Posted May 12, 2020 – Narrated by Carmen
 See our 5-Bambi rating legend at the end of this review. |
In February, we hit pause on the California winter desert tour and skipped back to San Diego. Jim took the wheel, pulled the rig out of Chiriaco Summit, selected Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” and hit play for good luck.
And boy, did we need it. Cheers, Willy. You came through for us.
As usual, I sang along and opened AnyList. Shopping must be done. We were down to our last medjool date. Costco… Check. And, we needed supplies for our DIY bathroom remodel. San Diego Hardware… Check. Both computer keyboards must be replaced – space bar problems. Apple Store… Check.
On the drive we planned every moment of the next two weeks … Dentist appointment. Foundation banquet. Meetings. Family and friends first and always.
Admiral Baker RV Park
Four hours later, we pulled into the centrally located Admiral Baker RV Park – a military campground in a San Diego suburb called Mission Valley. Honestly, until this year, we didn’t even know a campground was there, located beside a military golf course and clubhouse. Civilians are allowed to stay for two weeks.
Most RV parks in San Diego are run down and outdated, and Admiral Baker is no exception. However, the grounds are lovely with expansive lawns and shady old growth trees enveloping a fabulous pool and recreation facility. Sadly, the pool is only open between Memorial Day and Labor Day – except this summer because … pandemic.
Like a southern California downpour, news about COVID-19 began as a worrisome drizzle. We weren’t overly concerned. Jim had served on the GERM Commission. He knew the drill. We felt certain the threat would soon be contained.
We knew the storm was developing when our son, who works at an Urgent Care Clinic, expressed anxiety about visiting us.
Then, management at Admiral Baker locked up the showers and laundromat. Next, a banquet for Jim’s foundation was cancelled. Then, my dentist closed her office to all but emergency patients. Forget the Apple Store and bathroom remodel. Our fourteen days were coming up. We had to leave, but where to go?
In California, all city, county, state and national parks and even BLM land were closed or announcing planned closures. Private parks were open but most were not accepting new arrivals and, besides that, most private park spaces are way too tight for serious social distancing.
Fisher’s Landing
Then, Jim got an idea. Fisher’s Landing! His old stomping grounds on the Arizona side of the Colorado River.
On March 3rd, we pulled out of San Diego. As usual, we stopped overnight at The Golden Acorn Casino where free overnight RV parking is allowed. It was like a ghost town. We were practically alone.
I played the customary $20 for Daddy. A family tradition. It never takes long.
While I was losing, Jim checked to see if the The Golden Grill was open. Fortunately, they were. Now, months later, we fondly remember that meal as “our last supper.”
The next morning the restaurant and casino closed down entirely.
We drove on with purpose and hope but also with a gnawing doubt that Fisher’s Landing may not accept us. Entering Arizona on I-8, we passed dozens of RV resorts
Yuma is a winter refuge for snowbirds. Jim took over the wheel as I checked each website for availability just in case Fisher’s didn’t pan out. This would be the first – and hopefully the only time – we ever passed through downtown Yuma without stopping at Prison Hill Brewing Company. Oh, the agony.
Driving north along the lower Colorado River, we passed through a valley with thousands of verdant acres of romaine lettuce prostrated in obedient rows before the majestic Gila Mountain Range.
Then, the road developed huge swells. The stomach-churning roller coaster ride went on for miles.
Between the bumps we caught glimpses of strange villages on the barren, rocky hillsides. Then, we saw a sign: Yuma Proving Ground. The entrance to a military installation. Aha. The middle-east style villages were stages for military exercises.
At this point, downtown Yuma was about forty minutes behind us. We passed signs warning us to watch for wild donkeys and goats. Then, another strange thing … a billboard offering expensive off-grid homes on Martinez Lake near the Colorado River which made us wonder who, with a half-million dollars to spend, would want to buy a home way out here in the middle of nowhere?” But that was then and this is now. We get it. Totally.
Fisher’s Landing – securely tucked into a fish-hook curve on the Colorado River is everything any rustic, self-reliant camper could possibly hope for.
It is a hiking…
dirt-biking…
kayaking…
off-road cycling …
and just staring at the river kind of place to ask yourself, what the !*#* just happened?
Also, there is birding …
boating…
wake-boarding, jet-skiing, bass fishing, and duck-hunting.
