More Yuma Weekend

Sunday was the official, main event of the weekend. Geocachers started gathering at a local park before 9 in the morning to register, checkout the for-sale items, and meet and greet fellow cachers.

headquarters for the day

I recognize some of the caching names

one way to get noticed

east valley cachers gathering in the shade

Our surprise at the event was to meet two geocachers from Yankton, SD. We knew they were at the Yuma event because of a message we had received, but had no idea who they were or if we would see them. As we were leaving, I noticed someone wearing a T-shirt advertising a geocaching trail in Nebraska. I walked up to the gentleman and said, "I know where that is. We have completed some of that trail." The wife looked at my name tag and said, "SEEK84, I know who you are." We had a 30 minute conversation about people we all knew and places we had been as they lived in Watertown for six years. I am so sorry I did not get a photo. Small World.

a drone demonstration

boys and their toys

After the event we explored the city collecting some unique and interesting geocaches. We grabbed an early dinner and were back in the hotel room by 5:00. We lead such exciting lives!

There was ONE unexpected surprise Sunday night. I was sitting in the easy chair in the hotel room and felt the floor move and saw the wall 'shake'. A 4.5 earthquake about 100 miles south in Baja California was felt on the fourth floor of the hotel in Yuma. Curt did not feel anything, but the 6:00 news confirmed what I felt and saw at 5:30 pm. Some others commented on their experiences when we gathered the next morning. 

We went to say goodbye to the Canadians on Monday morning. Then we checked out of the hotel and headed to Los Algodones, Mexico for the second event of the morning. Some new geocaches had been placed since our last visit. 

moving on to the next cache

we joined a small group also looking for cache #2

Mexico

this is what I expected the town to look like

once we got out of the shopping area

instead, it looked like this

beautiful houses behind well maintained fences & gates

a blooming bush/tree

another home

notice all the overhead wires

rather typical trash near a cache site

pretty colored shutters & awnings

geocachers gathering for breakfast in 

the shopping center

Hubby and our caching guide Owen from KC

scrambled eggs & bacon (& beans)

beef fajita with beans & rice

one of our event hosts

We did a wee bit of shopping before heading back to the US and home.

This is the first time we had gone beyond the market shopping area of Los Algodones. I think this was our fourth trip to the Mexican community. I was pleasantly surprised at the size and condition of the residences. True, we did not go beyond a couple of streets, but what I saw was beautiful and similar to any middle-class southwest neighborhood.