Sunday Drive

Our friends ( Linda and Vince ) from Yorkton, SK  ,who have a Park Model in this camp, dropped in around 10 AM and suggested we go for a drive around the area with no real destination. We spent the first 20 minutes discussing with  each other where we might  go,  that we have not already seen. Finally we agreed to go to a specific date farm as Linda wanted a box ( 11 LBS ) of dates to take home. This Date company will keep the box of dates in their cooler until you are ready to leave for home.

We do not need any dates as we still have a "ton " of dates in the freezer which we purchased 2 years ago. Apparently,  Carroll can't find a receipt for dates. I would have thought by now that the "Cooking Channel " would have had at least one receipt but I guess not!!!. Incidentally, did you know that dates are one of the few fruits that you can " thaw /freeze and thaw /freeze again without damaging them.

We then decided to take a drive out into the area to see how many people where Boondocking at the Bureau of Land Management ( BLM ) areas. There is many 1000's of acres of unusable Federal Land in AZ  ( also NV and CA ) and for a small annual fee of 150.00 you camp dry camp on these lands. Some of these lands actuality provide a location to dump your sewage and have potable water. One area that we visited had showers however,  this is not provided at most sites. These sites all have a name attached and  most  areas  are named after a person or a landmark etc. We have visited sites like, High Joly, Dome Mountain, Hurricane Peak, Pilot Mound, Squaw Lake and Holtsville  Hot springs.
There are actually 100's ( sometime 1000's ) of campers in these area in these area and if they were all to move into a camp ground in the Yuma area there would not be enough site for everyone.

By now we were feeling a little hunger and I might say "thirsty " so we knew, if we took the right trail we would find a bar at Martinana Lakes. This a Marina, camp grounds and boondocking area on the Colorado River and it  never hurts to have  a Bar  located near a recreation area.

After munching down a large batch of Fries chased by a beer we headed home and called it a day. cheers