Change of plans...

Our Location: Palm Canyon BLM, KOFA NWR, Arizona

 

 

A change of plans today had us lazing around again. Although I will admit I did go up on the roof and clean the solar panels. They actually weren't nearly as bad as I expected. Once that was accomplished it was pretty much a research day for me. A chat with Dad and making contact with my buddy from Kansas has me rethinking my generator choice so I'll be doing some more thinking before I purchase one. 

 

 

The barrel cactus here aren't as bright red in colour as they are on Ogilby Road near Yuma. 

 

 

 This dying Saguaro is easily seen from our window. 

 As you can see it's still a greenish hint in places but this one is definitely not going to recover.

 

Nephew Jason and his lovely wife Leah leave tomorrow for the second annual trip to British Columbia where they will be enjoying the wonders of the providence, including a great deal of snow mobile riding. Safe travels and have fun!! 

 

 

 Lots of pointy things to watch out for in the desert.

 The little one is tucked in and I didn't see it at first.

 

 

 

 

Today's photos were taken yesterday on a short walk. I thought if I got outside and walked around that I might see something inspiring toward the mountains but alas, nothing, zip, nada. I wonder why that is? 

 Yep, that's a sharp pointy thing too. 

The end of a dead limb on a stump in the wash.

 

 As I sit writing this post folks are coming and going. It seems we now have two new neighbours that have pulled into the space near us, much closer than we like and much closer than good RV'ers should even think about . We can hear them talking, their dog barking and pretty much every noise they make. I wonder why folks do that? Of course it's a rhetorical question, we all know why. They have no manners, no regard for others and they don't give a rat's behind about anyone but themselves. End of rant. 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you've all had a wonderful day. 

Until next time.. take care, be safe, 

Deb

 

Tent, Kofa photos....

Our Location: Palm Canyon BLM, KOFA NWR, Arizona

 

 

A bit of a breeze this  morning as we started getting around with some plans to do at least one errand today, although there are a few we would like to accomplish. We rested yesterday, both of us being very tired for some reason and I have no idea why. 

 

 

Driving through Box Canyon Road after leaving Truckhaven BLM, heading toward I-10 near Joshua Tree N. Park. 

 Some pretty amazing views.

 We didn't take too many photos though.

Today we wanted to check out the big tent, which we managed to do after finding a place to park the Dogsled. We parked at the end of La Posa West close to the big tent and walked. Lots of folks still around and the vendors are starting to get that glassy eyed look now. A quick tour through the big tent showed us there is nothing in there that is of any interest to us. We stopped at only one booth inside the tent, which was showing the ease of use of a wind screen, easy set up, easy take down, complete with carry bag, weight bags and spikes. We didn't buy one, we didn't price one, but we looked. Other than that we didn't find anything new and exciting for us.

 

 We passed over the Colorado River as we moved from California to Arizona.

 

 

This is the view out the dining room window. I believe that is Kofa Mountain. The day was cloudy and dull. 

 Also out our dining room window. As are most of the photos you will see.   

Our friends were not at the Passport American booth and although we didn't expect to see them, we thought we would know a few folks there, however it was folks we didn't manning it this year. 

 

 

 A splash of sunshine up there on the side of the mountain.

 

 

 

 

There is a fog or haze that comes stealing along just before dark and can be seen in the mornings as well. At times the mountains are not clear and for the most part, while I find them interesting, they don't call to me. I wonder why that is? 

 

 

Our reason for going to tent is very simple, I want a bigger generator and one that is light weight, easy to start, quiet and does what we want it to, which isn't much. I was disappointed that only a couple of vendors were there with generators for sale. Last year there were at least 5 lining one aisle. I found one that I like but when I checked the prices on line I can find it for a better there. So we shall see what happens when I go back on Sunday.  I don't want them to give it away but I also don't want to be taken advantage of either. 

 

We headed to a few vendors across the roadway, finding some nice plush blankets for spring and fall bed toppers. Riley also managed to find some Kettle Corn (which she loves) and other than that we headed back to the Dogsled and on back home. Enough crowds, enough smells and enough tight spaces for both of us. 

 The blast of sunshine in the foreground made the  mountain almost impossible to see in the shadows, clouds and darkness back there.

 This photo was taken out the door, facing southward.

And then the sun broke through the cloud cover to light up the mountain.

We checked out a few other places to park that are of greater interest to us but we'll have to leave them for another year I think. Truthfully, the views are nice here, stunning at times and I'm sure the hikes would be great but the 'getting to and from' are not fun and therefore we have no desire to do a lot of things here that require using the Dogsled. Which of course pretty much everything will require except for a few desert hikes to check out the saguaros which I will be doing one of these days. No complaints, just making note for myself for future reference. 

 

 

   

Yep, a very nice view indeed. The truck and trailer have now left and so we have no one in our view between us and the mountains. 

 

 

Tomorrow we have errands to do as well but will head down Yuma way to do them. I checked it out and the errands we want to do will have to be done either in Parker or Yuma and the difference is 10 miles. With Yuma being the winner since then we won't have to travel through Q with it's stop and go and bumper to bumper roads.  Crazy drivers and Razors scooting in and out of places. The road to Yuma is one we've never travelled before as we always leave from the area of Indian Wells/Salton City which means we don't take AZ 95. 

 Stunning but it doesn't call call to me, it doesn't seem to hold much interest for me and I have no idea why not.

A bit of the sunset over there in the sky.

 

Today's photos were taken the day we travelled from California to Arizona. We arrived here on Tuesday, Jan 21.  The night photos of the mountain are stunning for sure. 

 

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed your day. 

 

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

 

Deb