This morning we returned our library books and stopped in at Gem World to pick up some findings:

The wind sock was getting quite a workout this morning:

I removed the wind sock from the RV as we prepared to leave.  Our son decided to see how fast he could make the wind sock spin:

We hitched up and headed South towards Yuma.  For us, Quartzsite was not all that exciting.  I can imagine it would be fun if one were part of a group, but alas there isn’t yet a get-together for observant Jews in Quartzsite.

We’re camping for the next couple of days at Mittry Lake, so we turned in at the access road that goes through the Yuma Proving Grounds, a military test area.  At the entrance, a pair of guns are on display.  The larger of the two, below, is an M65, capable of throwing a 600 pound projectile at a speed of 1,800 miles an hour for a distance of nearly 18 miles:

The smaller gun, pictured below in the foreground, fires a 200 pound projectile and has a maximum range of seven miles:

The Proving Grounds have an extensive display of missiles and vehicles tested here:

The proving grounds have a museum we hope to visit tomorrow.  Leaving the display, we drove on another 6 miles to our dispersed camping location on the shore of Mittry Lake.  The WiFi antenna continues to amaze us, as we’re able to pull 250kbps of WiFi from the Yuma Proving Grounds Army base, which is 3.8 miles away!  See the trip map for the route.