so I'm moving to Yuma... (showing, work, offer)

[micapu]

Mexican wine country is located along highway 3 in Baja, in the Guadalupe Valley east of Ensenada and just south of Tecate... it's beautiful there and when we drove by last Summer we couldn't stop and sample the wines (had a bus full of kids, LMAO). I'm excited that now I'll be able to go whenever I feel like it.

Of all things to think about, I was wondering about fleas and other pests that affect domesticated animals... what's the scoop on those? We're planning to get at least one rescue dog and cat once we've moved.

So, the Arizona room is in the *back* of the house then???

[yumadons]

Originally Posted by micapu

Of all things to think about, I was wondering about fleas and other pests that affect domesticated animals... what's the scoop on those? We're planning to get at least one rescue dog and cat once we've moved.

Good for you Yuma has a serious pet overpopulation problem and our shelter's euthanasia rate is well over 50%. Lots of feral cats and pitbulls running the streets.

Yuma is a relatively low maintenance place for pets. Too dry for fleas, only the rare heartworm case (few mosquitoes), and internal parasites ("worms"), once evicted from baby puppies, rarely surface in adults. Eggs don't hatch in this hot, dry environment. THE thing to watch out for here is parvovirus in puppies. It never gets cold enough to kill parvo and we have some terrible and deadly outbreaks. Keep your puppies at home until they have been through their whole vaccine series (every 3 weeks from age 7 weeks to 16 weeks). Also use tick products if you start finding ticks on your dogs. Arizona ticks carry Ehrlichia aka "tick fever."

[curly5759]

I can't answer most of your questions, I just wanted to reply to the High School question. I am a teacher at Yuma High, and have been there aloooooooooooong time. I alternately get mad and laugh at the posts that say Cibola is the best, or Kofa, Yuma,etc. Usually the person posting that has no real basis to compare.
If asked, you will get something like" A friend of mine told me....." etc.

I graduated from Kofa, work at Yuma and am familiar with all the schools,I am friends with faculty at all the campuses. We socialize and recreate together. The only real difference between the schools is in the neighborhoods that the schools draw from. YHS is in the North (older) end of town and until recently drew from the Foothills and the surrounding areas. Now that Gila Ridge has opened, the foothills students go there. Cibola was built in a developing area in the mid 80's,and drew from a mixture of newer homes and the Somerton area. Somehow, they acquired the cachet of being the "best school". We joking call it "little Harvard on the Colorado"
Kofa is undergoing a major renovation at this time, but it is not affecting the quality of what they offer.

Both of my children attended YHS, and both graduated with Honors and are now attending UofA in Tucson. They also got lots of scholarships, so their education obviously didn't suffer. I have absolutely no doubt they would have received the same education no matter what HS they attended.

I browse this forum mostly to see what others have to say about Arizona and Yuma. The negativity comes mostly from people used to a different lifestyle in the eastern part of the country. Yuma is growing, but in many ways it is still a small town.
The heat can be suffocating, and sometimes seems endless. My children would trick or treat in minimal costumes on Halloween because it was still 90* at night. We beat the heat with a pool, and lots of water toys - boat, jet skis,etc.
We had an Arizona room in our last home ( in the back) and sure do miss it. The pool makes up for it though.

Enjoy your time in Yuma.

Curly

[sberdrow]

take the train to get there, I think it leaves at 3:10

[catpiperx]

We relocated to Yuma last June 07---we moved here in the HEAT and really we love it here! It's much smaller than we are used to and it was difficult at first. I work at the Yuma Palms Mall and I love it! Our daughters are homeschooled(1 in H/S and the other K)we belong to a great church and have met many friends here.

Do I miss my Trader Joes'? absolutely! I also miss many of the stores I was used to in No, Cal..BUT I love our home, we live in a HUGE older home on a HUGE lot w/lots of room for our family! We are close to downtown and it's in a quaint older neighborhood! We would never have been able to afford anything close to that in CA. I've met people from all over...the "snowbirds" they definately get on my nerves, but I just smile and walk away if it gets too annoying! Besides they will be leaving soon.......and then it will be a ghost town until about October!

