A shop day for the Igloo.....

 

 Our Location: 

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona

This morning the Igloo had an appointment at RV Lifestyles for a few little things. We had an inside gas quick connect added, an new anode rod, and the removal of the living room slide topper. We also bought a new heater, gas hose, and after that we headed out to the Tumble Weed RV park to get some water and dump the tanks. 

 

The popcorn was very good.

But they didn't have any roasted peanuts.

 

Back home around 1 pm and set up quickly. Around 3:30 pm just as the rain started we hurried over to the Stinger B for happy hour. It rained off and on during happy hour and is still raining as I write this post. The washes are running a little bit and a few puddles are also apparent. 

 

A rainbow but the rain wasn't over.

Taken out of the front window of the Stinger B.

 

Chatted with my dad, they are in the middle of a snow storm with cold winds. An inside day he said, between the house and the garage, I think he managed to get a number of things accomplished. 

 

Rain is collecting in the wash.

And a few puddles here and there.

More water in the washes as the evening goes on.

 

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

 

Until next time...

 

Take care, stay safe, 

 

Deb

 

 

An outing with friends…

 

Our Location:

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona 

Still windy this morning but would calm down some as the day went forward. The only plan today was a visit to Silly Al’s later in the afternoon. We all climbed into the Dogsled, leaving Yuma to guard home dirt, just before 3:30 pm MST and headed into town. We met Bill and Patsy along with Dave and Cheryl. An enjoyable couple of hours passed quickly and we were home again around 5:30 pm.

L to R:
Tom, Deb, Cheryl, Dave,Patsy, Bill, Deb, Doug ( no beard)
Riley was the photographer.

Riley.

That was our day. I hope you had a good one also.

Until next time….

Take care, stay safe,

Deb 

A short walk on a windy day.

Our Location:

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona 

A windy day, a short walk and some chair moving at happy hour to hide from the wind. That was it, nothing else exciting happened all day.

A Grand Design Rally has a lot of rigs attending.

An interesting display in front of one of the rigs.

A very beaten up looking saguaro.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you had a marvellous day.

Until next time,

Take care, stay safe,

Deb 

A few more photos of yesterday's jeep ride.....

 

Our Location:

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona

A very warm and almost windless day. Truly a day to sit outside and enjoy the day and a day to spend a bit of time inside out of the heat as well. I did both. Happy Hour with the neighbours and then inside. A perfect day. 

The jeep down on the left and the Kofa Mountains way off in the distance.

It is unusual to see so many saguaros in groups.

Death is still regal and elegant.

Lots of different cactus,

Very sweet purple blooms.

A very interesting sign.

I love the view!

I couldn't climb up there.

There are blooms starting.

I have no idea what this is but it was at the Yellow Dog Mine.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed the photos. 

Until next time....

Take care, stay safe, 

Deb

A jeep ride, meeting some fellow Canadians....

 

 

Our Location: 

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona

 

This morning around 10:30 am Doug, Yuma and I headed out in his jeep for a ride back toward the mountains. It was a leisurely drive and we stopped often to take a few pictures, climb a few hills and take in the views. I hope you enjoy the photos I'm sharing. 

 

Quartzsite is over that way.

Doug and I came across this claim sign.

Even in death the Teddy Bear cactus is beautiful.

That's Doug way over there doing his word game. 

Can you see him now?

 

The little Silver Streak is down there on the right.

 

A warmer day today and very little wind. The temperatures reached about 75F/24C this afternoon, perfect for sitting outside chatting with some new friends and some other well known ones as well.  While Riley and I were having lunch Dave and Cheryl from Alberta, Canada drove up and not 15 minutes later Bill (  On our way....)and Patsy ( Chillin' with Patsy...)from Ontario, Canada showed up. They all settled into the front yard of the Stinger B chatting with Deb, Tom ( Celebrating the Dance   ) and Doug ( Miss Adventures Travels  ). After lunch Riley and I joined them. The chatter was non stop and the afternoon passed very quickly and soon they were saying their goodbyes, Dave and Cheryl first and soon after Bill and Patsy. We have plans for another meeting in the near the future, so the parting wasn't a final one for this season. 

