Jan 16th to 18th - Yuma & Quartzsite

Jan 16th - Sat - to Quartzsite
We left at 8:00 for our trip to the RV show in QZ and immediately parked by the office here at the park so we could take advantage of the Saturday breakfast. We pulled into Clem & Marlene’s yard about 11, got set up and chatted for a while before going “shopping”. We just went to the Main Event area and started with an ice cream cone for lunch. Billy & Lauri were also here for the weekend so we found them out dry camping in the desert and had a drink with them and the group of their friends who had “circled the wagons” for a couple of days.
Back to Clem & Marlene’s where they had a great campfire going. Clem’s brother and his wife Vicki are staying on Clem & Marlene’s lot in their motor home for a couple of months and joined us. When it cooled off it was time for dinner. I had a crock pot full of chili which we turned into Frito Pie for all of us. We were parked right by C&M’s back door so it was easy to take all the dinner ingredients inside and be comfortable at their dining room table.
Marg has not been very comfortable on our hide-a-bed. We bought an air mattress but it turns out that it is too cold at night and Marg has been freezing even with all our spare bedding under & over her. Last night she slept without the air mattress so she was warmer but the mattress is pretty hard. Without knowing all this, Marlene offered Marg the use of their guest room which she gladly accepted.

Jan 17th - Sun - QZ
We got a fairly early start and went to the BIG tent that is a major part of the RV show. The tent covers 2 acres, is carpeted with indoor/outdoor carpet nailed to the ground and filled with all sorts of vendors. We didn’t find anything new & exciting but wandered up & down all the aisles. It got very crowded by the time we finished.
We continued wandering & shopping, got some lunch and then took a drive north to show Marg more of the thousands of dry campers. We went to the Arizona Sun RV park where we stayed 3 years ago and stopped to visit friends Ken & Jo. Jo had to return to Denver to look after her ailing mother but we got to visit for a short while with Ken and their cute little dog Lucy.
I had put a roast in the crockpot before we left this morning and had invited Clem & Marlene and Roger & Vicki to join us for dinner - in Clem & Marlene’s dining room again. We had time to sit on the patio to have a drink and watch birds before Marg & I went to finish making dinner. We also took the opportunity to phone brother Bob.
Good dinner and early to bed.

Jan 18th - Mon - back to Yuma
It rained last night and this morning. Actual rain, not just sprinkles to spot vehicles.
Marlene made a nice breakfast for us and Roger & Vicki. We lingered over coffee and finally hugged our goodbyes about 10:30. The traffic was lined up south on 95 but didn’t take too long to get through. We took the route past the proving grounds and Imperial Dam to show Marg some different sights. Made a stop for a date shake and arrived back around 1.
After we were all set up again, Marg & I took the bikes to run some errands and get some exercise. We worked on a couple of jigsaw puzzles, got a gallon of water and rode past Karen & Bob’s but they weren’t home. Just after we got back, our neighbors Lowell & Frankie asked us to join them for happy hour. Frankie had deep fried some bite sizes pieces of walleye that were delicious. Their “back fence” neighbors Dean & Alice also joined us.
Marg & I ate so much fish & some chips that we didn’t want much dinner. I was able to heat up leftovers from last night for Terry to keep things easy.
I got on the computer to check email & do the blog and found out that we had an annoying virus-type program running called Antivirus Live. It keeps telling you that you have a virus and infected files and prevents most things from running. Then if you say you want to deal with the virus, you are prompted to buy antivirus software - from the company sending the messages!! It took me a couple hours to get some legitimate software to get rid of the mess.