We rented when we first got here and had a "arizona room" which was a covered patio/room off the house....we also had a pool which while it was nice, wayyy too expensive to maintain and APS wise it was WAY too high our bill that is. We don't have a pool here but we will be living at the Kennedy water park And getting a small wading pool to place inour yard.

Yuma is what you make of it..we've been to Mexico a few times (great shopping)and I've picked up some spanish---LOVE the food and San Diego is only 2 hrs away---been there when it gets too hot here. I've made up my mind that we will retire here and head to Canada during the "hot months" here! LOL look out

Hope you have a wonderful relocation and a smooth one, any questions, do not hesitate to ask.....

[catpiperx]

Also, Stan's grocery is the bomb for breakfast burritos...Texas roadhouse, I will PASS on-- my husband's company had their Christmas dinner there--NOT how uninspiring that was! LOL We have gone to the ballet Yuma and they are very talented. I'm also a part of Mom's homeschool groups and we meet at Smucker park and others in town. I love the swapmeet and the farmer's market that is downtown on Tuesdays....it's lively here now cause it's not hot....

I do remember that monsoon last summer---it was wild--we lived in Vegas for 4 years so we are used to heat and wild weather. Again, Yums is what you make of it...I enjoy being here better than when we lived in No Cal(Sacramento/Stockton)and from when we lived in Reno, NV---

Good luck

[tiff87]

I have lived in yuma for 7years and now I have to go...Military I have a great home for sale or rent 4 bed 2 bath vaulted ceilings 3 car garage firpit ect... email if iterested

[micapu]

Originally Posted by JetSet

It can be tough for a senior to pull up and move to a new town/school. It seems that the older they get, the less adaptable the become. My sons are into the typical teenage stuff: girls, movies, Xbox, skateboarding, girls, swimming, wakeboarding, and girls. I'm sure they wouldn't mind showing your son around town. Maybe some wakeboarding on the river if he is into watersports.

so, does this offer still stand?

Hubby's signed a lease on a house in the Foothills; he's been in Yuma now for two weeks and we're expecting to move as a family on June 1st. My 16yo will join us as soon as school lets out here, mid-June. It looks like he'll be at Yuma High if we can convince him to stay, and it'd be very helpful to have him meet other kids his age who can help him acclimate to the teen scene there.

I found this blog with some cool suggestions on places to eat, and through my work I've actually made contact with three moms-of-toddlers in Yuma. Plus the people hubby's already met. So, I'm excited!

*now, if I could only twitch my nose like Samantha in Bewitched and get all my stuff packed, I'd be in heaven!*

[Dangerous Dave]

Originally Posted by micapu

I found this blog with some cool suggestions on places to eat

Enjoy the restaurants while you can. Come mid November, they'll have blue haired lines around them.

Try Stan's Grocery on 1st for breakfast burritos, Papa San's spicy teriyaki chicken and beef bowl, and Mi Rancho on 4th for mexican.

[JetSet]

Originally Posted by micapu

so, does this offer still stand?

Absolutely!

Originally Posted by micapu

Hubby's signed a lease on a house in the Foothills; he's been in Yuma now for two weeks and we're expecting to move as a family on June 1st. My 16yo will join us as soon as school lets out here, mid-June. It looks like he'll be at Yuma High if we can convince him to stay, and it'd be very helpful to have him meet other kids his age who can help him acclimate to the teen scene there.

I'm pretty fortunate that my kids are "home-bodies". They just don't see the fun in hanging out around town (mall). If not at the movies or skatepark, they are usually at home hanging out with friends playing video games or out in the pool. Of course, they really enjoy going through $200 worth of boat gas getting pulled around the river.

Originally Posted by micapu

I found this blog with some cool suggestions on places to eat, and through my work I've actually made contact with three moms-of-toddlers in Yuma. Plus the people hubby's already met. So, I'm excited!

We are spending our tax stimulus rebate on Beer and Beef. JetSet's Summer Bash 2008 will be on June 14th at my house. PM if you and your family would like to come meet us and some of the characters that we work/hang-out with.

Originally Posted by micapu

*now, if I could only twitch my nose like Samantha in Bewitched and get all my stuff packed, I'd be in heaven!*

Good Luck with that.......