Yuma Arizona

Your pictures came up very clearly-the cactus twice but no worries ! Interesting blog thanks Doon :)

We can see the photos and they are lovely Doon .....Thanks

Certainly does sound dangerous on those bicycles but I wouldn't mind joining the RVers to get away from these cold, wet, snowy, windy, icy conditions for a couple of months.

Wonderful desert photos. I'd rather be there than in the snow.

So would I!!!!

I do hope your plants will survive!

i love the snow .but not when i have to drive.holly my rotty likes to play snowballgood pictures

Not sure about bicycles either but would like to see those cacti,........

I often think the desert is hard to love...but you have very nice pics!

Maybe I haven't seen deserts like this - the only ones I have seen were in N.Africa (Tunisia and Moroccco. I am NOT well-travelled! These photos show a different world. Thanks for that!

Sorry to be thick, but what is an RV please?

Cycling in this country can be hazardous too. As you say many other motorists beleive that you have no right to be on the roads. I guess that their lives are so much more important than ours that what they are doing and where they're going cannot wait so that you and I are are just an impediment or at least a general nuisance.

Photos are great, Doon. Blog very interesting. I ride a tricycle around my area (fortunately its fairly flat!) and I've had one or two near misses with inpatient drivers. It does get a bit scarey!

yes we see your photos and they are lovely.here in UK so cold...hard to imagine desert conditions !

Looks very familiar Doon..my grandparents lived in the Mojave desert and we visited there in the summers...lol..now that was crazy!..But that is when Dad took his vacation time...very hot and not pretty like it can be in the spring and winter...glad you get to be a snowbird...hope Gabriolla did not fair as bad as you think...it is not too far north of here(Port Townsend/Olympic Peninsula)...it has been colder than some winters here but with the sea water around ...it helps..I have some pretty frozen rose bushes but I am seeing new buds...they will need to be pruned back farther than I thought.....careful cycling.....roads here do not have wide enough shoulders in some areas...and other areas have special lanes...the ones with no shoulders are bad for both cars and cyclers...too dangerous...

Recreational vehicles, Spritz - motor homes to us only twice as big in US.

Gee whizz, was it nice to hear from the "old" (LOL)gang. Thanks for taking time & reading.

I DID it I guess I somehow BLOCKED myself, and had to go to TOOLS & under that found options...............there it was growsonyou was blocked, yehhhhhh!!!!now I can see YOUR photos & mine. Sorry gang I know uppercase letters R a no, no, but I am elated (really so darn happy).

Keep on gardening, Spring is around the corner. I was told that my Lenten roses & Witch Hazel are in bloom at Gabriola
Yeh!!!!
Catfinch the Mohave is a place we would like to visit as well, it looks stunning.
I will post photos when the Occotillas R in bloom, should be soon.
Be good & if I do not comment on YOUR phots, know I am on a disadvantage, by no choice of mine, heheh!!!

Hi Doon, Great blog. Your pics came up just fine. I love the cactus photos.
This area looks somewhat like Kamloops in the summer.
Be careful out there on your bike. I think the RV'ers should have to get a special license to drive some of those huge rigs. They are as big as semi-trailers. The smaller ones aren't so bad.
Great you can now see all the pics. Glad your garden seems to have survived. Enjoy your snowbird winter.

Spectacular scenery. Great blog.

Thanks U guys, nice to be back on the "garden lines" again & read your blogs & see the photos. Will start taking more photos, but can not stop when we R cycling in the group, will get cussed LOL, on top of that give up your spot in the line........can not do that. Will have to take the vehicle.

The photos look good makes me want to see some sunshine

Today was 78 F, but cool 47F in the morning when we start cycling around 9:45am.
That is why we R down here................suuuuuuuunnnnnnnn
all day, geez it is hard to take