Onward Bound To Yuma

 We always enjoy stopping at CampVerde to a favorite coffee place but it was Monday - closed!  Guess we need to leave on a Saturday so we would arrive on a Sunday there.....  There was quite a bit of snow in Flagstaff but the roads were pretty clear!  I waved at Sedona as we passed the exit!

Outside of Phoenix is another coffee place we stopped at last year so ended up going there again - a busy place but the coffee is great!

Rest area in AZ - we stopped for lunch and I've always loved this craggy mountain in the bacground!

We made it to Yuma in good time!  The hotel we stayed in last year was so nice and I wanted to stay there again but it changed hands and I couldn't figure out who had taken it over!  So we stayed at The Shilo Inn where we have stayed before but we won't stay there again - it's gone somewhat downhill in my opinion and it's time to look for a better option!  We walked to The Olive Garden for dinner and were up bright and early to head to the border crossing at Algodones.

The crossing went off without a hitch - we had eaten a quick bite of breakfast at McDonald's (not my favorite but the place we wanted to eat at wasn't open yet) and as soon as we got to the border, we were on CA time so it was an hour earlier!  No wait at the border - pulled over along the curb - one person stays with the car and one goes in to do the paperwork!  Guess which one I did?

Of course I went in to do the paperwork!  The guy did speak some English and he took the passports and just said he would fill out the papers as he could do it quickly - fine by me!  Paid the guy, grabbed our FMM's and we were off and going!

This is the same spot we crossed last year (and got totally lost trying to find the highway so it took almost 2 hours longer) but had great directions from a friend and we soon found the right road to be on!

It was quite cloudy and then began to rain a little bit - then the sun peeked out and I just knew there was going to be a rainbow and sure enough, there was!

We stopped in San Felipe to find a place to get pesos - and found one quickly and got our money which was fantastic!  

You can see by the clouds how dark and gray it was!  I LOVE watching the cactus go by and seeing all the different species!

Since Glenn wanted to spend one extra night in Mexico on the way down, I had made reservations at Bay of LA - it was a 45 minute drive out of our way but a place that Glenn always wanted to see - unfortunately the road wasn't good at all but it was fun seeing new scenery!

Up next is our stay at the Bay of LA!