The past few days….

 

Our Location:

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona 

I found my stamps and I went to the post office to get more! Isn’t that a surprise? The post office window closes at 12 pm. Yeah, I read the sign. I was there at 4:30 pm. Oh well, maybe I will make it back before we head to Ogilby Road. 

We were to meet at 5 pm, and we are never late, 
But I thought I would longer at the post office.

Tuesday evening, after the PO stop, we headed to Mountain Quail Cafe to meet up with Bill and Patsy  We enjoyed our visit a great deal, lots of laughter and smiles. We never had a pause in the chatter.  Mr. Gibbs was working of course, guarding their home while we were out having a great time. 

Deb, Riley, Bill and Patsy.

Our plan was to leave Friday but the Yuma area is calling for some pretty gusty winds on that day, so we are delaying our departure by a day or two. I will keep all informed.

My sister gave me a Sister blanket.

Things are quiet back on our Rock in Lake Huron. Manitoulin Island has said good bye to the summer folks but are welcoming the hunters with many Fall Fowl Suppers being advertised. These meals would be of the same table groaning nature as American Thanksgiving. I can almost hear the buzz of the folks working in the kitchens already, the chatter and clanging of pots, pans, dishes, silverware and that tell tale crash of something meeting its death upon contact with floor after dropping a couple of feet, and then that 5 seconds of absolute silence before everyone takes a breath and chatters again. 

I think my sister is from the out side of the fence
near my garden!

A birthday wish goes out to my Brother in Law, Dennis. He turns 80 in a few days. Dennis and Janet are the folks we visit in Indian Wells, CA every year. It is their beautiful farm, Buttercup Ridge that we often visit coming and going on our winter journey.

Also happy birthday to sister’s partner Rick. He turns 65 today. We hope you have a fantastic day Rick!

I’ve been chatting with dad every night, he and brother Rick are working on the DB tractor, replacing the entire steering assembly. This  particular tractor had a steering assembly that was only manufactured for one year and there are just no parts to be found. They are taking the entire assembly from an old scrap tractor, putting it on the DB. Dad’s other tractor is too light for working in the bush, so the DB needs to be ready for the freeze after Christmas, when the wood cutting starts. The ‘little’ tractor has the cab and blower and is patiently waiting for the white stuff to come. Otherwise it is very quiet there.

A few morning coffees with my sister, keeps me caught up on other news from the Rock in Lake Huron. Of course since she is only 15 minutes from dad, the news is pretty much the same!

Thanks for stopping by.

Until next time,

Take care, be safe,

Deb

It was a busy day…

 

Our Location:

Saddle Mountain BLM, Tonopah, Az

(Yesterday's post)

We woke this morning to odd sounds. Construction sounds, those are new here. Sure enough a look out the door and we could see and hear all the busy noises of starting a new project, back up beepers, squeaks, bangs, shouts, you know the sounds. Of course add to that all of the big equipment that comes with road work and just how are we going to squeeze our 35 +feet past all of that stuff. We strolled out to chat with a fella and was of course assured they wouldn’t block us in. 

Stepping around the front of the Igloo at our new location and looking back toward the mountains.

Back home we decided to continue on our plan for the day. Our time is officially up tomorrow but a few things hinge on a few other things, so we wanted to get the ball rolling and at least knock off a few items we feel are necessary. First chore was to do laundry, for this we headed off to Buckeye and the Desert Laundry  at 705 Monroe Street. We have used it in the past, it’s very clean, fair in price and close to groceries.  It cost us $34.00 to do four very large loads of laundry. I think it is slowly dying and won’t be around much longer. About half of the washers and two thirds of the dryers are out of service. Sad but it is what it is. It’s still very clean, the same attendant is still very friendly and helpful.

 

The sun is setting and it's very bright over there.

Some groceries at Wally’s and back home we went. We noticed the construction signs laying down so that means the fellas are done for the day. Good, we will try to weave our way out of the maze. We hooked up the Igloo and headed toward the street. Weaving and ducking, bopping and dodging we wound our way out to Salome Hwy, hung a right and went about 3 miles to Saddle Mountain Vista Ranch to dump our tanks. For $20.00 we are empty. A chat with Angela, who originally hails from Jim & Barb’s (Jim and Barb's Rv Adventure ) fine state of South Dakota, had us learning more about the fly issue and I wonder if something about the dead cattle as well. 

 

I never tire of that view, that mountain changes only by the minute.

Hickmens is the local chicken grower, been here about seven years now, the fly problem started out here in the BLM land about 4 years ago when they leased land from the BLM Bureau and now spread the waste here. (According to Angela ). The dead cattle on the road side have been hit by vehicles, that’s pretty obvious but nothing is cleaning them up, no birds, coyotes, not even flies or insects seem to be around them. They are slow decomposing in the sun and some have been here for a while, a couple of months at least. I don’t think we will be back to this area in the future or we will be finding a much different location to use.

Out my window. I could get used to that view.

We came down to Mile Marker 13, hung a left and managed to snag a decent spot for a few days until Doug & Yuma show up with the White Lion and get their nerves settled and things in order. That should be tomorrow and in a few days time we will be pulling up the stakes and letting the wheels roll westward once again to Q. Or at least that is the plan at this point.

The sun is setting in the west and casting shadows and highlights everywhere.

A chat with my sister and her fella last night had us all laughing. Happy Birthday Rick (sister’s fella). You don’t look your age, for certain. We don’t what age you are but you don’t look it. Glad you had a good day.

I like it. 

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed your visit.

Not a bad way to watch the sun go down.

Until next time…

Take care, be safe,

Deb