Settling into Westewind RV and Yuma

After a month here in Westwind we are getting to know what the high points of this park are for us and the low points. We gave up our weekly contribution to Bingo (we'll leave that for the pros), but Terry continues to enjoy his pickleball (as long as it isn't the 8am draw) and I am enjoying playing bridge once or twice a week. The tribute bands every Saturday night are a good source of entertainment--so far Bob Seger, Billy Joel/Elton John, Jersey Boys and George Strait and yet to come are ABBA and Chicago. My idea of a concert: lasting an hour and a half, walk 5 minutes out your front door and no awkward encore. Now if I could just get the tall people to sit behind me.

Bocce Ball is big--we may have to learn

A lot of people get around by golf cart here.

Pretty par 3 golf course

Love the Canadian names here--nobody tells you their last name upon first meeting them
you would just spend the next half hour learning how to pronounce it.

or the origin

The Orchid and the herbs are thriving here. 
The Orchid is cause for people to pause and point in the neighborhood.
Our pride and joy--who would ever think we could get something to re-bloom!



Didn't know that we would enjoy having a restaurant on site as much as we do. They have nightly specials but the best is the Friday night fish fry. It draws such a crowd that the 2 times we have gone we told the hostess that we would be glad to share a table with any of the other couples. This has worked out great in that we have gotten to know some really nice people. Art and Debbie have children/grand children in the armed services in the area so they come down from Michigan to Yuma for the winter to be close. They work in the Golf Store on Friday and Saturday's and have good tips and tricks for the area. The Linkimer's are another couple we met this way. Tom --retired from the Garment Industry in Manhattan and Chicago and for the last 7 years before he retired he worked for Sean P. Ditty Coombs to make sure P. Ditty would not show up on the front page of the paper for bad business practices. Sandy --middle school music teacher. Homebase is Princeton, New Jersey but both graduated from Indiana University --basketball fans. Sandy is quite the cook and fixed dates filled with feta and wrapped with bacon and Tom grilled some ribs for the New England Patriot win over LA Rams Super Bowl party. Next week they are off to spend a month at Sedona. They do 1 or 2 Habitat for Humanity projects each winter --we will pursue this worthwhile venture next year.

Biking has been a good way to see the area since our boating days.  On a sunny day this week we took a tour of the Wetlands beside the dried riverbed of the Colorado River.  Along the bike route are placards that detail the origin of Yuma and the contribution of the Gold Rush from 1848 on. 

California believed in borders at some point

 


Big osprey (?)  along the bike route in the Wetlands

 

We still enjoy the bike rides but don't take on the hills like we used to.