Day 12 ~ Yuma

We arrived in Yuma on Monday and got settled in. We are staying at the Yuma Fairgrounds, the site of the gathering for the Western Bus Nuts, the group we are traveling with. A majority of the members own custom converted buses or large bus style motorhomes. There are now over twenty motorhomes in our group.
Yesterday our sub-group of 11 went to Algodonas, Baja California, Mexico. We all did some shopping, had lunch and spent an hour in line to get back in to California then drove back to Yuma.
Today we went to the Castle Dome Mine and Museum about 40 miles from Yuma. It was the site of silver mining from 1864 to 1979. The current owners salvaged most of the buildings and added many historical collections to create a ghost town/museum area. Unfortunately the temperature when we arrived at 10 a.m. was less than 40 degrees and very windy. We were all dressed in layers, sweat shirts, hats, gloves and heavy jackets. The high for this chilly day was 55. More of the same is in store for tomorrow.


On the dirt road to the museum we could see a large blimp shaped huge balloon out in the desert. It is an important link in the 'radar fence' along the international border that detects drug-smuggling airplanes.