Day 2 Arizona West RV Park Yuma, Arizona

Today we had planned to get on our bikes and ride but it was raining. We thought about driving to Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. We had heard that it is beautiful there…but it is almost 3 hours away. We decided to get in the car and just go for a drive.

Tim found Muggins Wilderness Area. We took the dirt road for a short time until the trail became too rough.

We decided to get out and take a walk.

Wildflowers here sure don’t need much to sprout up and grow.

Our hike led us through a gravelly wash to a squeeze in the rocks. We saw lots of nests and holes where creatures are living and lots of other evidence of creatures…but no creatures.

We ate lunch in the car at a park in Wellton. It was too damp and chilly outside for a picnic. We passed through farm fields on our way back to Yuma.

We were on a dirt road when we saw a sign that said open…what is that place? We pulled in to find out. The Naked Date is a small store that sells dates and other goodies. We chose 2 date cookies for our afternoon snack. What a neat find in the middle of nowhere! I love it when we accidentally stumble upon something fun!

As we drove back toward Yuma, the sun began to shine.

The sunshine was short-lived and it rained on and off all afternoon. What crazy weather winter! It is supposed to be in the 60’s tomorrow and then maybe even climb into the 70’s in the next couple of days…we are not complaining…just reporting! We heard that 4 hours from here in northern Arizona they got a foot of snow today!