Friends leave, visiting more friends....

Our Location: AZ 95 BLM, near Quartzsite, AZ

 

 

Coolish in the mornings here but the day time temps are nice. Although it looks like a cold week ahead for us out here in the southwest. Not cold by other standards but not as nice as it's been. 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday we spent the day relaxing and chatting with our good friends Deb & Tom (Celebrating the Dance). It was a very peaceful and relaxing day. We followed the day of chat with a fire as the darkness settled in here on our little neighbourhood. A truly awesome time Riley and I have had with the wonderful folks as our neighbours.

 

 

 Deb lead off a couple of times before they finally both had the wheels turning.

 

 

This morning brings an end to their being our neighbours though as they pulled up stakes and head south for prior commitments. We watched them go with a sad feeling but happy to know that perhaps we will cross paths again if not this year, hopefully next. 

 

 

 Deb is waiting for Tom and the Stinger Bee, she came back once and then returned to this same position and started coming back again.

 

After hugs and see ya later's, we watched as they started getting ready to pull out. Deb was leading with the Jeep, soon she stopped, turned and waited, came back, chatted a minute or two, turned and headed back to the road, but stopped again and once more waited. Tom rolled the tires of the Stinger Bee over a couple of times before stopping, which once again caused Deb to come back. Finally just when we were thinking they were going to change their minds and stay, they both headed off bound for AZ95. We watched them go with dust swirls kicking up and smiled as we consider ourselves blessed to have such good friends. 

 

 

 Soon Tom was rolling those big wheels, only to stop and then start again.

 

 

Before long we piled into the Dogsled with some chairs, some water jugs and some trash as we headed to Quartzsite. Our first stop was along Kuehn Road to check out a few vendors. Not much we were interested in but we walked around anyway. A call to my dad while we were trekking around just to touch base and see how things were going. Dad, we couldn't find the paint, sorry. 

 

 

They are now both rolling wheels toward AZ 95. 

 

From there we headed to Love's Truck Stop to give a trash donation before we continued out along Dome Rock Road. It took us a couple of pass before we noticed the familiar Miss Adventure and the silver jeep but we eventually spotted them. 

 

 

 And soon they were both kicking up the dust and motoring along to their next adventure. Have fun folks!!!

 

 

A nice visit with Doug & Yuma, the latter being very excited to see us, Doug seemed happy to see us too. Doug writes the blog Miss Adventure Travels and is in the process of cleaning up his motor home as he gets it ready for sale/consignment. He will soon be driving a nice big Class A motor home which I think he will be calling Leo or White Lion or some thing like that. He's pretty excited and we are excited for him. 

 

 

Yuma, Doug & Riley. 

 

 

We spent some time chatting and making a few tentative plans for the future, we'll just have to wait and see how they work out. It was nice to see him and Yuma again and the time slipped past quickly and pretty soon Riley and I headed out. We stopped for some water and then headed on home where we will spend the remainder of our day just enjoying the views and quiet. We are already missing the Stinger Bee and it's family. A big empty space now graces our side window. 

 

 

A Goodyear blimp motoring over us when we arrived home. 

 

 

So there you have it, our last couple of days here in the southwest desert. Truly the kinds of days we enjoy. Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your visit. Feel free to drop a comment if you like. 

 

 

Until next time... take care, be safe, 

 

Deb

 

 

 

 

Around town ......

Our Location: Dome Rock, Quartzsite, Arizona

 

I will admit I slept in this morning, almost missed the sunrise. I know, I know, sluggard that I am I didn't wake up until 6:55 am. I rolled out, didn't even make the bed before heading outside to snap some pictures. 

 

The sunrise starting...

 

It was a nice morning though, I didn't really see anything extra wonderful but it was nice. I took a few pictures, limiting myself in my snapping of the button. I have been finding myself with an awful lot of photos at the end of the day, with most being only minutes later than the one before. So today I made an effort to NOT do that. It worked pretty good over all.

 

That mountain is quite far away...

 

Back home and inside around 8 am Miss Riley already had the kettle on for our morning drink. We discussed a few options deciding to venture into town for a few items we forgot to get.  However I did prep lunch and make our salads while we were discussing our day. I find it much easier to do all this before the day begins as I find I'm  just am not hungry enough to go to all the effort around lunch time. However if it is just a matter of tossing everything on the grill, I'm pretty good at that.

 

That's us over there.....

 

So after cleaning up, making the bed, etc, we climbed into the Dogsled and headed into town. We were back at the Igloo within 5 minutes of leaving as we had forgotten to open some windows so HRH Miss Kitty wouldn't have any issues with heat if we didn't hurry back. 

 

It's definitely popped over the edge now...

