Feb 24, Saturday
Another fun adventure today - we went with Clem & Marlene to the Desert Bar. It is a bar out in the desert north of Parker. It is about 5 miles of narrow, windy dirt/gravel road off the main road through the hills/mountains. There is no signs or advertising for the bar, it is all word of mouth. It would be quite a surprise to come around a corner of the road and see the bar structures if you weren’t expecting it. It is pretty much open air with roofs over the bars and cooking area and an older bar that actually has walls as well. It is only open on Sat & Sun from noon to dusk - from Labor Day until Memorial Day. There is a band and a small dance floor that is jammed. We had a hamburger for lunch and enjoyed a few drinks while we sat in the sun and enjoyed the music.
We figured that we would have to cook dinner when we got home so stopped at the casino in Parker and ate at the buffet instead. When we got back it was quite cool in the rig so we turned on the furnace and discovered that we were out of propane - oops!
Feb 25, Sunday
Terry knew what he had to do first thing this morning - fill up the propane tanks!
Bob & Sue (neighbors from Bellevue) came to visit today. We had a great time chatting. Went to lunch at Brenda and then showed them around Quartzsite. Even with most of the vendors and motor homes gone, it is an interesting sight for newcomers.
Feb 26, Monday
Kind of quiet again. I got my hair cut. Clem & Marlene came over to barbeque for dinner and then Clem made throwing dice look easy and won as many games as the rest of us together.
Feb 27, Tuesday
We were looking at a pretty uneventful day today so after I went for a walk with Marlene we decided to go to Parker for some groceries and to the casino. I ended up ahead again but, again, not quite enough to cover Terry. But it was pretty cheap entertainment for the afternoon. Our bit of luck did not extend to bingo at the club house in the evening!
It was very windy today and tonight. I went out about 10 and took in our “golfer” in the chair. Terry went out shortly after as there was so much noise that he thought a compartment door was open and he brought in our flags. At 11:30 I went back out and took down the wind chimes so I could go to sleep!
Feb 28, Wednesday
Our old friend Chuck Kambouroff came from Phoenix to visit today. He called Monday and said he would be here today or tomorrow. He called at nine this morning and was already here and needed directions to the RV site. Again, we had a great time catching up. He left shortly after we had some lunch .
The wind continues today. After Chuck left we went to check the mail - still no letter for my green card appointment. So we signed up for the month of March as the whole month costs the same as 2 weeks at the weekly rate. We are going to go stir crazy here but we have no choice until we get the letter.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Friday, February 23, 2007
QZ - Feb 22nd - 23rd
Feb 22, Thursday
We had a long, busy, fun day today. Clem & Marlene picked us up at 8:30 for a trip to Oatman. It is an old mining town about 125 miles north of here - past Lake Havasu City. There is a street of shops and a couple of places to eat. We browsed through shops, watched the gunfight in the street (after a tour bus was “held up”) and had a very good lunch. Then we drove a few more miles to the old mine site and took a tour of the mine. They load everyone on an open “wagon” that was used to transport miners and take you up a road to the mine entrance for a guided tour. Our tour guide was a lot of fun - got across a lot of facts without being dry or boring. The mine started about 1900. There are 145 MILES of main and branch tunnels on 9 or 10 levels in the one mountain. It is all non-supported - just dug out of solid rock. A few braces exist to hold planks on the ceiling to prevent rocks from falling on your head. When we went back through Oatman we saw the burros that roam the town getting carrots from tourists. We stopped at Parker on the way back for a beer and arrived back about 6:30.
Feb 23, Friday
Still no letter from Homeland Security!! We spoke with people at the office about the possibility of staying past the end of February if needed. Our site is not rented after we leave and there are several empty sites so it should be no problem to stay here longer even though we’d like to move on to somewhere new.
I joined the walking ladies this morning and had coffee with them. It was very windy last night and most of today but not too cold in the morning. Seemed like it got cooler as the day went on. Some laundry this afternoon and pinochle this evening.
We got a phone call from our neighbors when we lived in Bellevue. They are in Palm Springs and are leaving on Wednesday. So they are going to drive here on Sunday to see us. We have not seen them for many years so we are really looking forward to the visit.
