This morning we woke up to the alarm clock, which is something we do not like to do. It was still dark at 6am, but the doors open to the public at 8am so we had to get going and get opened up to do some business. We were fairly busy most of the morning and after about 3pm it was about over as far as our business was concerned. We did a few badges after that but not many. We starter putting things away about 4:30 and had things pretty well put in the motor home and van by 5 o'clock. The BBQ dinner was to start at 6pm with the drawing for the door prizes afterwards and then the drawing for the main prizes. They had some nice prizes. I won an hourly prize, a pencil torch that runs on butane. That is something I can use and it does not take much room to store. At the door prize drawing Evelyn won an ARRL handbook. That is something that we can resell at the next hamfest. We will find a place to put it until March at the Midland Texas hafmest.
The photos are from the entrance and display area of the Yuma Proving grounds. They have some nice vehicles and guns on display as well as the one helicopter. This was just north of the Mittry Lake WRA where we stayed a few days. We had the opportunity to watch them practice jumping on several occasions. We understand that it was probably the Golden Knights we were watching. We did see them using different colored smoke at times.
Tomorrow we plan to get away sometime before noon and head back toward Mesa. We will stop at the Yuma Territorial Prison and see how a real prison is to look and operate. It is supposedly much worse than Sherri ff Joe's tent city. We will let you know what we think of it.