Feb 18th, 2013 – Yuma Az

Feb 18th, 2013 –  Yuma Az                                                              Weather – lo 52/hi 74 clear

Total Kilometers this trip -  11315.9                                                Km travelled this day – 0

Off to Herb and Jody’s this morning to check an electrical problem on his coach.  The pneumatic pump would not work.  It was a fairly quick fix, a circuit breaker had tripped. 

We came home to have lunch, and then went out with Herb and Jody to the Yuma Quartermaster Depot.   

This depot used to be the main depot for the army during the 1800’s and early 1900’s.  Yuma used to be the main army depot in the lower south western states.  We went through a number of the buildings which has been restored.  They also had quite a number of artifacts about this area.

In the main warehouse, was a display about Alcatraz prison.  There were mock-ups of the prison, many pictures of notorious prisoners and two  presentations, it was very informative, I learned a lot.

 Alcatraz restored

 mockup of jail cell

In another one of the buildings there were numerous pics and a presentation of how water is brought to the Yuma valley, mainly for the growing of leafy type plants

Special people today – George – our next door neighbour.  It is nice to have a quiet fellow living next door, also helpful when needed.  He loves cars, especially his two Corvettes.