Yuma / Holtville
It’s nice and quiet here in the desert (Feb 7) - with the exception of border control helicopters! We are really enjoying the hot shower and hot spring pool (Holtville, California BLM Hot Spring). The days have been cool but the sunshine is wonderful.
“Yuma, the winter vegetable capital of the U.S. Yuma produces 95 percent of the nation’s winter lettuce.” It was interesting to see the fields of iceberg lettuce and see the “pickers” at work. There are huge vegetable gardens everywhere!! We also had the opportunity to pick Tangelo oranges. We visited a date farm, enjoyed a delicious “date shake” and chocolate covered jumbo dates stuffed with pecans.
There are amazing sand dunes (Imperial Sand Dunes) just outside Yuma. We visited Pilot Knob, Imperial Dam (other BLM areas), the towns of Hotville and El Centro. It’s been great to finally see where my parents have been wintering the last few years.
Link to pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/PlanteTardif/YumaHoltvilleArea
Linda & Paul
Posted on February 10th, 2008 by platar
Filed under: Linda Plante & Paul Tardif
Hot tub will be nice right about now. Your driveway is getting skinnier and longer. Our street is getting more narrow. Crazy road plows.
We are to get colder weather so you guys should be able to have a skate on the Canal when you get back. Winterlude is a blast. For three days in a row, Nicholas has been having fun going down the ice slides at Snowflake Kingdom in Gatineau. The snow sculptures are always beautiful during the day and breathtaking at night.
As much as we love a snowy winter, this is too much snow. Your descriptions and pictures of your trip are keeping us warm. Nicholas loved the picture of Linda on the bridge over the Canyon. We are happy for all of you taking a well deserved holiday.
Keep safe.
Nicholas said, “Happy Valentine’s Day, Paul and Linda!”
(he is busy making Valentine’s for his classmates.)
From Caroline, Nicholas, and Brad.