This video is from our time living in Arizona and our channel was known as "Arizona Dreamz". We have since moved to the Midwest. New state, new channel name! We no longer make AZ content, but now focus on family vlogs of our life in Michigan.
Love Yuma, fishing, OFF-ROADING, hiking, friendly people, MR G's, low cost, lots of great food, close to Baja, San Diego is no far... Yuma is a hidden gem.
Thank you so much for this video. My son just graduated from medical residency and his first job is in Yuma Arizona. Being a vegetarian and living a healthy lifestyle I have been concerned about him being there. He will be three weeks in Yuma one week in Scottsdale.and so all of your Arizona videos have been super important and informative to me as his mother. Your videos are helping me help him to figure out how to navigate this important move from Philadelphia to Arizona staring July 2020, (not that he needs it😆). Just a side point, I am originally from Dearborn Michigan, I left Michigan in 1979, spent 25 years in Ashland Oregon, 6 years in northern and southern Cali, and have been 9 years in Boulder Colorado. I love Boulder, and Colorado winters are awesome, 50 degrees and sunshine and its middle January! I will also be moving to Scottsdale in the near future. So thanks for all your videos and I think you're both awesome parents!
You’re very welcome for the videos and thank you for the compliment. Good luck to your son and congrats to him on the new job. And hope you have a smooth move as well. Appreciate you following the channel!
@@zzzz-ok7733 A lot earlier than that. In the 1960's we used to leave high school and go to Mr. G's. Probably it was the '50's it was first built. Now it is owned by the Granddaughter of the family.
Great video from my hometown. Thank you for showcasing it in such a pleasant way. I started uploading videos just this year 2020 of the local things happening around Yuma AZ and plan on uploading a lot more for anyone interested in Yuma. Just subscribed to your channel look forward to watching some more of your videos.
Thanks for visiting our town! The Castle Park looks new because an arsonist burned it down a few years ago and it was built back up hence the "looked new." Supposedly it's the biggest of its kind in AZ.
I was going to say the same thing! One must try the "especial" burger there, and look at all the interesting things on the walls. I'm a born and raised Yuman(now living in Phoenix). Go, Crims!!
There is an East Wetland and a West Wetland park. They were created about 16 years ago. The invasive species were taken out & replanted with native plants. It is a wonderful place. I hike there often.
I lived in Yuma for almost 12 years its dry and hot as hell and not much to do it's a great place to visit but a drag to live in unless you love sweating 90% of the time
Plenty to do here, actually. Stroll the wetlands, off road at Picacho and the Imperial Dunes, enjoy a festival in Downtown, numerous places to hike, bike, and fish, Castle Dome Ghost Town and Hull Mine Tours, Center of the World... That's but a few of what there is to offer in Yuma. If anyone says that there isn't much/anything to do in Yuma, they're not looking.
@@brianb.8295 all that sounds fun and cool until you did it all for the 20th time, again great place to visit but if you're not the outdoorsman type and hate the scorching heat then living there is hell but that's why it's so cheap to live there also
11:52 it isnt new but it looks new cause i think back in 2014 a teenager was there at midnight and the light poles have cameras and caught him lighting the park on fire and they had to rebuild it, but if you go to google earth and go to this park you can see it all burnt
Yes, that happened back in December 2014. The community was devastated that such a thing happened, but if there's one thing I love about Yuma, it's the unbelievable community pride. More than $50,000 was raised before finding out that the park was covered under insurance, so the money that was raised went into making the park that much better. Also, more than 2,500 residents volunteered their time to rebuild the park. I was really happy when YPD caught the punk that set the fire.
I live on the other side of yuma ..the California side Quechan Indian Reservation lived here all my life. Yuma has change alot with an outside mall when we had an indoor mall at one point til it shut down. But other then that i still cant get used to the heat.
