Saturday 26th April 2025

We stopped in Yuma for a quick visit to our dentists across the border in Los Algodones. My choppers were in good shape but Dean needed a root canal and a new 2 crown bridge. His root canal tooth had an infection so he had to take a week of antibiotics before proceeding. He finally got all the work done for a reasonable $1320 which also included a cleaning.

That meant staying an extra week in Yuma which had turned into a fiery furnace. Thank goodness our roof air conditioners were able to keep us nice and cool. We played pickleball for an hour in the mornings and then hunkered down inside the camper.

There were a couple of Saguaro cactus in the RV Park that had started to bloom. This one is full of buds.

Saguaro flowers bloom for less than 24 hours. They open at night and stay open through next day. During the night they are pollinated by bats and the next day by bees and doves.

We moved on to Tucson to meet up with our best friends Leslie and Stuart. First order of business was a hike into the desert.

I accidentally let my walking stick drop and it slid down the rocky slope. Dean volunteered to do stick retrieval.

It was a spiky, thorny job!

He had wounds on top of wounds. Now that is what I call true love. Thank you dear husband.

My stick was bashed up but with some skillful putty insertion, sanding and multiple coats of varnish it is fully healed.

There were lots of Ocotillo blooming but not much else.

We took this pic in Smith Rock State Park in Oregon in 2023.

Here we are 2 years later and still happy to be “twinning up”. Thanks for a great visit guys. Tucson was starting to get a bit too toasty, so time to head to the mountains. We are gonna be traveling up the east side of California and hope to get some hiking in the Sierra mountains on the way.