Southwest to Our Destination: Yuma, Arizona

Today's 4 hour drive

starts on Interstate

17 South.

Another beautiful day...

Another winding road...

Prickly Pear Cacti dot

the hillsides.

There''s a 6% Grade
for the next 2 miles.

We are in Saguaro Cactus

Country.

A Gila Monster decorates

the sloping embankment

near an overpass.

Loop 303 takes Eric & me

around Phoenix.

Palm Trees decorate the
bridge abutment wall.

We follow the sign for

Interstate 10 West.

This "Franken-Palm" is a
disguised cell phone tower.

Exit 112 will take us to

Interstate 8 West.

I drive while Eric takes

pictures.

We pass a Solar Panel Farm. 

Yuma is 66 miles away....

This train is hauling two

engines plus cargo.

We are driving toward
the Gila Mountains.

Interstate 8 takes us through

the mountains.

Look at that rock cut!

We leave the highway
at Exit 112.

We arrive at Desert Paradise
 RV Resort, just two blocks

in from Interstate 8.

Eric & I settle into our

corner campsite with

water, 50 amp electric

service & a sewer

hookup.

Our DirecTV satellite dish provides us with the TV channels that we rely on for news and entertainment.