Columbus Day
We left Yuma, AZ this morning and drove onto I8. While crossing the overpass we crossed into CA! That was rather anticlimactic. We barely got a picture of the “welcome to CA” sign.
Yuma, AZ is very close to the Mexican-US border. Here is a picture of the “border”. We were greeted by 3 different border patrol stops this morning. I guess they are really glad to see us! Gas is over $3.20 a gallon again. We sure miss the lower gas prices in the other 49 states!
Bart said he would not be going into Mexico as he is not insured there. Geico will be happy to know this.
There were lots of big rocks, then sand and sand and sand.
We stopped at the Salton Sea Marina. It was really sad. I thought we could go to the marina, sit by the window and order a gin and tonic and a crab cocktail. Nope. So we had cheez-its and bison jerky.
My phone did some sort of weird thing with AT&T assigning me to a Mexican cell tower, and then once we were further north into CA, I had no cell service at all. After sitting at a truck stop chatting with AT&T, I was told that my sim card was not updating. (bc’s phone worked perfectly, but didn’t receive the “free” text message from AT&T outlining Mexican cell charges.) So, we went to AT&T in La Quinta only to notice that my phone finally did work!
On the way to La Quinta we passed through Westmorland which was advertising its Honey Festival in November. I’m sorry we will miss it. But I’m sure there will be lots of local honey there, wouldn’t you say DDM? (Inside joke.)
We did not turn right to go to Mecca.
We are in our room here in Indio. Did you know that Indio is the “City of Festivals”? There is a big storm brewing here in So Cal. It seems odd that we packed all those cold weather clothes across the country and back to only need them in So Cal. Well, at least we have them!
Hope all is well with you. Love, bc and gc
I'll bet Indio looks a little more grown up then the last time you were there
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