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Yuma Heritage Library
Yuma Arizona
Wednesday, March 30, 2016

Not sure about the flying thing but the poached eggs were perfect

Breakfast at the Yuma Landing Bar and Grill was included in the price of the room at the historic Coronado Motel. Pretty yummy considering. Biked the wetland/river bikeway along the Colorado and shopped the Del Sol Market next to the motel. Got queso, chips, avocados, fruit but they had no pico. Stopped by the Yuma Heritage Library only after S. phoned them to ask if they were a real library; turns out they were.
Bounded onto the I-8 and rode it to almost Gila Bend, turning south on Arizona 85 toward Ajo which was way bigger than one might have thought. After Ajo came the village of Why and the turn south to seek a camp spot in the Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument. On way met several Border Patrol checkpoints in this militarized zone that seems to arise from the dysfunctional government to the south. Reminds me of the phrase "Rotor burn" from the war on mj farmers in Northern California back in the 70's. Be that as it may, the camp at Organ was an exquisite example of the federal government doing right by its camping citizens in which we must include the RV people but really...
Did the 2 hour hike to Victoria Mine which walk included a large quail herd and some ants. We were damn hungry on return but fortunately had the means to deal with that in the form of rotisseri chicken, chopped salad in a bag with crunches and dressing, plus more of the giant bag of Dona Lupe's corn chips from the aforementioned Del Sol Market in Yuma next to the historic... with some chive cream cheese S. picked up somewhere. Couple more Corona or Pacificas with real lime. Well, it was great and we deserved it 100%. Not so cold but chill and S. insisted we sleep outside of the perfectly pitched tent which we did but I gave it up at 2 am for an additional pair of pants and return to the symbolic warmth of the tent. Also spent quite a bit of time at this juncture going to the beautiful restroom, finding and working my way through the security features of my pill box contraption and locating my wallet; all of which resulted in a good sleep until around dawn when I was called for coffee.

Someday we will go to all the libraries in America just to hang out and use their wifi

Water is under strict control in Arizona

words on bridge say "Ocean to Ocean Bridge". Don't know why, but nice bikeway.

Church in Ajo