We had a long, busy, fun day today. Clem & Marlene picked us up at 8:30 for a trip to Oatman. It is an old mining town about 125 miles north of here - past Lake Havasu City. There is a street of shops and a couple of places to eat. We browsed through shops, watched the gunfight in the street (after a tour bus was “held up”) and had a very good lunch. Then we drove a few more miles to the old mine site and took a tour of the mine. They load everyone on an open “wagon” that was used to transport miners and take you up a road to the mine entrance for a guided tour. Our tour guide was a lot of fun - got across a lot of facts without being dry or boring. The mine started about 1900. There are 145 MILES of main and branch tunnels on 9 or 10 levels in the one mountain. It is all non-supported - just dug out of solid rock. A few braces exist to hold planks on the ceiling to prevent rocks from falling on your head. When we went back through Oatman we saw the burros that roam the town getting carrots from tourists. We stopped at Parker on the way back for a beer and arrived back about 6:30.
Feb 23, Friday
Still no letter from Homeland Security!! We spoke with people at the office about the possibility of staying past the end of February if needed. Our site is not rented after we leave and there are several empty sites so it should be no problem to stay here longer even though we’d like to move on to somewhere new.
I joined the walking ladies this morning and had coffee with them. It was very windy last night and most of today but not too cold in the morning. Seemed like it got cooler as the day went on. Some laundry this afternoon and pinochle this evening.
We got a phone call from our neighbors when we lived in Bellevue. They are in Palm Springs and are leaving on Wednesday. So they are going to drive here on Sunday to see us. We have not seen them for many years so we are really looking forward to the visit.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
QZ - Feb 18th - 21st
WARNING - things are quiet and not too exciting right now!!!
Feb 18, Sunday
We spent some time at the coin hunt area in the park to see if the “hunters” missed any coins. Got 25 cents for our time!
Quartzsite is getting emptier of vendors every day. The RV park that we are in still has a lot of RVs but some others are quite empty. What a change from a month ago. We are challenged to find things to do now. Pinochle is a welcome diversion - even if I did get the low score of the evening!
Feb 19, Monday
Woke to rainy and very windy weather today. We sat and watched TV for a while and then decided we needed to go somewhere so we ended up at Parker again. Once again, I won some money and Terry did not. I wish he would snap out of this spell of bad luck! It was still very windy when we got back so we hibernated in the rig and watched the first show of Amazing Race.
Feb 20, Tuesday
We are still in the waiting mode - waiting for the notice from Homeland Security with an appointment date in Phoenix. It is hard to plan anything and kind of drags us down. Today is two weeks since I spoke with the office in Spokane - seems like longer!
I decided that I better start walking before I cannot button my jeans so went for a brisk walk this morning.
The weather was lovely all day so it was a good day to be lazy.
Feb 21, Wednesday
Don’t know how four days go by without posting to my blog! Seems like I just did it.
Another sunny, warm day. I went for a walk again this morning. As I was coming back into the park, a group of women that walk each morning were just rounding the corner and invited me to join them. So I walked a bit more with them. Passed on the coffee and gossip after the walk as Terry would have been wondering where I was when he didn’t see the walkers pass by again.
We had to go “dumpster diving” this afternoon! We received our mail yesterday and Terry accidentally tossed a tax document into the garbage which we took to the garbage trailer this morning. Luckily, he went through the rest of the mail later and realized it was missing. So he actually had to jump into the trailer and find our bag. We did retrieve the document.
Clem & Marlene came by for a chat and we made plans to go to Oatman with them tomorrow.
Feb 18, Sunday
We spent some time at the coin hunt area in the park to see if the “hunters” missed any coins. Got 25 cents for our time!
Quartzsite is getting emptier of vendors every day. The RV park that we are in still has a lot of RVs but some others are quite empty. What a change from a month ago. We are challenged to find things to do now. Pinochle is a welcome diversion - even if I did get the low score of the evening!
Feb 19, Monday
Woke to rainy and very windy weather today. We sat and watched TV for a while and then decided we needed to go somewhere so we ended up at Parker again. Once again, I won some money and Terry did not. I wish he would snap out of this spell of bad luck! It was still very windy when we got back so we hibernated in the rig and watched the first show of Amazing Race.
Feb 20, Tuesday
We are still in the waiting mode - waiting for the notice from Homeland Security with an appointment date in Phoenix. It is hard to plan anything and kind of drags us down. Today is two weeks since I spoke with the office in Spokane - seems like longer!
