February 16, 2021 From The Wall To The Softball Field

Riverfront RV Park Yuma, Arizona Day 2

The white-winged doves greeted the new day and brought me to wakefulness.  They sit in the tree behind the RV.

I was excited to take my morning walk.  I started in the campground along the river. 

I walked into West Wetlands and wandered on the paths through the park.  I explored Gowan Grove and then walked through the hummingbird garden. 

I saw lots of birds and flowers as well.

Gambel Quail

African Senna

Crimson Bottlebrush

Spanish Broom

On my way back, I walked the riverside.  It was such a beautiful day! 

Long-horned Beetle

I was looking for the river cats.  The campground host told us that she owns a property down the road.  There is a cave there where the river cats or bobcats live.  They walk each day along the water and into the park to the bridge.  I was, of course, hoping to see one.  Maybe another day!  I did find this track which just might be a river cat print.

Later this morning we went to Big O Tire to order new tires for the Jeep.  We also stopped to try to get propane for the grill and to get more purified water.

After lunch we took another bike ride.  We rode on the paved canal road and then all the way to East Wetlands.  On our way back we cycled through the park. 

This evening, we took a drive.  When we were biking yesterday, we couldn’t figure out exactly where we were.  Tim looked at a map and figured out that we had been very close to the Mexican border.  We wanted to go back and look.  We found the border wall.  It has large unfinished sections.  It looks like all work on it has stopped.  The wall sections are laying there but all the construction equipment is gone.

We drove back through more farm fields.

We went into town and got some spare bicycle inner tubes. 

We ordered food from Prison Hill and picked up our carryout. 

We headed to the park and found a picnic table where we enjoyed our meal.  After eating, we drove to the top of the berm to watch the setting sun.

We saw that the lights were on at the athletic complex.  We drove over and watched some men playing softball.  It was nice to be outside and doing something different and kind of normal!