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.