I decided that I better start walking before I cannot button my jeans so went for a brisk walk this morning.
The weather was lovely all day so it was a good day to be lazy.
Feb 21, Wednesday
Don’t know how four days go by without posting to my blog! Seems like I just did it.
Another sunny, warm day. I went for a walk again this morning. As I was coming back into the park, a group of women that walk each morning were just rounding the corner and invited me to join them. So I walked a bit more with them. Passed on the coffee and gossip after the walk as Terry would have been wondering where I was when he didn’t see the walkers pass by again.
We had to go “dumpster diving” this afternoon! We received our mail yesterday and Terry accidentally tossed a tax document into the garbage which we took to the garbage trailer this morning. Luckily, he went through the rest of the mail later and realized it was missing. So he actually had to jump into the trailer and find our bag. We did retrieve the document.
Clem & Marlene came by for a chat and we made plans to go to Oatman with them tomorrow.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
QZ - Feb 15th to 17th
Feb 15, Thursday
Today was a day for cleaning inside and out. We had Clem & Marlene over for baby back ribs for dinner so there was some shopping and prep work for that. We used our dining table extension for the first time and it is wonderful - elbow room for everyone! Also lots of room to play dice after dinner.
Feb 16, Friday
On the road again - this time to Lake Havasu City. Terry thought there was a Bluegrass Festival going on here but it was at Havasu Landing which is across the lake in California. It is about 100 miles to drive around so we did not go. There was also a boat that you could take across the lake but we decided just to drive back and stop at the casino in Parker.
It was a nice drive. I won a bit at the casino, unfortunately not quite enough to make up Terry’s losses!
Feb 17, Saturday
We spent some time chatting with neighbors this morning after taking part in the park breakfast. I can see why people keep coming back to the same park each winter - you can make friends quickly.
Terry took part in coin and gold hunts with metal detectors today. A club buries coins in a large “desert” area in the local park. Some detectors cannot find gold so on the second hunt they attach gold to nickels so everyone can hunt for it. Terry found $2.80 in the first hunt and 2 coins with gold on the second hunt. Many of the 200 participants did not find any coins on the second hunt. I sat on a lawn chair and met another resident of the park that we are staying in. Each hunt was for an hour. I wanted to see what they were all about before taking part and I wasn’t sure my elbows and shoulders would stand 2 hours of detecting.
Finished the day by doing laundry and then playing pinochle in the evening where Terry won third place.
Today was a day for cleaning inside and out. We had Clem & Marlene over for baby back ribs for dinner so there was some shopping and prep work for that. We used our dining table extension for the first time and it is wonderful - elbow room for everyone! Also lots of room to play dice after dinner.
Feb 16, Friday
On the road again - this time to Lake Havasu City. Terry thought there was a Bluegrass Festival going on here but it was at Havasu Landing which is across the lake in California. It is about 100 miles to drive around so we did not go. There was also a boat that you could take across the lake but we decided just to drive back and stop at the casino in Parker.
It was a nice drive. I won a bit at the casino, unfortunately not quite enough to make up Terry’s losses!
Feb 17, Saturday
We spent some time chatting with neighbors this morning after taking part in the park breakfast. I can see why people keep coming back to the same park each winter - you can make friends quickly.
Terry took part in coin and gold hunts with metal detectors today. A club buries coins in a large “desert” area in the local park. Some detectors cannot find gold so on the second hunt they attach gold to nickels so everyone can hunt for it. Terry found $2.80 in the first hunt and 2 coins with gold on the second hunt. Many of the 200 participants did not find any coins on the second hunt. I sat on a lawn chair and met another resident of the park that we are staying in. Each hunt was for an hour. I wanted to see what they were all about before taking part and I wasn’t sure my elbows and shoulders would stand 2 hours of detecting.
Finished the day by doing laundry and then playing pinochle in the evening where Terry won third place.
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
QZ - Feb 14th
Feb 14, Wednesday - HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY
Yet another road trip today.
With Clem & Marlene again, we met a group of metal detector enthusiasts for a trip to a ghost town in California. Midland is 21 miles north of Blythe. It was a gypsum mine and produced sheetrock when it was an active town. There are a few people living out there in RVs. All the buildings were razed after hippies started living in them years ago. We ignored many, many nails and bottle caps and dug up miscellaneous other metal junk. It was very windy so the group did not even get together for lunches that we all brought. An amazing sight in a ravine on the edge of “town” was mounds of reject sheetrock covering several acres. Clem pointed out mistletoe growing on palo verde trees - another thing that I have not seen before.