@@angryasalways the first summer it did but now I'm used to it you just change your lifestyle a little bit you go shopping early in the morning or late at night we'll start still open and you stay in the air conditioning we're in a swimming pool all day long
I was born here in Yuma in 1952… at the old hospital on Avenue B. Lived here all life except for two years in California when I was a little kid, and another year playing in a band on the road. There’s no ocean, but we do have the Colorado River and several nice lakes for swimming, fishing, boating, etc. We have a big marine base, farming, usually lots of snowbirds in the winter. I played music for many of the RV parks here, and those folks are really nice. You can get inexpensive medicine and dental work in Algodones. We don’t have much of a concert scene here, but also don’t have to put up with traffic. If you do you sand buggies, the sand dunes are here. Some good churches, too. It is hot for sure, but we don’t have many forest fires 😜 hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, etc. The occasional sandstorm however.
Want to make an Arizona move was looking in the Tucson and Phoenix area but now I'm really considering Yuma went through there seems like a nice place and I like the location near San Diego near Mexico only thing I can see as bad is the extreme heat because it is basically at sea level and you can't get a direct flight to anywhere major
Phoenix and Tucson temperatures are just as high. Having just one airline sucks but you can always drive to Phoenix or San Diego for flights. Imperial, Ca airport is an hour away with flights to LAX. There are many places to visit within a 5hr drive. San Diego, Palm Springs, and Phoenix are within a 3hr drive. Plenty of outdoor activities here. Not much music entertainment.
If you love wildlife go on the trails ,you find some wildlife,also you should walk to the east wetlands park .there are trails you can go where you can more wildlife.the trails that I go at the east wetlands park,is where some people don’t walk on
No, not so low cost for some things. The place is full of snowbirds in winter and things like vets and medical and dental are incredibly expensive. The prison is a must see. Actually, there’s not much else to see.
Wow how ironic...I was just looking at homes for sale on Zillow in Yuma a few minutes ago and this pops up...Dont know why it didnt on the 27th but........
11:56 the castle park looks new because it was burned down and I believe there was a vote to remodel it or keep it the same and they all wanted it the same
I would love yes like I said I'm a it is a real nice park I like the trails where you can hike all the way up to the top of the hill I would sure like to take nice lady up there again and and be alone with her she is a good place to spend
This quaint little border city will continue to grow as is, albeit more slowly I hope (Arizona is exactly like California regarding its current political situation, No. 1 reason Californians should NOT move there for the time being especially 😛). Kinda surprised the US solar industry hasn't just made Yuma "Ground Zero" for their base of operations yet. "Sunniest City On Earth" with the history records to back it up (not to mention what a major boost it would be to the local economy that is still largely based on agriculture today), what could be more ideal than that!?!?!? 🤔😉
All the hole in the wall places are locally owned, not national chains. What I'm meaning is what particular style are you looking for? Mexican, Italian, BBQ, etc.
sorry to hear that!! different strokes for different folks am just one of those different folks just happen to really like Yuma!!!! plenty of different strokes..
Boredom is a choice. With the Colorado River, Castle Dome Ghost Town and Mine Tours, a revitalized riverfront and Downtown area, numerous places to hike, bike, fish and camp, and the Imperial Dunes nearby, to name a few things, Yuma is FAR from boring.
If you had said that around 1978, I would have agreed with you. Not today. Yuma has to be doing something right, because the population continues to grow, and it's receiving more and more national attention for its amenities.
This video is from our time living in Arizona and our channel was known as "Arizona Dreamz". We have since moved to the Midwest. New state, new channel name! We no longer make AZ content, but now focus on family vlogs of our life in Michigan.
Love Yuma, fishing, OFF-ROADING, hiking, friendly people, MR G's, low cost, lots of great food, close to Baja, San Diego is no far...
Yuma is a hidden gem.
Thank you so much for this video. My son just graduated from medical residency and his first job is in Yuma Arizona. Being a vegetarian and living a healthy lifestyle I have been concerned about him being there. He will be three weeks in Yuma one week in Scottsdale.and so all of your Arizona videos have been super important and informative to me as his mother. Your videos are helping me help him to figure out how to navigate this important move from Philadelphia to Arizona staring July 2020, (not that he needs it😆). Just a side point, I am originally from Dearborn Michigan, I left Michigan in 1979, spent 25 years in Ashland Oregon, 6 years in northern and southern Cali, and have been 9 years in Boulder Colorado. I love Boulder, and Colorado winters are awesome, 50 degrees and sunshine and its middle January! I will also be moving to Scottsdale in the near future. So thanks for all your videos and I think you're both awesome parents!
