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Who We Are: We are a group of volunteers who want to assist anyone in need of emergency help. We are aware that it is extremely hard for emergency personnel to find anyone out here on the desert, especially at night, as there are few named roads and many ravines and mesas. We are loosely organized, but have no defined …
The Imperial Dam LTVA Senator Wash Emergency ResponseTeam (ERT) monitors CB Channel 12, 24 hours a day, and is very familiar with the area, so they can lead the emergency vehicles to your location at any time, day or night. If you do not have a CB radio, check with your neighbors and ask if you can call on them …
The time has come for another season to end. Already our desert home empties. This will be the final Boondocker until November. However, if you have news that you want disseminated, you can contact Mary (Vixen) Dossett at maryvixen1944@gmail.com. She sends out a monthy news as well as Birthdays and Anniversaries. Again I thank everyone for helping make the Boondocker a …
Jim Fish The founder of the Christian Service Center passed away in February. He had been ill for several years, spending the last two years in a care facility in Yuma. He and Katie have been here for 40+ years. Jim had retired from the service as a chaplain when they discovered the desert people camping out before there was …
These pictures were taken by Don (Taurus) Phillips using his drone. If anyone wishes to have a picture taken of their Rig, contact him on North Mesa, north of the second restroom in the Holliday Rambler 5th wheel. (Editor’s Note: I have changed the resolution on these pictures in order to lower the data the Boondocker uses, Trust me the …
It’s that time of year again. The time when a young man’s fancy turns to…No wait, that’s not right…It is the time for the Annual Cookie Drive. I started a couple of years ago trying to find the history of this particular annual event, but it seems to have been lost in the mists of the “Long, Long Ago”. It …
The first Arts and Craft Show was such a big success that they decided to hold another one on the first Saturday of February, or if you prefer, February 3 from 10 to 2 at the Christian Service Center. To shelter everyone from the sun, it will be held in the Friendship Arch by the church building. There will be …
I made a few errors in the last issue, and I thank everyone that pointed them out, as I strive to make this newsletter accurate. In the CSC article, I failed to mention that at the CSC office you can get copies, send faxes, or have something notarized, as Jeri is a licensed Notary. I also did not include that …
The Yuma Proving Grounds turns 75. On February 3, 2018 the celebration begins at 10 am and lasts until 6pm. It will be held at Con Field at YPG. It will include a military free fall school with parachute jumps, a high performance jet flyover by MCAS from Yuma, military equipment displays and a fireworks extravaganza. Entertainment features The Manhattan …
Out here in the middle of the LTVA, in the BLM land is the privately owned Christian Service Center begun by Jim and Katie Fish. It started out as just church services under a tree. In 1973, the first trailer was bought and moved to the current site. When that overflowed, they got 2 buses and had closed circuit tvs …