We stopped for a few groceries at Albertson’s in Blythe before heading back.
It is now just after 8 and it sounds like the wind is finally dying down a bit.
QZ - Feb 12th and 13th
Feb 12, Monday
Lazy day - shopped for a couple of things, listened to the music jam at the club house for a bit and played dice with Clem & Marlene. My luck was mostly bad and Clem won both games that we played.
Feb 13, Tuesday
We took a trip to Wickenburg today with Clem & Marlene. After checking with the tourist info we toured the town a bit and then explored the Desert Caballeros Western Museum. I am not a huge museum fan but enjoyed this one. They had amazing examples of belts, horse bridles and quirts made out of horsehair - natural and dyed. Apparently they are knotted and/or braided - just incredible.
Next we went to the Robson Western Museum which is an odd mixture of farming, mining and “old west” stuff. One unique item was a 1912 Mack truck which still ran. There were the usual barber shop, dentist office, grocery store (mercantile) and newspaper office with printing presses. What was unusual was the abundance of items - like 20 or so old manual typewriters lining a shelf in the newspaper office. We had a very good lunch in the café there where, at first glance, we wondered what we were in for.
All in all another fun day.
Terry & I played bingo later but did not win any games.
Monday, February 12, 2007
QZ - Feb 10th & 11th
Feb 10, Saturday
Breakfast again at the club house and then we left for Phoenix with Clem & Marlene. We had called Camping World to make sure they had the GPS unit that was on sale and had them set one aside for us so we wouldn’t be making the trip for nothing. No problems - picked up the GPS unit and, amazingly, nothing else. We stopped at a casino for lunch and played slots for a bit for a small amount of damage to everyone’s wallet.
We played pinochle in the evening and Terry won. There was karaoke going on at the club house so we sat outside and listened a bit after pinochle finished - until the singing got too bad!
Feb 11, Sunday
It was totally cloudy when we got up so we were lazy in the morning. Had bacon & tomato sandwiches for “brunch” and went out to get water and a few groceries. The water here is kind of flat tasting and supposedly “salty” so we buy water for drinking and making ice. It costs 25 cents per gallon to refill containers so we just have 3 plastic jugs that we fill since the store is nearby.
We went for a drive to a little town named Bouse - not too much there. We carried on to Parker and filled up with fuel - $2.39 per gallon for diesel, it went up from $2.29 last time. After we got back we were sitting outside having a beer and looking at brochures that we picked up in Bouse when Clem & Marlene came by. They were going out for dinner to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary and asked us to join them. So we went to Black Rock Café at Brenda for dinner. Then Clem & Marlene taught us to play a new dice game. I really enjoyed it since I won both games! Just kidding - it was a fun game. It was really windy so we left them fairly early to rescue the lawn chairs that we had left sitting out.
Another good day with nice friends!
Breakfast again at the club house and then we left for Phoenix with Clem & Marlene. We had called Camping World to make sure they had the GPS unit that was on sale and had them set one aside for us so we wouldn’t be making the trip for nothing. No problems - picked up the GPS unit and, amazingly, nothing else. We stopped at a casino for lunch and played slots for a bit for a small amount of damage to everyone’s wallet.
We played pinochle in the evening and Terry won. There was karaoke going on at the club house so we sat outside and listened a bit after pinochle finished - until the singing got too bad!
Feb 11, Sunday
It was totally cloudy when we got up so we were lazy in the morning. Had bacon & tomato sandwiches for “brunch” and went out to get water and a few groceries. The water here is kind of flat tasting and supposedly “salty” so we buy water for drinking and making ice. It costs 25 cents per gallon to refill containers so we just have 3 plastic jugs that we fill since the store is nearby.
We went for a drive to a little town named Bouse - not too much there. We carried on to Parker and filled up with fuel - $2.39 per gallon for diesel, it went up from $2.29 last time. After we got back we were sitting outside having a beer and looking at brochures that we picked up in Bouse when Clem & Marlene came by. They were going out for dinner to celebrate their 46th wedding anniversary and asked us to join them. So we went to Black Rock Café at Brenda for dinner. Then Clem & Marlene taught us to play a new dice game. I really enjoyed it since I won both games! Just kidding - it was a fun game. It was really windy so we left them fairly early to rescue the lawn chairs that we had left sitting out.
