Saguaro Cactus

One of the few things good about staying in Yuma until the end of April is you get to see all the cactus in bloom.  The saguaro cactus don't bloom until the end of April and into May.  All of the rain we had this winter has given all of the cactus lots of blooms.  You can see the white bloom of this cactus is full of bees enjoying the sweetness.  Even birds will enjoy the blooms sugary allure.   This picture was taken at the campground in Quartzsite but Yuma's cactus were full of blooms as well.

The heat was breath taking.  One day it hit 109 degrees in the shade.  The temp in the sum was much hotter.  Our rig only cooled down to 90 until the sun went down.  At least it cooled off at night enough for the air conditioner to catch up.   Summer in Yuma brings even more heat and the lows are in the mid 80's so one air conditioner doesn't have a chance.  If we had been stuck in Yuma for the summer we would have probably rented a house.

We are now in Golden Valley, Arizona which is east of Laughlin - west of Kingman.  Its a little higher elevation so it is cooler here only in the low 90's.  It goes down to the 60's at night so it is very nice.  We will be moving on from here timing our move so we can go through Las Vegas on a Sunday morning.  We have been watching traffic cameras of Vegas and traffic seems to be a lot less with the casinos closed.