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Thursday, January 10, 2013

Touring Quartzsite

We woke up to a nippy morning.  Turned on the generator and fired up the electric heater and the furnace to take the chill off.  Once we got warmed up we headed over to the 10 AM GTG with the RTR group. 

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the desert has a beauty of it’s own .. we are falling in love with it!  We are enjoying our alone time.  We decided we go into town and check out a few things. 

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We are parked on the 14 day limit BLM land, although we are told during the month of Jan it is not enforced as by next week there will almost a million rigs parked here. 

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you find open land and pull and park where you want

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some come with other groups and some come alone

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We got home from the gathering and took the dogs on a walk and then loaded up to head to town to check out a few things

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first on our list was to check out Discount Solar and Solar Bills for some research on batteries, cables and 300 Amp fuse.  We need to increase our battery bank and we purchased an inverter in La.  Since we put in an household refrigerator we have to install this setup for summer months for those hot temp days.

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after discussing what we wanted with both places we decided to come home and do a bit more research online before we jump in.  We do know we will  not be going with solar at this time.  We will continue to use our generator to charge the batteries.

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next on the tada list was to head to the most popular book store in Q

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This is Paul .. he is the owner of the book store .. he was giving a concert when we arrived

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WOW .. he can rock the piano and sings pretty good .. since it was a bit on the chilly side today he had on a coat .. your wondering what the big deal is about that?

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Well you see Paul used to go completely naked and then the city of Q required that he must at least wear a jock strap.  So his wife crotched him one and that is all he normally wears.  Now you know why his book store is so popular.  I did find one of my favorite romance authors books that I have not read … I got them 3/$1.00.  We stopped by a couple of the grocery stores and checked out what they had and their prices .. wasn’t bad for a small town .. next was the Dollar General to get me some lip balm .. my lips are already dried out, cracked and sore from this dry air and sun.  We checked out the Family Dollar as well and got some paper plates.  We are limited on our water and electric supply so we are ruffing it .. Smile

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We came back home and wow the wind has began to blow and is rocking us .. were gonna be rocked to sleep tonight.  Since it was so windy and too cold out to dinner on the bbq grill we cooked inside.  I threw some pork chops in the oven and that helped heat up our home nicely and some mac and cheese on the stove top and dinner was served.  After dinner we went back where the RTR group is and enjoyed some visiting  .. there was no fire tonight due to the strong winds .. we stayed until I got too cold and we headed home.  When we got home the wind had blown down our satellite dish.  Hubby went to pick it up and tried to set it back up but the wind had destroyed it, it was all bent up.  So I got on the phone and called dish and a new one will be arriving around 8 AM.  We fired up the generator, took the chill off and did a bit of internet and then it was off to bed.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Were at Q!

Quartzsite, AZ

We have finally arrived at Quartzsite, AZ to do some serious boon docking .. as those who know me .. know that I love free!  We are camping for free on BLM Land.

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Isn’t the blue sky just breath taking.  We slept in this morning as we are exhausted from traveling.  My MS has kicked in and reminded me that I must rest!  So today was a relaxing day.  We sat outside and enjoyed the sunshine. 

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as you can see we do not have any close neighbors .. not yet anyways

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later in the afternoon we decided to take the dogs on a walk, they were full of energy and excited to see and sniff new places.

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need some sage?  I picked a leaf off and yep it smells just like sage

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lots of wide open land here for anyone to come and park on for free

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I love the catcus .. they each have their own unique look

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this is a big tree here in the desert .. back home we call them a bush

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we walked the dogs far enough to wear them out .. here is our home waiting for us to return .. it was a beautiful day with lots of sunshine and the temps are just right with a light long sleeve shirt. 

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We fired up the bbq grill and sliced some potatoes and put on some pork steak and a can of corn and dinner was served.  It was delicious and the iron grill I bought in La worked great to grill with.  After dinner we drove back to where the RTR group is parked (we decided to stay where we are just off the road) and we enjoyed a fire and visiting before coming home and firing up the generator and taking the chill off.  Then it was lights out as I was exhausted.

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Welcome to AZ

We were up early and back on the road before 7 AM.   Here is the rest area we stayed in .. beautiful huh?

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Since it was dark last night and I couldn’t get the welcome to AZ sign, I got this one instead

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the desert has a beauty of it’s own

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going under the road to drive .. ekkkk

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don’t you just love the art work here?

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WE stopped at Casa Grande and stocked up on groceries before arriving at Quartzsite .. ouch that was expensive although we haven’t bought them in several weeks.

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We found our exit .. Yeppie were almost there

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Around 2.30 PM we arrived at our destination although we couldn’t find the RTR GTG so we decided to just park, setup and find them later.  Here is where we are parked, if in the area stop and see us

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We found the RTR group, we didn’t go down the road far enough but we decided to just stay where we are for now and we plan to meet them at 10 am . 

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Here is how close our neighbors are .. nice huh?

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here is where home is parked for a bit

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our electric out here on the BLM land is our generator

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behind us there is no one .. Yet

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our back yard

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this is the view out our front door .. nice huh .. see the mountains in the distance

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see our home with a nice camp fire to enjoy

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hubby built a nice fire and one it got down to coals we dug out the stick and roasted polish sausage and marshmallows for dinner ..mmm it was good

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we watched the sun go down and enjoyed a beautiful sunset while basking in the warmth of a nice fire on a nice warm winter nights.  After enjoying our fire we decided to kick on the generator for a bit and then we called it a night

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we traveled 393 miles today and our total was 1590 miles and we spent $716 dollars in fuel and an additive for the truck. 

Monday, January 7, 2013

On the road again

we were up and on the road around 8.30 AM

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We are getting into the mountains of Texas .. were going up and up

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were getting closer and watching the weather on the internet as we do

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Oh no!!  Is that what I think we are seeing?  

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Yep it’s snow left over from the winter storm they had last week.  Ekkkk

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we made it into New Mexico!

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it’s beautiful

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I just love New Mexico and it’s own unique beauty

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I love how they decorate the over pass

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see the pretty sunset

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we crossed the AZ border and made it through the inspection point.  We stopped at a rest area just across the border.  We traveled 635 miles.  One more day of traveling before we reach our destination of Quartzsite, AZ