Catching Up with Neil and Pamela

Well, it has been over a week since our last post, so we will try to catch you up on where we have been and where we are going.  Before we left Benson, Arizona we took a side trip to Bisbee, Arizona where we visited with Fred and Suzi Dow, saw some of the sights of Bisbee and had a nice dinner.

Shortly afterwards, we traveled back to Brenda, Arizona where we celebrated Pamela's birthday with her cousin Gordon and Sandy at the Desert Gold RV Park.

Desert Gold RV Park

We had a great dinner of elk and halibut, followed by a wonderful chocolate cake and ice cream.   It was a great meal, followed by three games of Pinochle (the men won, two to one).   The next day, we drove down to Yuma and visited the Yuma Territorial Prison.  It was a long drive but worth the time and a very scenic drive.

Yuma Territorial Prison Cell Block

On Saturday, we "pulled up stakes" and drove back into California to Desert Hot Springs, with a stop at the General Patton Museum at the Chiricahua Summit near where Camp Young and the desert where General George S. Patton opened a tank warfare training center in 1942.  It was a great museum with a good movie and lots of exhibits.  It also has a "tank yard" with lots of tanks and other equipment.  Put it on your list for your travels on I-10 east of Palm Springs.

General George S. Patton Museum

One of the exhibits at the museum was on "trench art" which showed artillery shells that soldiers turned into vases and lamp stands.  It looked identical to the shells that Neil's Dad made out of artillery shells used by the US Coast Guard.  Neil still has a couple of these that his Dad and Grandfather made.

"Trench Art" Displayed at the Museum

We had a good trip across the border and into California with calm winds and sunny skies.  It was good that we traveled on Saturday, because Sunday was a VERY windy day, with winds in the 40 mph range and higher gusts forecast for tonight.  All we did today is go into Desert Hot Springs for brunch, shopping at a Stater Brothers grocery, and getting the oil changed on the GMC truck.

We will be here in Desert Hot Springs for several days, when we will be traveling south and west to Chula Vista (south of San Diego) to a nice RV park on the water.

Well, that gets us caught up for a while.  Thanks for visiting,


NEIL and PAMELA