You’re very welcome for the videos and thank you for the compliment. Good luck to your son and congrats to him on the new job. And hope you have a smooth move as well. Appreciate you following the channel!
Whole Foods is very extensively equipped for Vegan foods.
Yuma is an awesome small town. A tad hot in the summer but an absolute paradise in the winter months.
Az is one of the most interesting state to visit especially if you are an outdoor person. Thanks for being knowledgeable about what you feature.👍
There is no shortage of things to do around here. It really is an outdoor lovers paradise.
Awesome video. 👍🤘
Everyone thinks it is a desert. Northern Arizona is forest, snow & a completely different place.
HO RIGHT..YUMA AZ IS MY HOME TOWN...ITS BEATIFUL..I WANT TO GO BACK!!!!@
Too hot 🔥 I wanna move to Cali 😵🔥
Foxtroll Killer
Let’s trade, you can pay my rent which is $4,200 a month for a 2 bedroom apartment. 😀
@@thekeyblademaster9301 you better be maken lots of money....
Next time you are in Yuma go to Mr. G's or Chili Pepper that is where the locals go to eat.
Jason Flora i know it’s good
I actually did make a visit there. Posted a separate video for it here: th-cam.com/video/wVVfHJtunuc/w-d-xo.html
I chocked at chili peppers lol
Mr G's....🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤been going there since the 70's....have a crazy amount of family in Yuma...
@@zzzz-ok7733 A lot earlier than that. In the 1960's we used to leave high school and go to Mr. G's. Probably it was the '50's it was first built. Now it is owned by the Granddaughter of the family.
I will be staying in Yuma prior to driving into Mexico, Cabo San Lucas where I am retiring to. Thank you for sharing.
Great video from my hometown. Thank you for showcasing it in such a pleasant way. I started uploading videos just this year 2020 of the local things happening around Yuma AZ and plan on uploading a lot more for anyone interested in Yuma. Just subscribed to your channel look forward to watching some more of your videos.
Thanks! Appreciate the sub.
Que bien salir con la familia.a divertirse .
Thanks for visiting our town! The Castle Park looks new because an arsonist burned it down a few years ago and it was built back up hence the "looked new." Supposedly it's the biggest of its kind in AZ.
Opened TH-cam & it was crazy to see a suggested video for Yuma! Born & raised here
Thanks for watching!
I plan to visit there Early April 2022 when the weather is nice in the 80's before summer.
I moved to Yuma from St. Louis two years ago, and it's been awesome!!
Glad it’s been a successful move for you!
Does the summer heat bother you?
You were downtown, should’ve eaten at lutes! So much history down there & it’s haunted 😬
Maybe next time!
I was going to say the same thing! One must try the "especial" burger there, and look at all the interesting things on the walls. I'm a born and raised Yuman(now living in Phoenix). Go, Crims!!
There is an East Wetland and a West Wetland park. They were created about 16 years ago. The invasive species were taken out & replanted with native plants. It is a wonderful place. I hike there often.
I hike the two wetland parks all the time. I also like the Quechan Park on the other side of the river. Really great hiking.
I lived in Yuma for almost 12 years its dry and hot as hell and not much to do it's a great place to visit but a drag to live in unless you love sweating 90% of the time
Plenty to do here, actually. Stroll the wetlands, off road at Picacho and the Imperial Dunes, enjoy a festival in Downtown, numerous places to hike, bike, and fish, Castle Dome Ghost Town and Hull Mine Tours, Center of the World... That's but a few of what there is to offer in Yuma.
If anyone says that there isn't much/anything to do in Yuma, they're not looking.
@@brianb.8295 all that sounds fun and cool until you did it all for the 20th time, again great place to visit but if you're not the outdoorsman type and hate the scorching heat then living there is hell but that's why it's so cheap to live there also
Looks like a great place to spend the day.
We were kept busy that day!
Mike Hoffman It is...especially November thru May before it gets hot
Prison was always set for the worst mind minipulation castle
IF YOU GO TO YUMA ,YOU GOT TO GO TO MR' G OR CHILY PEPPER. IT IS THE BESSSTT!!!!MMM. MM..👍
I did make a visit there. Posted a separate video for it here: th-cam.com/video/wVVfHJtunuc/w-d-xo.html
MR G's.....🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤🍔🤤...
