Sidewinder to Gypsy Journal rally

Hi everyone
I am sorry that I do not have any pictures to show you, but when the stress level is high, about the last thing you think of is pictures to show.

We went to bed last night knowing that it might rain before we left Sidewinder road for the Gypsy Journal rally in Yuma...and,while it is only about 15 miles away it did turn into a stressful situation.

It started raining about 5 am this morning and rained hard and steady until late morning. There are seven rigs here waiting to go to the rally and we checked on and off to see what the road looked like....our flat level gravel clay parking area this is at least 10 acres was all covered in water when I got up about 7:30. The road looked like a major creek, or is that crick????.....

we keep checking until about noon when our friends in one of the other rigs out there told us there was another road about a mile and a half north ...so we chimb in the truck to check it out, and it it in pretty good shape except for one wash where it was pretty squishy. We waited another hour or so and all decided to leave via that road which was that mile and a half across the desert. Three fifth wheel and 4 40 to 45 foot motorhomes with toads(cars being towed....get it?).

But we did make it out back to the paved road after some tense monents going over the washes. We had to proceed with caution over the paved road, as there were many spots where the road runs thru washes and there was much dirt, rock and various debrie on the road.
We finally got to the rally, only to find out that all of the electric sites had been taken, so we are boondocking it here at the rally....it was only 20amp electric, but still, it was electric!!
The rally starts tomorrow and runs thru Friday morning. We will keep you updated.

Lots of love to you all
Jim and Linda