We have arrived in Yuma where we will probably hang out for the next few days. This is the best place in Arizona for good weather. Rains only 4 or 5 times a year. Day time temperature should be around 18 -20 and nights around 10.
On the way from Gila Bend to Yuma there is a service center , with a gas station, restaurant and store. It is owned by a couple from Calgary who started a date farm and built this business around the date business. All of the tourist stuff , tee shirts and souvenirs etc plus of course the dates. A lb of Medjools sold for 11.50 us ($15.50 Can).
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| Dates are grown on Palm Trees , they produce 300 to 400 lbs per tree |
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| This grove would only have a few hundred trees |
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| Once the dates start to ripen they are covered with mesh bags to protect them from birds and animals |
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| Below the trees were dates that had fallen off, some even before they were ripe. |
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| I was able to pick about 1/2 a lb of the ground. Must of them were over ripe ,but still very tasty. |
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