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On one of our visits to the “big tent” in Quartzsite we got a promotional coupon from one of the vendors, Fortuna De Oro RV Resort.     They were offering a free 4 day, 3 night stay at their resort in Yuma.

Their website claims; “A place to call home! Discover Fortuna De Oro under an open sky. With over 1,200 sites, a 9-hole golf course, full-size softball field, brand new sports complex featuring tennis, pickleball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, and horseshoes, two pools with spas, and an on-site restaurant, you will love what this 5-Star resort has to offer.”

Several other Alpine Coach Owners expressed interest in taking advantage of this offer, so we decided to head South to join them.  They departed on Monday.  We left our desert campsite on Tuesday morning after it dried out.  It had been raining a little overnight, just enough to make it muddy in spots.

We passed the Quartzsite “big tent” on our way through town.  The show was over on Sunday.  It sure looks different already with all the RVs and outside vendors gone.

We got to the RV Park without any trouble, thanks to the Rand-McNally GPS.  We checked in, presented our coupon for the 3 free nights, and were directed to a site.  There was someone in that site.  So we disconnected the truck and drove back to the office to get another site.  Our new site was much better.  It was near the end of the row instead of the middle and closer to the dog park.  This park has some long streets, er, rows.

Here’s our spot.  It sure was nice to plug in for a change and not worry about draining the batteries too much with the Keurig coffee maker or microwave, etc.,  We also performed a much-needed sewer dump after our > weeklong boondocking stay in the desert.

The resort is really nice.  But at $40 a night, a little too pricey for us if we want to stay on budget.  Thank goodness for the free promo.  The weekly or monthly rate is a little more palatable, maybe sometime in the future.

On Thursday, we jumped in the Silverado and drove back up I-95 for 20-30 miles to visit the Yuma Proving Grounds that we passed on the way down here.  The Military Fam Camp there has an opening on the 1st of February, their weekly rate was reasonable, so we checked it out and reserved a spot.  After gassing up the truck on base and visiting the tank display near the entrance gate, we decided to head over to Castle Dome City that was nearby.

This place had a $10 per person entrance fee.  It was a nice way to spend the day.  Check out the different links here, or here.  The youtube video is really well done.  Enjoy the pics:

Here was a room full of handwritten messages in the “veteran building”.

I added my “2-cents” to a blank spot on the wall.

Here’s another room that was full of business cards.

We added our card to the wall here as well.

Stepping up to the bar.

 

Isn’t this the title to a movie?

There was even an old service station with lots of cool memorabilia.

They even had golf carts back in the day.

There was a separate portion of the tour across the main dirt road from the city “museum” proper.  Here’s the entrance sign.

And this is the result if you don’t pay the entrance fee at the museum 🙂

Another fun day!

Stay tuned… we head over to the Cocopah Casino & RV Park after our stay here at the Fortuna De Oro .