Southwest Arizona is a devil of a place.

We're still learning the ins and outs of driving the Breeze.  In Colorado it was all about the exhaust brakes and learning to drive slowly up the mountains (35 mph in some cases.) If we were doing this again, we might consider more than a 260 hp engine!  Air conditioning and engine temps became an issue in Arizona.  With outside temps of 100+ and engine temps pushing 215, air conditioning was a challenge: even when parked! We wondered if we had purchased a Minnesota sized air conditioner for a California sized job.  Early mornings are the coolest time to drive and never drive west in the heat of the day. We really haven't had issues, we just have to rethink the way we travel.

Tornado? Dust Devil? Car driving in circles in the middle of the desert?  I watched this from the coach window for many miles.  It started out as a dirty sky and ended up as a swirling mass of dirt. It is hot (108 degrees) dry (dew point of 8) and oddly beautiful.  I'm glad we visited but not sure I could live in Yuma!

Of all the things we saw behind fences here, this made the most sense.  These solar collectors stretched at least a mile.  I have no idea if these are efficient, or even how it all works.  They were a work of abstract art in the desert.

Did you know that there were true oases in the desert of irrigated farmland?  There were small farms in the middle of vast open spaces of dirt and rock.  Many were growing hay, others had corn.  All seemed to be thriving!

The golden hour in Yuma, AZ gives a golden hue to our Allegro Breeze.