Yuma AZ vs Indio CA?

Indio is sea level or just under. One reference said -4.3m.

We love Tucson as well but we are just south of it about 25 miles and elevation at our place is about 2950 feet.

The main reason that we go south in the winter is to get away from the cold. Yuma is the warmest. Where we stay is only 100 feet above sea level.

If you're willing to go a bit further East, Tuscon has a lot to offer. Kind of in between Yuma and Indio on level of things to do and tourist draw.

We only stayed for a few days for an event last year, but the area seemed to offer a number of 55+ options. Just keep an eye on where you'll be relative to the air force base and the trains (the LazyDays KOA was pretty close to both).

Take a look at Rancho Casa Blanco RV resort in Indio. Nice 55 plus RV park. Not as pricy as some of the other RV resorts. I have never been to Yuma so can't compare however there is an endless amount of things to do in the Indio area. Also amazingly nice weather in the winter.

dons2346 wrote:

2gypsies wrote:
There's a reason that the Indio area has all those windmills. :)

The nearest windmill to Indio is approx 30 miles away.

Yah, other than maybe the community of North Palm Springs most of the Valley communities including, Palm SPrings, Cathedral city, Rancho Mirage, Palm Desert, Indio, La quinta etc are sheltered from the wind by the mountain. Wind "most of the time" is not a problem.

2gypsies wrote:
There's a reason that the Indio area has all those windmills. :)

The nearest windmill to Indio is approx 30 miles away.

less expensive than Palm Springs/Palm Desert/Indio/Indian Wells/Bermuda Dunes

I am surprised you left out La Quinta and Rancho Mirage lol...although not many people mention Bermuda Dunes in the mix :)

From my times of being raised in Hollywood, Inglewood and the San Fernando Valley, we had to seek refuge in my early teenage years as I was raised in Indio, Desert Hot Springs, Coachella, and one summer stint in Las Vegas.

I still have relatives in Indio and seen how things had grown between the late 1970's in comparison to my last visit in 2009 which there is more recreation now and expansion with the many country clubs that were non existent then, which means there is a lot to do.

Haven't been to Yuma but Glamis is the closest I been to along the general area, but I imagined Yuma to have the typical environment as a Blythe, Parker, or Havasu.

As far as the windmills that are mentioned, I believe Southern Cal Edison started the windmill energy project as an experiment, as they were first located in the Whitewater and Cabazon areas and between Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs areas in 1977 as the winds funnel thru there more often, especially in March and April....I knew someone that was a windmill tech that could tell you every windmill design and what country built it and where it originated (the main three designs then were Norway, Holland, and Germany).

What used to be dozens of them in the late 1970's are now in the thousands in 2009 when I drove out of Desert Hot Springs on Hwy. 62 enroute to Anaheim and back to Las Vegas.

In 2009 I do not recall seeing any windmills near Indio or Coachella other than expanded power lines and substations that were not present during the times I lived in the area.

Ooops, double post - sorry.

Last winter the fuel was not much more expensive in Indio as it was in western AZ; we were surprised.

Yes, the wind generators are west of Palm Springs; a long way from Indio. And the winds generally are north of I10...Indian Waters is south.

Well we just completed our 12th season in Yuma. Plenty of cheap or free things to do. No, it doesn't have the So-Cal feel to it, just look at the fuel prices.