January 20, 2021 Somerton and San Luis
Arizona West RV Park Day 7
Happy Birthday Debbie!! We hope that you enjoyed your day!
It began to rain at around 11:30 last night. It rained most of the night with a couple of very strong thunderstorms. I could see the lightning through my closed eyelids and the thunder was extraordinarily loud. I took my time with my morning coffee, waiting for the rain to stop. For my walk, I did laps around the campground, fearful that if I went any further, I would get caught in a downpour. I had done 1 ½ miles when the rain began again.
It was a perfect morning to do a couple of loads of laundry and to work on taxes.
We left at 1 this afternoon and drove to the nearby town of Somerton for lunch. On the way, we passed lots of citrus groves, lemons and oranges, some already harvested and some with branches heavy with bright ripe fruit.
There were also miles of lettuce fields.
Many of the Somerton restaurants that were listed in Maps were shut down. We stumbled on a little place called Cielito Lindo Birrieria. Her specialty was Birria, a Mexican-style shredded beef. We got the breakfast burritos. Tim was brave enough to use the chili sauce. I liked mine just fine without it!
We drove from there to the border town of San Luis. The new/improved border wall.
We went back to the RV to rest for a while. Then at around 5 this evening, I went out to finish my walking. I had just gotten to the dead-end road beside the campground, about
1 ½ miles away, when the rain began again. I got a little wet. As I am writing, it continues to rain. Yuma already had about an inch at noon today. There were flashflood warnings and while we were out there were several places where there was deep water on the road. The most recent rainfall in Yuma was on December 10th. Prior to that, Yuma had 242 consecutive days without rain.
