11 April 2010
Our Google Earth location is: 33.70596N, 116.21192W Indian Waters RV Park, Indio, California
Once again our drive out of Yuma to Indio took us down California 8 to El Centro and north on 111. We passed along side the Salton Sea passed by The Fountain Of Youth RV Resort
and then into Indo. We arrived this last Friday afternoon after a quick stop by Algodones, Mexico. We had to stop by Algodones once more because Louise lost her prescription sunglasses somewhere and she needed to replace them before we got too far away. By “quick stop”, I mean that by the time we stopped outside border, crossed over,
walked to the optometrist who took an examination of her eyes, made the glasses (2 pair), had a great lunch, walked back across the border, and back on the road in 2 ½ hours…not bad. Oh ya, it cost us $100 plus $10 for lunch. Two weeks ago we had driven into Yuma and immediately went over to see Mark and Susan (Louise’s brother). We parked in their drive last November for a couple of days but this time we were offered a second option…some friends of theirs offered they’re place to us to pull into. Jim and Nancy have a large lot that was set up for RV parking in 4 different locations around the property.
Including the RV parking they have a small casita that we could use to watch TV, wash clothes, or stay in if we wanted.
Hell, we even had “Wi-Fi”…pretty nice digs from some great people. We couldn’t thank them enough for their hospitality and generosity. On Easter afternoon, after we were sitting around after a great barbeque, we were “treated?” to a 7.4 earthquake !!! There were about 20 of us enjoying “our” patio and a great pot-luck when the ground started to shake and shake… Some of us guessed that it lasted at least 2 minutes or more, but the reality of it was much less. Less of not, it was one hell of a shake… Even some of the “after” quakes came close to the size of the first and they continued for a few days after. If you remember, I wanted to get the frontend aligned on the Winnie while in Yuma. Well I got that taken care of…
it only cost me a set of upper ball-joints, 4 more items on the tie-rod, and the alignment, and all for $528. Next it was new glasses for me in Algodones and a trip to the dentist for the both of us for a cleaning. All in all, we had a great visit, met and made new friends, got a lot of our “must do’s” done, and once again continued on our way.