Fisher’s Landing has it all.
I would even call it paradise …
But, Resort is not a word I would use to describe Fisher’s because much of the grounds are remnants from the 1950’s-60’s heyday years.
However, renovation projects are in progress around the landing and restaurant – hopefully, that love will extend to the camping areas which are, geographically, the finest recreational real estate in the Yuma region with,
- Free camping on government owned land
- Strong Verizon signal with a Cell Booster
- Security, including a brand new sheriff’s station just off the premises.
- PLUS:
- A dump station
- Potable water
- Two small convenience stores
- Two burger joints with full bars
- Two rustic but clean laundry facilities with hot water
- Two boat launch areas
- Beach
- Post Office
- Bait shop
- Boat repair shop
- Trash receptacles
- Restrooms
- Gas station
- Propane refills
- and, a terrific Camp Host
All this, for only a $5 per-day for a generously sized dry-camping site within a short walk of the river, or a $40 per day hook-up site.
But, even under normal, non-pandemic conditions, the hook-up sites were way too crowded for us.
So, for social-distancing and our personal comfort, we found an isolated parcel of hard pack about a fifteen minute walk from the landing.
Every twelve days or so we hitched Beauty up and towed her to the dump station for a re-boot. It only took about an hour and it felt perfectly safe to leave our Clam, kayaks and outdoor gear at the site.
All said, this was our refuge during the early days of COVID-19.
We used the time to tidy up the rig and organize our gear.
We are forever grateful to Fisher’s Landing and to Martinez Lake, the adjoining village. This desert oasis was precisely what the doctor ordered for responsible social-distancing and the recreational opportunities we require to stay healthy through the first 50 days of covid-crazy-time – which, all said, turned out to be kinda wonderful.
We isolated, slept well, exercised in the great outdoors and – in true quarantine kitchen style – dined on healthy home-cooking, much thanks to New York Times Food.
… and, after a satisfying dinner, we streamed The Walking Dead because the comparison made COVID-19 go down like a piece o’cake. Yes, things could be worse.
When Canada called home the snowbirds, we could have found sanctuary at any one of the luxurious RV resorts in the Yuma area. But why pay top-dollar when all of the amenities like pools, spas, weight rooms, pickle-ball courts and dog parks were either off-limits or unsafe for high-risk individuals? Without the fun stuff, the mega-resorts are nothing but over-priced parking lots with hook-ups.
Fisher’s Landing has a loyal clientele of frequent campers and long-term RV and park model residents at Swede’s Hill and Pruitt City.
With secured storage, dry camping, and long term space rentals, one can drive out of San Diego in the morning, arrive in time to grab a bite of lunch at Rio Loco Grill, take the boat out of storage, fuel up and be on the river by mid-afternoon. Sweet.
The first-come-first served dry camping area for RVs is near the river. As of this date, the fee is $5.00 per person, per day; or, $35 per week for two; and $100.00 per month. Pre-payment is required at the Camp Rental Office.
There are no designated spaces for dry-camping at Fisher’s Landing. You just find a nice spot of hard pack – stay out of the wash because there’s a reason they call it that – and set up camp.
At first, we camped in the $5 per-day dry camping area. But, a couple of weeks in, a group of new campers arrived and set up in the wash near us and burned campfires every night. It was time to move.
Arizona Trust Land
Outside the Fisher’s Landing boundaries – indistinguishable from the resort – is a parcel of Arizona Trust Land, probably hundreds if not thousands of acres. To camp there, you purchase a $20 Arizona Annual Recreational Permit online. So, we pulled up stakes and moved about 300 yards east of our original site into the State Trust Land with fewer weekend campers and a mere five or six full-timers.
Most old full-timers like us don’t burn wood. Wood burning is messy, expensive and lung damaging. When the mood hits, we have a portable propane fire pit.
Though farther from the river, the state trust land is quieter, less dusty from the dirt roads, and not smoky. Like Fishers, it is open range parking but there is a fourteen-day limit.
But we stayed longer – much longer. We were prepared to move back to Fishers with unlimited camping if asked to, but no one ever did. Perhaps the fourteen-day limit was waived due to COVID-19.
Eventually, a heat wave pushed us out. On April 23, when temperatures reached 102, we pulled out and headed up into the mountains.