Another good day with nice friends!
Friday, February 09, 2007
QZ - Feb 8th & 9th
Feb 8, Thursday
Ken & Jo are leaving tomorrow so we went to lunch at Brenda with them today.
We got a phone call from Nicole & Francis (friends staying in Welton) asking if tomorrow would be OK for them to come to visit. We were going to do laundry tomorrow but figured we better get it done today. While we were doing laundry, we went to chat with Clem & Marlene - ended up having a couple of beers with them while I ran back and forth finishing the laundry. Then I did some prep work for lunch tomorrow - boiled ribs, cooked eggs & potatoes for salad, cut up cabbage for slaw and baked cookies. Luckily, since we had a large lunch, all I made for dinner was a sandwich.
Feb 9, Friday
What a lovely day with Francis & Nicole! They arrived about 9, we sat and chatted and then took them to do a bit of shopping, mainly beads for Nicole’s beading. Had a great lunch and it was nice enough to eat outside. In fact, we were crowded into the shade when we ate. Terry gave Francis a demonstration of the waterless cleaner by cleaning their entire car - took about 15 minutes. We sat in the shade and relaxed before they left just after 4.
Because we put out the awning today we were able to see a dirt line on the underside near the rig so Terry got the ladder out and cleaned it up. We stopped by Clem & Marlene’s on the way back from dumping garbage and BS’d for quite a while. Made plans to go to Phoenix tomorrow to buy a GPS system for Clem.
I remembered that I had written blog entries for 3 days and couldn’t get on to post them so I am catching up now.
Ken & Jo are leaving tomorrow so we went to lunch at Brenda with them today.
We got a phone call from Nicole & Francis (friends staying in Welton) asking if tomorrow would be OK for them to come to visit. We were going to do laundry tomorrow but figured we better get it done today. While we were doing laundry, we went to chat with Clem & Marlene - ended up having a couple of beers with them while I ran back and forth finishing the laundry. Then I did some prep work for lunch tomorrow - boiled ribs, cooked eggs & potatoes for salad, cut up cabbage for slaw and baked cookies. Luckily, since we had a large lunch, all I made for dinner was a sandwich.
Feb 9, Friday
What a lovely day with Francis & Nicole! They arrived about 9, we sat and chatted and then took them to do a bit of shopping, mainly beads for Nicole’s beading. Had a great lunch and it was nice enough to eat outside. In fact, we were crowded into the shade when we ate. Terry gave Francis a demonstration of the waterless cleaner by cleaning their entire car - took about 15 minutes. We sat in the shade and relaxed before they left just after 4.
Because we put out the awning today we were able to see a dirt line on the underside near the rig so Terry got the ladder out and cleaned it up. We stopped by Clem & Marlene’s on the way back from dumping garbage and BS’d for quite a while. Made plans to go to Phoenix tomorrow to buy a GPS system for Clem.
I remembered that I had written blog entries for 3 days and couldn’t get on to post them so I am catching up now.
QZ - Feb 5th to Feb 7th
Feb 5, Monday
Kick-back type of day - visiting neighbors, wandering through some vendor stands (which are becoming fewer) and just enjoying the sunshine. Played pinochle in the evening - Terry is having as little luck with cards as he is at the casino!
Feb 6, Tuesday
I finally got a phone call from the immigration office in Spokane today. They cannot make an appointment as far out as May but they can make an appointment for me in Phoenix!!! Apparently if there is an Arizona address to use to mail the appointment notice, they (Phoenix) can process the paperwork. I wish someone at the help line had known that when I called a couple of months ago. So now I have to wait for the appointment notice and make a trip to Phoenix. If it is after the end of February (when we are scheduled to leave Quartzsite), we will stay somewhere closer to Phoenix.
Ken & Jo were going to Blythe to do some grocery shopping so we hitched a ride and stocked up a bit. Groceries are pretty expensive here and the selection is not large.
We talked Clem & Marlene into playing bingo at the club house this evening - no winners in our group.
Feb 7, Wednesday
Back to Parker today to get some passport type photos in preparation for my immigration meeting. And of course the casino just sucked us in! Also took the opportunity to fill up with diesel at $2.29.
