Fun in the desert, Quartzsite AZ (01-27-11)

    I have to say that the last two weeks have probably been the most laid back and mellow time that Paul and I have had since we've been on the road.  We keep putting off a departure date because we are just really enjoying the friendship and sense of community we've had for the last few weeks.  And, we're not really in a rush to get anywhere.  We may not get to Florida as planned, since none of the kids can join us there anyway.
   Paul and I took a walk in the desert the other day, and Julie was nice enough to lend us her GPS, so we went geo-caching and found two caches out in the desert.  It was great to have a place to walk to- kept us from getting bored. We are hoping to borrow it again tomorrow to go hiking too.  My GPS is en route to Paul's mom's house, so we should have it next week.  Our mail is on its way there as well.


sharing cell numbers before splitting up to shop~

      I've mentioned that the RV Show is in town, and we've been to it several times already.  We don't need an RV, but we sure did manage to spend a lot of money anyway.  The first day, we all went to the show, and afterwards, Paul and I went home, did some research, and went back the next day to make our purchases.  We ended up with TWO generators, stabilizer bars to keep the trailer from rocking when we walk around in it, and assorted other smaller items.  We got two 2000 watt Yamaha generators because they are lighter weight than one BIG generator, we can use just one if we want to, and we can "tie" them together to make a more powerful generator when we need the extra power. They are so much quieter than the one we had (anyone want to buy a perfectly fine, but pretty noisy, generator?)!!





dinner in the desert

        Several times this week we've had dinner outside together- unless the wind is blowing- and most days in the morning, we sit outside and chat and share our plans for the day.  Sometimes we do things together, sometimes we don't.  Today Paul and I went to a nearby town to do some laundry and  buy some groceries. He is outside right now, tinkering with the generators, trying to determine where he'll store them when we're not using them.


a "house"full of friends!

       Last night it was chilly, and the wind was blowing, so after dinner we all congregated at our place.  We had some kind of Irish drink that Julie and Nancy brought.  I forget what its called but it sure was good.  Maybe that's why I forget what it's called.  It had Frangelico and Baileys, and everytime my cup was empty, Dave refilled it.  wow.  It was a fun night though, lots of laughing and great conversations.
     Dozer sure had his fun the night before last.  In the middle of the night, I could hear him playing with one of his toys, running around the trailer.  When I got up, Paul said he found a piece of one of Dozer's toys on the floor- the tail off a mouse.  Apparently Dozer was playing rough! However, upon closer inspection, we realized that all his toys still had their tails, and the tail Paul found was from a real mouse.   Apparently he got away, since we found no other evidence of a mouse, and Dozer sat waiting by the heat vent for a few hours, waiting for his buddy to come back.