11:52 it isnt new but it looks new cause i think back in 2014 a teenager was there at midnight and the light poles have cameras and caught him lighting the park on fire and they had to rebuild it, but if you go to google earth and go to this park you can see it all burnt
Yes, that happened back in December 2014. The community was devastated that such a thing happened, but if there's one thing I love about Yuma, it's the unbelievable community pride. More than $50,000 was raised before finding out that the park was covered under insurance, so the money that was raised went into making the park that much better. Also, more than 2,500 residents volunteered their time to rebuild the park.
I was really happy when YPD caught the punk that set the fire.
I live on the other side of yuma ..the California side Quechan Indian Reservation lived here all my life. Yuma has change alot with an outside mall when we had an indoor mall at one point til it shut down. But other then that i still cant get used to the heat.
Awesome
Great edit, thank you
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Yuma is a great place. from a 50ish yr old AA view. moved from north cold climate big city life been here 5 yrs. not a big city , small city life!!!
Glad you are happy in Yuma!
@@LivinOurDreamz what is the population?
I live in Yuma and I love it there
Does the summer heat bother you Debbie? My husband and I are thinking about moving there.
@@angryasalways the first summer it did but now I'm used to it you just change your lifestyle a little bit you go shopping early in the morning or late at night we'll start still open and you stay in the air conditioning we're in a swimming pool all day long
Thank you Debbie for responding!!! Sounds excellent to me. We will be there at the end of this month. Leaving cold Vermont December 24.
Moved to Yuma Dec 2019 love it
I was born here in Yuma in 1952… at the old hospital on Avenue B. Lived here all life except for two years in California when I was a little kid, and another year playing in a band on the road. There’s no ocean, but we do have the Colorado River and several nice lakes for swimming, fishing, boating, etc. We have a big marine base, farming, usually lots of snowbirds in the winter. I played music for many of the RV parks here, and those folks are really nice. You can get inexpensive medicine and dental work in Algodones. We don’t have much of a concert scene here, but also don’t have to put up with traffic. If you do you sand buggies, the sand dunes are here. Some good churches, too. It is hot for sure, but we don’t have many forest fires 😜 hurricanes, tornadoes, flooding, etc. The occasional sandstorm however.
We moved there in 1954. No air conditioning and no TV! I had an incredible childhood there.
Nice video. Thanks. I’m subscribing and start the binge. Thinking about Yuma for a winter location
thank you for this video i plan on moving down there due to health problems and now i have ideas of what to go see
Thank you for visiting us! Come back soon!
Enjoyed my trip!
I heled build west wetlands Park. most don't know it was a landfill that was just covered over with dirt!
Want to make an Arizona move was looking in the Tucson and Phoenix area but now I'm really considering Yuma went through there seems like a nice place and I like the location near San Diego near Mexico only thing I can see as bad is the extreme heat because it is basically at sea level and you can't get a direct flight to anywhere major
Phoenix and Tucson temperatures are just as high. Having just one airline sucks but you can always drive to Phoenix or San Diego for flights. Imperial, Ca airport is an hour away with flights to LAX. There are many places to visit within a 5hr drive. San Diego, Palm Springs, and Phoenix are within a 3hr drive. Plenty of outdoor activities here. Not much music entertainment.
outstanding-thank you
If you love wildlife go on the trails ,you find some wildlife,also you should walk to the east wetlands park .there are trails you can go where you can more wildlife.the trails that I go at the east wetlands park,is where some people don’t walk on
I saw a bobcat the other day in the West Wetland park. Beaver are there and a lot of interesting animals.
Its flip flops and shorts year round! Gooooo CRIMINALS CLASS OF 95!
Looks like a fun day.
It’s nice in the winter but sucks in the summer
west wetlands is a beautiful park. most don't know its built on the old town dump, which was never cleaned up, just covered up.
Didn’t know the history behind it. It was a very nice park.
This is true. Prior to 1980, the West Wetlands area was the Yuma City Dump.
You can get an annual pass to get into the AZ state parks.