There were a lot of clouds this afternoon but it was clear and starry when I took Dolly out at 9:30.
Kick-back type of day - visiting neighbors, wandering through some vendor stands (which are becoming fewer) and just enjoying the sunshine. Played pinochle in the evening - Terry is having as little luck with cards as he is at the casino!
Feb 6, Tuesday
I finally got a phone call from the immigration office in Spokane today. They cannot make an appointment as far out as May but they can make an appointment for me in Phoenix!!! Apparently if there is an Arizona address to use to mail the appointment notice, they (Phoenix) can process the paperwork. I wish someone at the help line had known that when I called a couple of months ago. So now I have to wait for the appointment notice and make a trip to Phoenix. If it is after the end of February (when we are scheduled to leave Quartzsite), we will stay somewhere closer to Phoenix.
Ken & Jo were going to Blythe to do some grocery shopping so we hitched a ride and stocked up a bit. Groceries are pretty expensive here and the selection is not large.
We talked Clem & Marlene into playing bingo at the club house this evening - no winners in our group.
Feb 7, Wednesday
Back to Parker today to get some passport type photos in preparation for my immigration meeting. And of course the casino just sucked us in! Also took the opportunity to fill up with diesel at $2.29.
There were a lot of clouds this afternoon but it was clear and starry when I took Dolly out at 9:30.
Monday, February 05, 2007
QZ - Feb 3rd & 4th
Feb 3, Saturday
We met a new couple at the park breakfast this morning - Clem & Marlene from Madison, SD. They like to play games and are here for a while so I think we will spend some time together.
We went for lunch with Ken & Jo to the Black Rock café at Brenda. Before we stopped for lunch we drove to Salome to show Ken & Jo some of the countryside. We saw an interesting part of the town where there were individual airplane hangers lining a small runway. A lot of the hangers also had living quarters. Others had mobile homes or small residences in addition to the hanger. On the way back to Brenda we saw some buildings off the road a ways which we were able to identify as more hangers.
We had a nice lunch and browsed through a small “crafty” shop - or, as Ken calls it, “Happy Crap“.
Our park internet source was having a new satellite dish installed so we went to the library to post our blog but could not get hooked up to the Wi-Fi. On the way back, we stopped to talk to a neighbor and he told us about some car races at Blythe. So we walked over and asked Clem & Marlene if they wanted to go to the races with us. They were willing so that’s how we spent Saturday evening.
There were three types of cars racing on a paved 3/8 mile oval - tiny, small and stock. The tiny cars had Briggs & Stratton engines and were driven by 8 - 12 year olds. The small cars had Yamaha engines and drivers 13 and up. Unfortunately, we did not take our camera so don’t have any pictures. The driving was great - hard to believe they were so young. It got quite cool with a slight breeze so we were happy that it turned out to be an evening where every senior attendee received a fleece blanket in a nylon stuff sack. Very enjoyable evening.
Feb 4, Sunday
Beautiful weather - warm even with a slight breeze. Terry went to the classic car show with Ken while I made phone calls. Clem & Marlene stopped by and we sat outside and had a beer - this is what we have been expecting and waiting for in the south for the winter.
Jo & Ken asked us over for an early dinner. When we came back I again enjoyed the warm weather by sitting out and reading. And of course we had to watch the Super Bowl.
We met a new couple at the park breakfast this morning - Clem & Marlene from Madison, SD. They like to play games and are here for a while so I think we will spend some time together.
We went for lunch with Ken & Jo to the Black Rock café at Brenda. Before we stopped for lunch we drove to Salome to show Ken & Jo some of the countryside. We saw an interesting part of the town where there were individual airplane hangers lining a small runway. A lot of the hangers also had living quarters. Others had mobile homes or small residences in addition to the hanger. On the way back to Brenda we saw some buildings off the road a ways which we were able to identify as more hangers.
We had a nice lunch and browsed through a small “crafty” shop - or, as Ken calls it, “Happy Crap“.
Our park internet source was having a new satellite dish installed so we went to the library to post our blog but could not get hooked up to the Wi-Fi. On the way back, we stopped to talk to a neighbor and he told us about some car races at Blythe. So we walked over and asked Clem & Marlene if they wanted to go to the races with us. They were willing so that’s how we spent Saturday evening.