 

Once again we headed out for the crowded town of Quartzsite. Heading up Kuehn Road it was bumper to bumper to bumper.  I'm amazed how tightly they can pack 'em in there. I'm also amazed at the various ages of folks around the place. Making it to the corner at the light we hung a left and headed into a less busy area. We made our way to the Family Dollar for cotton balls which we forgotten yesterday. Riley is beginning to find the wind bothers her ear and so I think a cotton ball might help with that issue. 

 

Sunrise thru the edges of a Teddy Bear Cholla .....

 

We headed back down to Kuehn Road and pulled up into the parking area with no where to park. Along the back row a 5'er was blocking the lane but moved just as we started to turn around. There was literally no parking anywhere. I noticed Riley was a bit antsy in her seat and asked if she was sure she wanted to walk around, her immediate response was ,"I'd rather go home." We no longer looked for a spot but headed out the exit and back toward RV Lifestyles. I had a quick question for them. 

 

 

 

 

 Left: I noticed a family out taking in the sunrise with me this morning, mom, dad, little kid and teenage lagging behind. 

Right: Octillo or Devil's Walking Stick, just love the twists in those branches. Numerous individual sticks but always in a clump.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The further we got away from the parking lot the quicker she calmed down. When we pulled into RV Lifestyles she was once again eager to get out of the truck. We wandered around and I picked up a couple of tubes of caulking, asked about them installing a connection inside for our Mr. Buddy but they don't do high pressure connections. Since we have two perfectly good Mr. Buddy heaters I'm going to wait. As we wandered around we managed to find a few things that were of interest but didn't purchase anything else. I mentioned to the sales lady about theater seating or a couple of recliners and she told us to go to La Mesa RV.  We noticed the free popcorn but they were also giving away free hot dogs. The nice lady asked us if we'd like one and since it was pushing noon we accepted. 

 

Lots of these shale like rocks sticking out of the ground...

 

Back in the truck we turned once again toward the downtown area and finding La Mesa RV we had to wait for the 'parts' fella to return from lunch. Very disappointing, only battered furniture in there. However while waiting for the place to open we noticed a 5th wheel with a double slide. A slide with a slide. We had to tour it. I don't recall which brand it was but the bed was in the slides, the top of the bed reached into the second slide, giving more room at the foot of the bed. Probably a good idea but why not just make it one big slide like downstairs instead of two separate. Yeah, yeah, I know structure, weight etc, but truly it sticks out just as far as the other slide anyway. Anyway, leaving there we headed back home and this time we made it all the way. 

 

Seeing the far inside of the dead cactus branch...

 

I tossed the stuff on the BBQ and enjoyed a huge salad due an error on my part. Long story short, I put my salad dressing on Riley's salad. Not a problem except Riley and I don't use the same kind of lettuce. She didn't want me to fix the issue and so I just combined both salads. Needless to say I wasn't hungry for lunch. However Riley enjoyed the entire lunch menu on her own. Grilled potatoes with parm cheese, garlic-oregano-thyme mixed veggies, and Bourbon Chicken breast. She says it was good and I believe her. 

 

The inside layer under the bark of a cactus...

 

After that I felt the need to lay down for a bit and so I can tell you I woke up just about 4 pm. I won't be finishing that book, it seems to be a sleep aid for me. 

 

That's us over there......

 

I read some blogs, did a few little things on line and then headed outside to take some night time pics. I  managed to stumble around for about an hour or so trying hard to keep in mind my earlier promise to not take so many photos. Once again I did pretty well as I had just around 150 photos to choose from and edit for tonight's post. 

 

The setting sun...

 

As I was headed back to the Igloo I noticed Miss Riley had managed to build herself a fire. Riley has always enjoyed campfires and until just recently hasn't been doing much about that. I think now that has changed and I can see us having a few more before get home this year. I see a great many campfires this summer as well. 

 

A new arrival tonight...

 

A little prod here and there had the fire picking up and burning nicely. She told me she plans to burn all of Jim's wood before we leave Dome Rock. I hope she does, it's one of the things she enjoys. 

 

 

 

So while she was outside for a bit longer I came inside to start editing and writing. However before I started doing that I called my Dad, I haven't spoken to him for a bit. Nice to hear the news, and catch up. They are once again in a deep cold there on Manitoulin for at least a week. I commiserated with him, offering my sympathy and understanding. I'm not sure he believed I was sincere, of course I'm not sure I was either. 

 

That's us too....

 

So there you have it. Our day out in the Q. We enjoyed it but I think we've had enough for a few days. Probably just stick around the Igloo tomorrow and read a book, have a nap, go for a walk and so on. We may of course do all of the above, some of the above or none of the above, but it's all good. 

 

Sunset is closer...

 

Thanks for stopping by, feel free to leave a comment. 

 

Sunset has arrived....

 

Until next time.... take care, be safe, 

 

 

Good night from Dome Rock.

 

 

Deb