as I put an ad on Craig's List looking for someone who had a 2010 Polaris RZR for sale. Got a call and we went to check it out..........turned out it was a 2009 model and the owner had put some extra goodies on it; but, it had some high hours running time. I liked it, made an offer; but, he wouldn't come off his asking price. So today we heading for Parker Yamaha in Parker, AZ a little burg about 120 miles north of Yuma. I talked to the sales manager about a 2011 RZR he had for sale and he was willing to haggle over the price. So.........we stopped at his shop and found a fairly large motorcycle shop with a whole bunch of side by sides in stock. Everything from the Can Am Commander to a base model RZR. It was like being in a candy store! Looked at the Commander, like it, looked at the RZR 800, liked it, looked at the new RZR XP 900.......liked it. Kicked some tires and finally decided to go with the 2011 RZR XP 900 since I'm sure it'll be the last off road vehicle that I'll ever buy...........I'm getting too old for that off-road crap!!
Anyway, an hour later we walked out of the shop...............much, much lighter in the billfold; but, with a 2011 Polaris RZR S XP 900 all locked up. Got some extras ordered and we'll go back to pick it up on Tuesday as we didn't take the trailer with us this trip. Found a little Mexican restaurant for lunch and headed home. Stopped at the casino and managed to spend another $12.00.........Becky was a little bit ahead so I gave her the remainder of my twenty bucks and let her buy lunch..........probably a good deal for me.
We had our first good rain of the year...........rained nearly all the way to Parker and they seem to have received more rainfall up there............the vegetation was even greener when we returned!!
From Yuma we can see an observation ballon floating around on a clear day....it's about 50+ miles up the road at an Air Force Radar Station. Well, today we could see it from the highway and it was on the ground. Figured it would be a good time to try and get a closer look so took a little off road trip and Becky took a few pictures. They had the gates all locked up so we didn't get too close for a picture............anyway it's the white blob in the pic. Much bigger than we thought it was. Pics are the RZR, Buffy taking my money (honest, her name really is Buffy.......and I didn't even make any "vampire slayer" remarks!).
Picked up a couple of caches in Yuma when we gassed up and then headed for home. Boy, this Jeep just loves to burn gas...........I probably ran between 65 and 70 all the way up and back and my gas mileage was just a tad over 17 mpg. Kinda miss the Suzuki.
Well all for now. W&B
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