Fisher’s Landing Amenities
The on-site dump station can handle two RVs at once. The nominal $5 per-use fee is a bargain. It should go without saying – especially during these COVID times – that wearing disposable gloves is essential at any dump station.
There is a free water source at the dump station, but we are always concerned about contamination when the water spigot is so close to the dump drain. Fortunately, a clean, filtered, salt-free water dispensing station is available for .25¢ a gallon. We wiped down the tap and spigot with bleach wipes before filling up.
Bathrooms
Even though we were dry-camping and on strict water conservation, we couldn’t bring ourselves to use the antiquated and dilapidated bathhouse.
Hopefully the toilet and coin-operated shower facilities will be demoed and rebuilt someday.
Laundry
The laundry facilities were old, but surprisingly clean and functional. The machines at Pruitt City were spotless and the water was piping hot. This confirms our experience that wherever there are snowbirds, there’s usually a clean laundry facility. Still, we always wipe machines down with bleach – inside and out – before using.
(WARNING: CARMEN’S LAUNDRY RANT AHEAD) We try to avoid parks that do not allow line-drying. I mean, what’s the deal with that? When did line drying become offensive at campgrounds, of all places? Don’t tourists flock to Amish country and Southern Italy and coastal France and swoon over sheets, tea towels and knickers animated by the wind as if line-drying is a lost art form? (END OF RANT).
I particularly enjoyed the clothesline.
At Fisher’s Landing, the rules are few and far between:
- Quiet Hours are from 11pm-7am
- Camp fires must be contained (Okay, I guess there’s a scary story behind that) – Firewood is available for purchase in the General Store
Golf cart rentals are also available. The cost is $70 per day with a 2-day minimum – contact Premier Golf Cars for more information. (928) 317-8828. The gas station sells regular and premium gas, but no diesel.
The infrastructure is surprisingly solid with a fire department, general store, bait shop, boat shop, Rio Loco Bar and Grill and even a US Postal Office. We received packages from Amazon and iPostalOne at the general store.
The Fisher’s business district is also popular with RVers who stay at the military campground about a half-mile up the undeveloped road.
Gray, our wonderful camp host was right there to answer any and all questions. Though Fisher’s Landing is minimally developed, it is litter and riffraff free. Gray showed us where to deposit our trash and recycling and also kept a watchful eye out for any shenanigans which he swiftly shut down before things got out of hand.
Gray also told us the name of our favorite kayaking route – the spectacular California Cut.
A two-hour moderate-difficult loop depending on the wind. We recommend paddling downstream from Fischer’s and upriver through the cut.
Another comfort was the sheriff’s office about a quarter mile away on the river. The area was patrolled regularly.
Afternoon walks to Fisher’s Landing and Martinez Lake were a highlight.
Blooming cactus, cool river breeze, colorful river life.
Also fascinating was the quirky non-conforming neighborhood where brand new mini-mansions and luxury condos situate between old established manufactured homes and RV lots.
Another ever-present and prominent feature was the abundance of political paraphernalia signaling the dominant local values. But, eventually, we didn’t even notice. Hey, we are all in this COVID thing together. Peace, ya’ll.
We arrived a couple of days before the state mandated social distancing. So we had the opportunity – from a zoom lens – to observe Fisher’s Landing and Martinez Lake on an average weekend of scheduled events.
Bar-B-Que Festival
Fishing Contest
Live Music
Once the lock-down was enforced, the mood shifted from vibrant family-centered festival atmosphere to lazy river town, but with one exception. Even though the restaurants closed dining rooms and the snowbirds went home early, the riverside development business did not pause or miss a beat.
Every day, the heavy machinery rolled in. “We Dig The Colorado” wet-lands developers and contractors resumed work on retaining walls and broke ground on new projects. Also, the awakening business community wisely exploited the government mandated down-time to remodel, upgrade and expand.
Since nearly forever, this place has been a middle-of-nowhere destination for grubby, dusty, watery recreational sports.
But as survival realty and self-reliant off-grid refugees are drawn to remote areas due to pandemics and economic collapse, we can only hope this modest but rapidly developing outdoor haven is able to maintain a coveted reputation for affordable family fun and inexpensive camping …
… because when the zombie-apocalypse arrives, you can count on LIB to be high-tailing it to Fisher’s Landing.
