Mar. 25
We have finally reached the promised land of Yuma, but before we go wandering in the desert, we decided to stop and see the city a bit first. Our friends Barb and Rick Pitt in Texas, who had lived in Yuma for a while, had recommended a place to get Mexican food here. It is called “Chili Pepper” and we went there last night and weren’t disappointed. Another couple we met there agreed that it was the best place in Yuma for Mexican food. After church today, we went back there again to get some more “machado” (as sort of shredded beef pie) that was outstanding; but alas, it was closed. So tomorrow morning, I think we’ll head there for some huevos rancheros (with machado) before we head out into the badlands. After that, we have one other stop to make. An internet search revealed that there is a BLM (Bureau of Land Management) office in Yuma which will undoubtedly have map of the place that we are looking for.
The internet is really an amazing thing. The kind of church that we go to in Long Island is called “Calvary Chapel”. Lorraine looked on the internet, and not only found one of those churches here, but also got the time that the service started! As it turned out, the group rents a space, so they just put a sign up before the service and take it down after. We would never have known the place was there unless she had “googled” it. It was a great message, and the worship music was especially good. The guitar player had a “Carvin” which sounded great. I don’t think that it is an especially expensive instrument, but I am certainly going to pick one up and try it the next time I am in a music shop. It could have been the player of course, as he had a really sure “touch” and wasn’t at all tentative in his playing. He was probably all of 20. Does it make me old that I own guitars that are older than that?