Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to All. Dec. 25th and we are still camped in the desert just out of Blyth California. The temperature here is around 70 degrees and not a cloud in sight. We had a pot luck Christmas dinner today with all of our fellow campers at Midway. Take good care .

Most of the campers have been coming here for years. A great bunch of people.

A first class dining room in the middle of the desert

We enjoyed prime rib, ham, three different dishes of potatoes,several salads , assorted veggies and numerous other epicurean delights

It just wouldn't seem like Christmas without a dog dressed up like Santa.

Sunset Christmas day


An Irish Blessing
May green be the grass you walk on,
May blue be the skies above you,
May pure be the joys that surround you,
May true be the hearts that love you

Yuma and Blyth California

Dec. 7th 2010. Hello from just outside of Blyth California where we are enjoying a beautiful day with a temperature of 80 degrees . For the past seven weeks we have been boondocking -dry camping - on BLM sites at Quartzsite, Yuma and Blyth Ca. The Bureau of Land Management fees for camping on their sites are very reasonable, forty dollars for two weeks or you can buy a season's pass, good from Sept. till April, for one hundred and eighty dollars.

Visual freedom and beautiful scenery from our campsite.

Alvina taking a break from taking a break. Life sure is hectic in the Desert .

Our Backyard as seen from our campsite.

Once you have your permit you can move from site to site with no additional cost. Each campground provides different services varying from Telephone, Trash, Dump Station, Water and Restrooms at "The Imperial Dam site" and "La Posa" to just garbage Bins at Hot Spring, Tamarisk and Pilot Knob. Midland,where we are currently parked, has Telephone,Trash and Dump Station with free water nine miles away in Blyth.

Sunset over the Desert. A beautiful thing!

Cotton field ready for harvesting.

State Highway 34-Ogilby Road-out of Yuma to Blyth. Like a roller coaster.

A dogs got to do what a dogs got to do.

These date palms produce Medjool Dates , the finest that nature can grow. The fresh dates are delicious and taste nothing like the dates you buy in the grocery store. Heartily recommend the fresh date milkshake.

Lettuce and Date Palms.

Green and red Lettuce. as far as the eye can see.

The Colorado River that provides irrigation to the fields of the Imperial Valley.

Hidden Shores resort near the Imperial Dam.

Harvesting the crop. The machine cuts the lettuce from the stalk and the field workers bag and box it . Ready for shipment to the stores.

Do you ever wonder where the lettuce that you eat in the winter comes from? The Imperial Valley California.

Workers weeding the crops in the Imperial Valley out of Yuma

We are really enjoying our time in the desert. Every 7-8 days we travel to town and get water and groceries.