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| Fun in the Children's Garden at RJ Moody Demonstration Garden |
It’s so good to be back in Yuma to take our sunrise walks along the Colorado River and to connect with old and new friends. Nancy and Lisa have been really busy putting together the spring/summer issue of Parks & Travel Magazine, but this past week we did some exploring and found some new Love Your Parks Tour stories to share. You’ll see them all in the magazine which will be out next week, but I thought I’d give you a little preview of what we’ve been up to in this cool riverfront city. Yes, I said “cool”…even though the Guinness Book of World Records says it’s the sunniest pace on earth.
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| Handsome Mr. Peanut at The Peanut Patch! |
I was thrilled to reunite with my handsome friend Mr. Peanut at The Peanut Patch, and boy did we eat our fair share of Peanut Brittle! Nancy and Lisa were happy to get their regular orders of homemade peanut butter, black licorice and cashews. We’ve been visiting this southwest culinary treasure for years, and there’s always some new yummy treat to experience. If you visit (and note they are open from October through the end of April) be sure to try their homemade fudge and pick up some locally grown Royal Medjool Dates! Here’s a short video to get your taste buds excited!
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| Basking in the sun with Lizzie the Lizard! |
We visited the RJ Moody Demonstration Garden this past January, as part of the Annual Bird, Nature and History Festival schedule of events. Nancy and Lisa wanted to cover the garden and Mr. Moody’s story as a community leader, so I was happy to revisit the garden and see all the colorful spring blooms, and to play in the Children’s Garden and visit my friend Lizzie the Lizard who is named after Mrs. Elizabeth Moody. Here’s a sneak peek at the new Moody Garden Video Nancy & Lisa made for the story!
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| Sunrise walk along the Colorado River in Yuma's East Wetlands. |
One of our favorite ways to start the day is with a sunrise walk, and Yuma’s East and West Wetlands along the Colorado River are the perfect places to do it! The wetlands are part of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area which includes the historic downtown district, Yuma Territorial Prison and Colorado River State Historic Park. You could spend days exploring the history and nature here, and that’s exactly what we’re doing! I am so amazed at how many birds we’ve seen - ducks, geese, herons, egrets, moorhens, cormorants, grackles, mockingbirds, flycatchers and hawks, AND, we even saw "Bucky" Beaver! I wanted to get in the river and play with him but he was too busy eating breakfast and had another meeting to go to. “Walking Yuma's West Wetlands Park” is a new story coming out, but again, I get to give you the sneak preview of the new video!
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| Bucky Beaver's Breakfast Bar at the Yuma West Wetlands Park |
Tomorrow we get to start the day with another brilliant Colorado River sunrise at the West Wetlands Park where we’re meeting up with a new friend who is going to show us around the Stewart Vincent Wolfe Creative Playground…and that sounds like a whole lotta fun to me!
Sunrise smiles,
Miss P.
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