bleu to a gravel lot a few paces down the street, to run free and chase his little blue ball - but Holland noticed some sort of tiny stickers that had attached themselves to the truck tires … and then he noticed that there was green growth among the pea gravel that had the sharp things all over them.

And then … I noticed them … because I had worn my rubber flip-flops instead of my heavier soled sandals: my tender soles were being stabbed! We put Bleu back in the 4x, and I carefully hobbled back to the 4x, where I removed the hard-as-bone plant barnacles with a pen :-(

The, we checked Bleu's paw pads, and were relieved to see that his feet were safe. How he managed that is still a mystery because the tires and my feet weren't so lucky.

Ouch! Sandspurs = 'prairie shrapnel' (internet pic)

On our way back home, Holland said, "Tomorrow, we'll get up early and drive down to the border. We'll spend a couple hours out of the house - and you can get pictures of Mexico, and the Colorado River."

That was the Plan for this morning ;-)

All that changed overnight :-(

Hazy morning with flying sand caught on the strong, high winds. 6 A.M.
Never received a 'red flag' warning before … I sat up & paid attention. We were definitely rocked by a 50-mph wind gust; I'll have to keep Bleu on a leash when he goes outside to do his 'business'.
Our planned Border-Colorado River Daytrip is shelfed today.
Strong, high winds … and flying sand.
Bleu thinks he's still a 10-pound puppy. LOL
Holland is my blessing; Elohim's love gift, to me.
Patrick Swayze - 'She's Like The Wind' song:  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gbz-Lau5tc)
This gypsy-hearted woman loves her big guy :-)

So, we're going to hunker down in our rocking RV, today; and let the winds blow as they will ;-)

Holland made a yummy breakfast - and a delicious power drink: Holland's power drinks are original (no hard-n-fast recipes); they are silky smooth, and milk-shake-substance (not watery like store bought drinks).

Totally yummy :-)

Breakfast; thick sliced bacon & Holland's original recipe chunky omelet (eggs (no growth hormones or vaccines), cheddar cheese, red onion, zucchini, tomatoes, Anaheim pepper, salt & pepper).
I'm 5'2" and curvy; Holland likes my 'kardashian' rear end … I think he feeds me to deliberately keep my {biscuits} at mile-high status. LOL ;-)
Holland's own power drink; raw pineapple, raw ginger & whole lemon.

Today will be a total "Veg-out Day" with nothing more exciting happening than hugs, kisses, and TV movies … which, with the right person can be very exciting ;-)