We stayed at Gila Bend a whole week, with temperatures in the high 90s. Our adventure there was the Shrimp Farm. Yes, this is not a typo - there is a Shrimp Farm, in the middle of the desert: "Desert Sweet Shrimp". And they raise natural shrimp, without antibiotics or any kinds of hormones. And they are gooood! We were even there just in time for the annual Shrimp Festival, a fun time on the town square with rides, sand castles, and good food - you guessed it - lots of shrimp!

From Gila Bend we went to Yuma where we met again with our friends and settled down in the desert in a 14-day BLM area. I got a dentist apointment right away; had 6 teeth pulled by Dr. Dominguez (he is the best) without pain, and now I'm the proud owner of new teeth. After one week of high temperatures, weather settled down into the 80s and we really enjoyed our stay. Had a campfire almost every night. Carl's brother Paul joined us - he came for dental work, also. Oh, and we got the roof on our 5th-wheel repaired, and now we are good to go again.

We left Yuma on November 30 and went to Brenda where we stayed in an RV park for 5 days and visited with friends. On December 5 we traveled the last 200 miles and arrived home in the afternoon after beeing on the road for just over two months. More pictures will follow.