 

 

The outhouse at an abandoned mine.

One of two cabins.

The other one of the two cabins.

The two abandoned buildings on the mine claim.

The mountains are ever beckoning to me.

Left around the circle, Doug, Bill, Tom, Deb, Cheryl, Patsy, Riley and Dave.

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed the visit. Thanks for stopping by. 

 

Until next time.....

 

Take care, stay safe, 

 

Deb

 

 

A much nicer day……

 Our Location:

Road Runner BLM , Quartzsite, Arizona 

A cold start to the day but it warmed up nicely and it was shortly after the noon hour that I started feeling the heat, not hot but much warmer than the past number of days.

Borrego Springs Badlands,  California 2018.

More Badlands, same day as above.

Today was a day of reorganization for us. Not labour intensive or things that required a lot of effort but things easily accomplished. The only strenuous event was the vacuuming.

Sunset,  2018.

Sunset 2018

We passed on the outing today as I felt the cold wind and ground would not benefit my already aching and swollen joints. Riley didn’t feel it would help her sinus issues either. So we decided the reorganization mentioned above was a good fit for the day.

I love Barrel Cactus, they are so colourful.

Teddy Bear Cactus, known as the Jumping Cactus.

We did both attend happy hour for a while at least before coming home, closing the door and calling it a day. 

Superstition Mountains in the background, teddy bear cactus in the foreground.

I enjoy these photos with the sharp spines highlighted by the light.

I chatted with SIL Barb and my friend Linda, both back in Ontario.  I will also be chatting with my dad a bit later tonight. A birthday note, my cousin Ron celebrated a birthday recently turning 60. I hope you had a great time at the party!

The fog rolled into the Saddle Mountain area and we could only see the mountain top.

The photos today are some favourites from past posts.

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

Until next time…..

Take care, stay safe,

Deb 

A better day today....

 

 

Our Location: 

Road Runner BLM, Quartzsite, Arizona

 

Again this morning we were at the freezing mark but the day did warm up to around the 60F/15C with a breeze kicking up now and then but it was a nicer day than the last few have been. Tomorrow is supposed to be better still. We shall see how it goes. 

 

We stopped at some of the vendors along Kuewn Street.

It's very empty.

 

This morning Riley and I decided we needed to do something and so we climbed into the Dogsled and headed into town. Our first stop was RV Lifestyles to make an appointment for later next week and to get a tank filled with propane. After that we managed to stop in a few other spots to check out a few things, we managed to find a loaf of bread and soon we were heading back down the US/AZ 95 but we didn't stop at Road Runner. Instead we kept going to check out a few places we might like to camp in the future years. We also checked out some more of the Road Runner LTVA area before coming home. 

 

I love this grouping of saguaros.

Those are part of the Kofa Mountains back there.

 

After lunch I hauled myself out for a bit of a walk, my first in a long time. I didn't go very far or very fast but I did get moving. It wasn't too bad sitting outside for happy hour but I came home long before the sun set as I could feel the cold seeping around my blanket and my left knee wasn't impressed. I'm truly hoping for warmer drier days ahead, it's been the dampest and coldest year we've spent out here. 

 

These are also part of the Kofa's.

Back at Road Runner LTVA area.

 

Chatted with my dad, they had snow yesterday. He and my brother Rick are almost finished cutting wood and hauling it home. Later in the spring Dad will split it all. It sounds as though some of the Maple Sugar operations are starting to get their lines ready and the trees tapped, they seem to feel that the warm weather will come quickly and they want to catch the first run. No tapping happening on the Dad's/Rick's farm yet. 

 

Three from one root.

The outside one is growing two arms.

A bit blurry but the this is the saguaro in the above two photos.

 

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

 

Until next time.....

 

Take care, stay safe, 

 

Deb