San Diego to Yuma
The drive from San Diego to Yuma was a very windy one!  It rates as one of Don's least favorite drives since we began our travels over 2 years ago.  The first part of the drive was through the mountains and there were some very gusty spots.  It is also very close to the Mexican border.  For the passenger who did not have to have a death grip in the steering wheel it was an interesting trip scenery wise.

 The hills were just huge piles of enormous rocks and the road in some spots is pretty windy as well as windy.

We went past some fields of lettuce once we got into the Imperial valley near El Centro.  When we got closer to Yuma we saw these really cool sand dunes.

There were lots of RV's parked out in the desert and lots of dune buggies too.  This sure looks fun!

 Very interesting to see the fields in different stages of growth.  The one to the left must have just been seeded and was getting watered.  The rows are interesting also, some are built up quite wide and some are narrower like this one.  At a distance it is a real patchwork of browns and greens.

There were a lot of cabbage fields that we never saw last time we were here.  I talked to one farmer and he told me some of his cabbages were used by the "colonel" for his cole slaw.  He also said most of the cabbages still had a long way to go and would be used for St. Patrick's day.

 Also a huge field of onions.

Red and green lettuce. 

Today we went for a drive out to the date farm.  On the way back we stopped and watched them harvesting green lettuce heads.  The boss came over and told me about what they do and answered my questions.  This was a new crew just in their first week.  They  start at 11.00 and hour, he says within a month or so they will make 20.00 an hour.  All of these workers are from Mexico.  I waved to them and tried out my Spanish.  They waved back and a few of them kept asking me to take their picture.  This big platform on the truck that they use to pack the lettuce can swing around and face the other way in the field.  The workers cut the lettuce with a knife and then pick up the heads and put them on the platform where they are packed into crates and loaded on trucks.  It is interesting that they wear hair nets and gloves out in the fields.
I also took a video in case you are interested - my video skills are really not good so be warned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myUQl3eGxzs&feature=youtu.be

I had  nice afternoons at the pool the last two days.  I call it therapy for my stupid shoulder that has been acting up since I wiped out about 3 weeks ago.   Not too shabby to tread water in a nice warm pool while visiting with some nice folks!
Tomorrow we are getting the motorhome washed.  A guy came and said he would wash the car and motorhome for 45.00   Sure easier than Don climbing up on the roof.  We are here until Monday when we leave for Mesa.