Back in June when we started our cross-country full-time RV adventure, I had big plans for all the national parks we were going to see on our travels. There was a total of 29 of them, and we weren’t going to settle in for the winter until January in Florida. There was a full year of planning and research that went into that, but after four months of pulling stakes more than weekly, we tired of all that effort.

So now we have settled in Yuma AZ, where Ray has a work camp gig doing maintenance at Sun Vista resort two days a week. He doesn’t get a wage, but it pays for our site. So the $1500 or so we were paying monthly for campground fees is a thing of the past. And the $1600 or so in gas was only $275 or so for October. All around a good financial decision.

But I’m missing the wild spaces and long hikes through beautiful places. Instead now I’m choosing between so many fun activities the resort offers. So far I’ve tried pickleball lessons, aqua aerobics, step aerobics, weekly potlucks, daily swims, choir and a Halloween dance. There is so much to do on the resort it’s ridiculous! I plan to join the quilting group and take some day tours from here next month.

And Yuma has much to recommend it. This week is their hot air balloon festival, and last weekend was the howling at the moon festival. Yesterday we ventured up to a ghost mining town and toured their museum.

So this nomad is doing less wandering and for the next 6 months we’ll be taking in all the fun we can here, in the sunniest place in the US. Really, it is!