I just imported a bunch of pictures from my camera so will post some of them.
This was one of my sleeping spots in Sidell, LA there was a Walmart next door but I liked this parking lot better.
Next day May 13th I was up early and heading for Texas
And this is the welcome station for Texas on I 10 and I think I have been here 4 times on different trips
I'm in Kerrville,TX and stopped at a Walmart this time, Kerrville is a about 65 miles west of San Antonio and it was a mess getting through Houston and San Antonio!
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May 14th, Saturday and heading west and I decided to drive all the way to Arizona so off we go!
I think I'm in AZ here at a rest stop, needed some water!
My newest sleeping area, about 8' to the front so lots of stretching out room. I was in Benson, AZ at a Walmart and Benson is east about 45 miles on I 10 from Tuscon.
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May 15th Sunday and I'm heading for Yuma, AZ
My cousin Phillip Kelly lives on Ina Rd in Franklin, Indiana so I thought this was funny in Arizona.
I was west of
Tuscon and spotted this airport with gobs of airliners out there so I just had to stop by and take a look, I think it was some sort of rebuild facility, I had to find a rest room anyway and finally snuck into an army training facility and no one inside so found a Mens room !
This was a big old 747 parked right by the fence but no markings on it.
There were gobs of these big
Cactus west of
Tuscon but they fizzled out on farther west toward Yuma?
Typical desert country in southern Arizona.
This is a large solar farm west of Tuscon I talked with the security guard and she told me it's the largest in the world?
Petrogyplh site north of the solar farm abt 10 miles, they say humans had come by here for at least 12,000 years.
Got to Yuma about noon but couldn't check in till 3:00 so I went to Walmart and bought this Acer that I'm using right now since I forgot and left my Asus laptop at home.
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16th Monday morning I drove to the border to go to Los Algodones, Mexico to have some dental work done, I didn't know exactly what I needed but knew I had Periodontal disease in my gums so I headed for a Dr. Rubio's Clinic where I had an appointment to check in with the Periodontist. Got stopped on the way by a hustler on the Mexico side wanting me to go to their Clinic so I let him take a couple of Xrays and then he quoted me a price of $3900 to give me new crowns on all of my teeth! They would grind down all my my teeth and glue crowns to them, YUK! Well since I'm already 86 years old I was only interested in getting my problems fixed and no new teeth. He told me that Dr. Rubio would hit me for at least twice the price but I told him I was going over there anyway. I got in to see the Periodontist at Dr. Rubio's and he promptly took a "panoramic Xray" and said I had an infection below one of my lower teeth and would need a "root canal" to take care of that problem and then he quoted me $1200 for every thing, the root canal, laser cleaning of my upper and lower gum plus removing a crown to do the root canal, a new crown and teeth cleaning. So that's what I decided to do. They were very professional plus they had a very clean facility and excellent staff members. The cost to get the work done in Mexico is typically 70 to 75% less than in the states and I had planned a trip out west in May anyway so I just modified my route a little bit to go to Los Algodones, Mexico.
This was in Rubio Clinic reception room., to anyone that is in need of dental work especially Implants etc. that can be $30,000 to $40,000 or more in the states a mouth of Implants here in Los Algodones might be around $10,000. I would definitely recommend Dr. Rubio. His prices are fair and he and his staff are very professional and it's clean. You can save 70 to 75% or so on dental work here in Los Algodones vs the states, its in Mexico and near Yuma, AZ. I had laser cleaning of my gums, a crown removed and then a root canal preformed on that tooth then a new porcelain crown put in plus teeth cleaning for $1265 Typically $2000 or more here in the states for a root canal and crown. For the Laser Gum treatment full mouth I have seen from $2000 to $8000 here in the states. So I could have spent anywhere from $5000 to $6000 or more for what I had done if I had it done here in Florida! Yikes! too much for me.
Rubio's building, a nice building compared to some of the places here and there are gobs of dentists in this little town.
I thought this was funny because this couple brought their little Yorkie along with them, people from all over come to Los Algodones for dental work and the little town was full of people when I finally left in the afternoon.
This parking lot is on the US side of the border and run by the Quechan Indians, they charge $6 to park there all day, you can just walk a block or so to the border station. When I got here early in the morning there was one other car there besides me but when I left the lot was jammed full. The Indian's also have a Casio up the road a few miles if you like to gamble, this is in California.
This was my written quote from the clinic and I paid them $300 on this day, so I didn't have to pay for all of it up front, they do take credit cards but add on 2 or 3% so I took cash with me.
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May 17th and I am back in the motel and I have to stay here in Yuma until Friday when I go back to the dentist for a follow-up on the root canal and also get a crown and my top gums lasered.
So needing to kill some time I drove downtown Yuma and took this picture of a place across the Colorado River, the river is the border between Arizona and California as well as Los Algodones.
In Downtown Yuma there is this place right next to the Colorado River and it was established in 1864 and supplied provisions to army post all over Arizona, Colorado, California, Texas etc. and was called the Quartermaster Depot.
This was the Quatermasters home and was made of 2' thick adobe walls, it has been restored to it's original condition.
A colorful cactus at the quartermasters place.
I have seen a Roadrunner a few times down here and I don't know if they can fly or not but this one just kept running along in front of me.
There were a lot of steamship that came up through the Gulf of California and up the Colorado River which was before dams were built so it was a really big river back in the 1800's.
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May 18th, Wednesday and I decided to take a run up to the Yuma Proving Grounds about 30 miles from Yuma. It is a huge facility and run by the Army and encompasses about 900,000 acres. They do all kinds of testing here, guns, missles, vechicles, tanks, trucks, etc. During WWII there were over a million soldiers trained at this facility.
This was out by the entrance.
This was a monster thing and was called an overland railroad train.
This gives you an idea of the size of the tires, probably 10 tall. inside there were sleeping quarters, a kitchen and everything needed to live in it. Don't know if it was ever used or not.
Inside the Museum there were a lot of exibits, munitions, clothing, old pictures of soldiers that trained here and a few writings like this from soldiers that were here. Just a bunch of sand and scrub with a few Rattlesnakes and Scorpions thrown in for good measure!
This was the gate that I went in to get to the museum, I had to show my drivers license and proof of insurance to get in.
So this was the end of my exploring for today. ________________________________________________________________________________
May 19th Thursday - what will I do today to occupy myself?
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