See ya there.
Watch for donkeys.
If you want to see our exact route, click here.
*photos in this post (unless otherwise noted) were taken and copyrighted by Living In Beauty.
Our “BAMBI” rating system explained:
 – One Bambi: Should’a boondocked.
 – Two Bambi’s: Better than a Cracker Barrel or Walmart.
 – Three Bambi’s: Adequate for a short stay.
– Four Bambi’s: Great place! Met our expectations for an extended stay. Needs minor improvements or is not ideally situated for all our preferred recreation (hiking, cycling, swimming, kayaking) without driving.
 – Five Bambi’s: Destination Camping at its best! Critical as we are, there’s nothing we’d improve, and you can bet your sweet Bambi we’re going back! |
We were not paid, reimbursed nor influenced in any way by anyone for this campground review.
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Hope you don’t entice too many followers to Fisher’s. You make it sound too good!
Yes, that is always the risk, Dave. But our philosophy is that life is short and there is room for everyone. We have seen that play out again and again. In our entire camping lives we have never been short of a beautiful place to stay. If campers feel crowded, maybe they should consider other options. Yes, Fisher’s is a fabulous place but it has a limited camping season – Winter and Early Spring. Though we did see a few full-timers who appeared to stay year-round. Still, I think that if the campground was upgraded, there would be a positive response to make the expense worthwhile.
Thank you for being with us, Dave.
Safe and Happy Travels,
LIB
So glad I happened to find you thru RV bunch group, I am wanting to some day do this as well. So informative thank you!
Nichole, so glad you found us and that this post was informative for you. Stay safe out there and happy travels!
That’s a grade stake. Most like means a paving project and the end of reasonableness.
Hey Sheridan. You must be a surveyor or contractor. Thank you for the explanation.
Safe and Happy Travels,
LIB
Good to hear from you. I will definitely be there when the Zombie’s crawl out. Which must be next? Seems like you should be able to keep moving during this struggle. You are by design, distancing all the time. Thinking of you, Amy
Hey Amy!
So good to hear from you too. So sorry our dinner date fell through. We were looking forward to catching up. How crazy is this, huh? We will be back in San Diego as soon as my dentist gives us the ok.
Stay safe, and see you soon. xoxo
Carmen and Jim
We love your posts!! You are an inspiration the closer we get to retirement (and that ain’t far away). So glad you found a place to hang your hat in the current situation! Please let us know if you ever find yourselves in our neck of the woods in Southern Arizona!!
Hey Bridy! Thank you. It’s wonderful to have you with us. Congratulations on your coming retirement. Yes, we were lucky that Fishers Landing is our cup of tea and it was a short drive from San Diego. We’d probably still be there if it wasn’t so hot right now. We’d love to meet up with you. If you think we’re in your area, email us and we would love to meet up. We love Arizona!
Safe and Happy Travels!
LIB
Oh, Carmen,
You paint pictures with words. How we love your prose… Happy to know you are both well. We are as well also and hunkered down in Santa Fe – where there is absolutely nothing to do. Cancelled opera season, closed museums, social distancing observed, and masks in abundance. We will be here for most or all of the summer while I await the opening of the eye clinic so I can rid myself of the cataract that has kept me from driving since January. We are in great spirit and looking forward to moving on – eventually. Let’s get back to the reason for full timing.
Imagine the mega hug I’m envisioning wrapping around you guys. We send love and good vibes
Susan and Ed Kibel
Hey Susan and Ed!
Feeling that mega-hug! Thank you. xoxo
Santa Fe! We love it there – great place wait this thing out even though everything you love is closed.
We too are in health-care limbo … floating as close to San Diego as possible – ready to make the leap when my dentist office opens for non-emergency appointments.
This is our first time in Prescott and basically we’re just seeing a few lakes and grocery stores.
Meanwhile, we’re trying to stay covid-safe. Eating clean. Exercising. Trying not to get hurt and keep Pico healthy and safe so he doesn’t need health care too. Most days it really does feel like a full time job – especially on shopping days like today. It was our 5th shopping day since this all began. So exhausting!
