Finally, finally, we are ready to cross the border into Mexico! We spent our last Arizona night in Yuma, a strange complex of chain superstores in the middle of the desert--definitely not a place where we would ever live! But Yuma has a Barnes & Noble, which was helpful for getting a Baja guidebook and map. It also has a Walmart, where we attempted to sleep until we were told by a friendly old Minnesota snowbird that Yuma has an ordinance against sleeping in any commercial parking lots. The friendly bird, however, also told us about a casino parking lot down the road that doubles as an RV camp site. So after cooking one of our best meals yet, we headed to the casino and crashed for the night.
Colin has been keeping fastidious records of our gas consumption and miles per gallon. In case anyone is interested, here is what we've been getting on average: 17 mpg. Our best tank was 18.74 and our worst tank was 14.51 (due to Misa's first time driving the Tundra and the hills of Arkansas). While a far cry from free veggie oil fuel, this is not bad for a Tundra with a roof box and mini apartment in the back!
We are now heading through multiple border patrols and have already given up some tasty little limes. Hopefully they won't find our kale! Once in Mexico, we hope to travel as far down the west coast of Baja as possible today.
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