More Desert Fun (01-27-14)

Part of the attraction of Quartzsite Arizona in January is what they call the “Big Tent” RV Show.  It’s a huge temporary RV market place. We like meandering through all the vendors, although we never buy very much.

  This year the big “score” was a small but versatile table. It’s very light weight and when you take the top off, it becomes a foot rest.  I think about 8 of us in the group bought one of these tables.

Life in the desert is never boring.  A few days ago we had a pot luck/spaghetti dinner for about 40 people. 

Although it seems like lots of our fun revolves around food, it’s not always the case.  This time the meal was special because we were honoring Lee, one of our friends who had been full timing for many years, by himself. He’s now in his late 80s and still going strong.  Jeri read a proclamation declaring it “Lee” or “IYQ” (his name on the forum) Day.  It was a great opportunity for us to let him know we respect and appreciate him and his sense of humor!

Since we had everyone together, we decided it would be a good night to get a group picture. Well, tons of fun was had while waiting for the sun to dip below the horizon. It seems we lined up for the picture way too early so we had to sit for quite a while.

What a difference a professional makes! This was taken with my camera while we were still waiting for the correct sun configuration.

 

Eventually the sun was in the right spot and the official picture was taken by Carol Dwyer, one of several professional photographers in our group.








Once the sun had set Dave and Paul lit the Chinese lantern that Paul and I have been carrying around for two years.  Its kind of like a mini hot air balloon.


We all watched it fade off into the distance.