But thank heaven for live-streaming! Every evening after dinner we look forward to something fabulous to watch, like …
NYMet https://www.metopera.org/user-information/nightly-met-opera-streams/
and,
https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9335531/coronavirus-quarantine-music-events-online-streams
and, of course, Master Class … https://www.masterclass.com
If nothing else, this weird time is giving us a good rest and introducing us to better literature and, hopefully, making us a bit more hip so we can hang with you two cool kids when the time is right.
We miss you. Be well. Stay safe.
xoxo,
Carmen & Jim
You should do a YouTube channel “Gourmet Cooking in the Airstream”! ❤️
Hey LisaAnne! Thank you for dropping by. We do enjoy our meals. Since moving into the Airstream, cooking is less chore and more celebration. You hit on a long-term project of mine. There are several cookbooks about cooking in small spaces and I am trying to accumulate an accurate list and select some appealing challenges. Wouldn’t it be fun to be in an Airstream cooking club where we select a challenge per month or week and post our results online?! Maybe one already exists. I will for sure do some research.
Safe and Happy Travels!
LIB
Great post, as always. Love the stories and the photographs. Love you both.
Hey Mrs Dave!
Thank you for reaching out. It’s always good to hear from our Trim Tab friend. We sense the connection and guidance, and hope you know that you are always in our prayers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim_tab
xoxo,
Carmen and Jim
Hey LIB!
Always a pleasure reading your blog (sometimes I listen).
Photos are always spot on!
Stay well,
herb
LI Coimbra, Portugal
Hey Herb! We are delighted that the cool kid reads our blog. We need to get wings installed on this contraption so we can visit you.
We will continue to strive to stay well, as we hope you are too.
Thank you for the compliments about the photos. We’re so delighted when others enjoy them. We don’t consider ourselves to be photographers and we never really took that many photos until we started LIB. Photography helps me to slow down and really experience a place and, if I am successful I can relive the experience it again and again.
Thank you for being on this crazy trip with us, Herb.
Safe and Happy Travels!
Carmen & Jim
I always enjoy reading your adventures. Thanks for sharing.
Hey Brenda!
We are happy to share. Thank you for being with us.
Be well and prosper.
LIB
Another great review! When the Zombie Apocalypse hits we’ll be joining you! Unless we’re zombies of course, in which case we’ll be stumbling around looking like extras in that show you were streaming… Agree with your laundry rant. On the one hand we have hand wringing about using energy, need to have solar panels, etc. but can’t possibly have laundry drying naturally in sun and wind! Egads! We carried a great portable clothes line when we were traveling and I can count the number of places we could “legally” use it on just a couple of fingers. A few times we used it and just tried to get away with it. No one ever asked us to remove it or leave. But that of course is a possibility. We did have some elk pull it down on the Olympic Peninsula… Guess they were offended! Take care and keep the posts coming!
Hey Steve!
Playing TWD helps us to deal with this viral situation … Too close to the trailer? You’re a “walker.” Need groceries? Jim goes “on a run.” Mask wearing is an ingenious ploy to blend in with the walkers.
The laundry. Good grief. If positive social behaviors result from this, I hope one of them is to leave campers – especially old ones who are in high-risk status – to launder as they see fit. I prefer to use my own little portable machine and to line dry. It isn’t a money-saving thing. Shoot, I’d pay extra for a space where line-drying is permitted. But how did so many Americans in recent years come to regard laundry as an eye sore? There must be a study to explain that.
Funny story about the elk. I hope you got photos of that!
Safe and Happy Travels!
Carmen and Jim
Great read!!! Great photos. A mere pandemic doesn’t defeat you at all. Yay!😊
Hey Mickie!
We love to hearing from you! Stay safe, and live every day in beauty. All will be well. We will see each other again someday.
Safe and Happy Travels (even if only to the grocery store)
xoxo
Carmen & Jim
Very informative post. Makes me wish we could get away to join you. Our love to you both.
Stay healthy,
Bill
Hey Bill. Always great to hear from you. Is your Airstream useful to you during this pandemic?
Let’s hope that when this is over we can finally have that Excella meet-up. I think we’ll all be ready for that.
We hope all is well with you and yours.
Be well and prosper.
xoxo,
LIB
We got back from Pensacola Beach and NOLA right before the ___ hit the fan. We’ve been basically home bound ever since. Doing various home chores and some Airstream updates. My axles were just delivered to my shop but now they say they can’t get to them right now. They are so busy with new sales that I have to get in line! I guess the campgrounds could get pretty busy this year with so many people looking for a safe way to travel.