There were three types of cars racing on a paved 3/8 mile oval - tiny, small and stock. The tiny cars had Briggs & Stratton engines and were driven by 8 - 12 year olds. The small cars had Yamaha engines and drivers 13 and up. Unfortunately, we did not take our camera so don’t have any pictures. The driving was great - hard to believe they were so young. It got quite cool with a slight breeze so we were happy that it turned out to be an evening where every senior attendee received a fleece blanket in a nylon stuff sack. Very enjoyable evening.
Feb 4, Sunday
Beautiful weather - warm even with a slight breeze. Terry went to the classic car show with Ken while I made phone calls. Clem & Marlene stopped by and we sat outside and had a beer - this is what we have been expecting and waiting for in the south for the winter.
Jo & Ken asked us over for an early dinner. When we came back I again enjoyed the warm weather by sitting out and reading. And of course we had to watch the Super Bowl.
Saturday, February 03, 2007
QZ - Jan 31st to Feb 2nd
Jan 31, Wednesday
We are definitely into a quieter period right now - waiting for the weather to warm up so we can start moving north.
At least we are getting some exercise with walking around the vendor booths that remain here in Quartzsite. Unfortunately, one of the remaining vendors is ice cream!!
We played pinochle this evening. Very strange evening - there were 32 “sets” out of 48 hands dealt. You have to pay 25 cents for each “set” and then a name is drawn for the money - the person who won the pot got more money than the person with the highest score.
Feb 1, Thursday
Highlight of today was getting my hair cut - VERY SHORT and spiked on top. I liked how a lady here at the park had hers done so I went to her stylist and said I wanted it just like Sondra’s. It will take a little bit of getting used to but I like it. Terry calls it my Tinkerbell hair cut.
Our new satellite cable system had the signal scrambled this afternoon and Terry was not able to find the new codes. Luckily, the salesman is still here in the park. He came over with the new codes and showed us how to program the receiver. All fixed!
We attended a music show here at the park in the evening. It was the “Bost Family Tradition” - dad & mom and 7 children playing what was billed as bluegrass music. The youngest child was a 2 year old boy who spent the time in a pack on his mom’s back as she played the bass fiddle. It was an enjoyable to spend a couple of hours.
Feb 2, Friday
We took a drive today and spent time walking the desert with our metal detectors. We at least found and dug up junk so we are using them correctly. There is an active detecting club here so we are going to participate in some of their events this month.
The weather is still cool at night and is warming up a bit more in the daytime - mid 60‘s. If only the wind would quit we could sit outside more. I have a feeling we might be wishing for wind before long.
The satellite signal was scrambled again today. We spent a lot of time searching the internet and I finally found the new codes. We were able to change the receiver programming ourselves so we are working again.
We are definitely into a quieter period right now - waiting for the weather to warm up so we can start moving north.
At least we are getting some exercise with walking around the vendor booths that remain here in Quartzsite. Unfortunately, one of the remaining vendors is ice cream!!
We played pinochle this evening. Very strange evening - there were 32 “sets” out of 48 hands dealt. You have to pay 25 cents for each “set” and then a name is drawn for the money - the person who won the pot got more money than the person with the highest score.
Feb 1, Thursday
Highlight of today was getting my hair cut - VERY SHORT and spiked on top. I liked how a lady here at the park had hers done so I went to her stylist and said I wanted it just like Sondra’s. It will take a little bit of getting used to but I like it. Terry calls it my Tinkerbell hair cut.
Our new satellite cable system had the signal scrambled this afternoon and Terry was not able to find the new codes. Luckily, the salesman is still here in the park. He came over with the new codes and showed us how to program the receiver. All fixed!
We attended a music show here at the park in the evening. It was the “Bost Family Tradition” - dad & mom and 7 children playing what was billed as bluegrass music. The youngest child was a 2 year old boy who spent the time in a pack on his mom’s back as she played the bass fiddle. It was an enjoyable to spend a couple of hours.
Feb 2, Friday
We took a drive today and spent time walking the desert with our metal detectors. We at least found and dug up junk so we are using them correctly. There is an active detecting club here so we are going to participate in some of their events this month.
The weather is still cool at night and is warming up a bit more in the daytime - mid 60‘s. If only the wind would quit we could sit outside more. I have a feeling we might be wishing for wind before long.
The satellite signal was scrambled again today. We spent a lot of time searching the internet and I finally found the new codes. We were able to change the receiver programming ourselves so we are working again.
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