Those little boys are so cute ! “” let me out “” 😆 creepy prison creepy high school (temporarily) cool stuff I can’t wait to see you do lake havasu !
I would like to make it to Lake Havasu before the heat gets here. I’ve got several places I have been wanting to visit.
BECAUSE KNOW I LIVE IN PHOENIX...
No, not so low cost for some things. The place is full of snowbirds in winter and things like vets and medical and dental are incredibly expensive.
The prison is a must see. Actually, there’s not much else to see.
How old is that prison? The stones are nice. I hope the high school kids learned what not to do after seeing that.
You are doing great work keep it up
Thanks for watching!
Our sky clean
I miss el charro 😭
El Charro sucks bro next time your in Yuma go down the street and go to Durons better food and not pricey eigther
Í live at Yuma it's so beautiful
You should of done some Geocaching while you were in Yuma
I just subscribed. Nice video. I live and shoot a lot of my videos in
Lake Havasu. Also a beautiful place.
Thanks for the sub. I hope to check out Lake Havasu soon!
9:35 i know that little girl in the sweater she use to go to my school last year
Wow how ironic...I was just looking at homes for sale on Zillow in Yuma a few minutes ago and this pops up...Dont know why it didnt on the 27th but........
Interesting. Not sure why it didn’t pop up in your feed until now. Better late than never I suppose.
11:56 the castle park looks new because it was burned down and I believe there was a vote to remodel it or keep it the same and they all wanted it the same
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That that's were I live
3 facts about Yuma it grows 80 percent of the usa lettuce and 70 percent of frozen veggies last it's the suniest place on earth
I live in Yuma
I would love yes like I said I'm a it is a real nice park I like the trails where you can hike all the way up to the top of the hill I would sure like to take nice lady up there again and and be alone with her she is a good place to spend
I LIVE IN YUMA
This quaint little border city will continue to grow as is, albeit more slowly I hope (Arizona is exactly like California regarding its current political situation, No. 1 reason Californians should NOT move there for the time being especially 😛). Kinda surprised the US solar industry hasn't just made Yuma "Ground Zero" for their base of operations yet. "Sunniest City On Earth" with the history records to back it up (not to mention what a major boost it would be to the local economy that is still largely based on agriculture today), what could be more ideal than that!?!?!?
🤔😉
I was thinking of transferring here for work. Idk now lol
Any great hole in the wall food joints in yuma? Im headed there in june for vacation
There's plenty of hole in the wall food places in Yuma. Anything in particular you're looking for?
Something local
All the hole in the wall places are locally owned, not national chains. What I'm meaning is what particular style are you looking for? Mexican, Italian, BBQ, etc.
@@brianb.8295 For me, I would say BBQ and Mexican
Does anyone know a Kate Smith,who is 35 years old and her son who is 9 years,who lives in Yuma? Any info would be most appreciated. Thank you.🙏😊
Lucky you weren’t assaulted by the local law enforcement for using a camera.
Is it filled with homeless people like Tucson?
Not nearly as much as in Phoenix and Tucson.
@@brianb.8295 Tucson is one big s*** hole. Run by f****** Democrats.
@@dr.stevenpennym.d.3241 Try to keep politics out of here.
Me....No
Funny..lol
YUMA.....YUCK! I once had a security service account down there. I dreaded going there. 😀
That bad, huh? Lol
And how long ago was that?
sorry to hear that!! different strokes for different folks am just one of those different folks just happen to really like Yuma!!!! plenty of different strokes..
Bummer, it is an outdoorsman paradise.... Without the big city headaches...
For more things to do in Arizona, watch this playlist: th-cam.com/play/PLUs1vKNYeSd6W3EgO_g9JB6s66_YrgPWs.html
Boaring ass place!! 🤐👽🤫
Boredom is a choice. With the Colorado River, Castle Dome Ghost Town and Mine Tours, a revitalized riverfront and Downtown area, numerous places to hike, bike, fish and camp, and the Imperial Dunes nearby, to name a few things, Yuma is FAR from boring.
It’s not a good city at all
If you had said that around 1978, I would have agreed with you. Not today.
Yuma has to be doing something right, because the population continues to grow, and it's receiving more and more national attention for its amenities.