We are still hoping for that Excella meetup as well.
Be Safe,
Bill
I love following you on your adventures! If you ever come to Colorado Springs, let us know. We will soon be building a house out on the prairie in a little community called Yoder, about 40 minutes east of Colorado Springs on 40 acres. You are welcome to come camp on our property and use our well – no dry camping needed, almost! We would surely love to visit with you! Stay safe, my friends!
Hey K.K.! Wonderful to hear from you.
Thank you for the generous offer. You just never know these days …
Hey! We’re hanging out with Jan and Lee right now! So wonderful to catch up.
We hope to head up to Colorado soon. We were supposed to speak at the Airstream Club International Rally in Loveland, but it was cancelled. If we hear more about campground and BLM openings, we hope to see you this summer.
Be well and prosper.
xoxo,
Carmen & Jim
Thanks, sounds like a great place to spend part of the winter even in “normal“ times
Hey Claudia. Always great to hear from you. Yes, we will be going to Fishers again for kayaking and some glorious winter weather. We love the Yuma area for many reasons, especially for the date shakes.
Safe and Happy Travels, Claudia!
LIB
Thanks – I really enjoyed reading your post. We sheltered in southern Arizona, Amado, until the heat drove us out as well. I think we will probably return there, but your post gives another option. We’ve thought about Yuma, but haven’t made it there yet. Thanks
Hey Carol. Thank you for being with us. Yes, Arizona is one of the few states to trust campers and full-timers to handle ourselves responsibly during this crisis. We’re now in our third campground and we see mostly good things – people keeping a respectable social distance and exercising alone or in family groups only. Why most states do not trust RVers is a mystery – it’s not like you can have a huge party in an RV or run a non-essential business in secrecy like one could do in a house. We’re just trying to stay safe like everyone else.
We’re so glad you liked the review of Fisher’s. If you go, say hey to Grey for us.
Safe and Happy Travels!
LIB
We actually had a very uncomfortable experience with people gathering in large groups, no masks and no effort in one of the parks we were camping in recently. The campground management made no effort to disperse large groups campers from gathering in public areas – definitely not same family groups. Huge numbers of people were crammed into tight spaces. I’m not naming the campground, but we will never go back. I don’t think it’s Arizona’s trust / rather it is a desire for $$$’s over safety. I’m glad you’ve had good luck, and we enjoyed your review. We also encountered a huge lack of social distancing in Montana campgrounds last week as well. As 72/76 Airstreamers, I’d like to be around a bit longer, so I appreciate my space and government officials who work to ensure it.
Yikes. Scary experience. We’re at a state campground right now and the rules are in order. Masks for employees and no large gatherings allowed. I hope you are able to find a safe and cool place. We were recently in Prescott and it was unusually hot there, however social distancing there was respected. It will be a challenge to find the perfect places this summer but I hear Colorado just opened parks there. Please keep us updated on your progress and email us privately if you think we can help.
LIB
Did Jim cut his beard and hair?
Frank, no Jim has not cut his hair or beard. Was there a photo in this post that made you think so? This is what Jim looks like lately.
As a 3rd generation river rat (my kids are the 4th), I absolutely LOVED your story on Fisher’s….it was so perfectly worded & descriptive! We have a trailer in Pruitt (4 up from the fire station on the road) & spend as many weekends there as possible…i.hope you will come back next winter & if you do, please stop by…we’d love to host you for dinner or cocktails & swap stories (by the way, the pic of you sitting on the bench overlooking the river was put there by my mother & myself as a memorial to my father & grandfather…we just love seeing folks sitting there & enjoying it)! Thank you for this lovely piece on our little slice of paradise & safe travels!
Gina, glad you enjoyed our review of Fisher’s landing. We so enjoyed our 50 day stay there. Yes it would have been a very different experience if COVID-19 hadn’t closed the two restaurants and bars, but we still had a fantastic time. We plan to go back there one of these years. Thank you for your kind offer for dinner or cocktails and to swap stories. We will reach out to you when we come back. I absolutely loved sitting on that beach and just staring out at the river. Carmen saw me just sitting there and took that photo. It captured a wonderful moment and feeling. Stay safe our there and happy travels. Jim