Catching Up In Quartzsite AZ.

Where Are We Today

Quartzsite Arizona

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Since my last post, we have been sitting here in the desert enjoying life. Writing this post trying to remember what we did on what day since we got here is taxing my brain, so, let's just say life is good and who cares what day it is.

 During the last few days, we have managed to meet old & new friends, make a couple of trips into Quartzsite, make some purchases and enjoy the beautiful weather and sunsets.

After setting up on our first day, we met with George and Suzie from Our Awesome Travels and new friends Gerry and Melinda from Tucker's Adventure for happy hour, getting got caught up on each others travels.

Me, Melinda, Gerry, Suzie, George & Barb

Rick & Kathy & me

As I said, the days are a blur, but on those trips to Quartzsite we have wandered around a few of the vendors already here for the big show in January. We have purchased some led lights for the awning, which I will need to install, and collapsible extension ladder that we have talked about getting for some time now and our latest purchase was a blue flame heater. More on that in a bit.

We also have met up with Kathy and Rick Rousseau from It's About Time, who are fellow Canadians and bloggers from back home in Ontario. We have been following each other's blogs for some time but have never met until now. They are staying in a nearby park and will meet up with them again before we leave here.  

Today, I do remember, this morning we were up before first light to head into Quartzsite to have the Blue Flame heater installed, by the great folks at RV Lifestyles . Mike and his crew did a fantastic job with the install. Explained what they did and demonstrated how the heater lit and worked.

teed at the furnace 

through the wall into trailer

Blue Flame heater

The other thing I have done over the last two days is to inquire on tilting our solar panels. When I had them installed back home, I had them mounted to the roof without being able to tilt them, my decision. Not thinking how low the sun is in the sky, I don't get enough charge time to sustain us through the night, therefore, I am having to start our generator to top up the batteries. Tomorrow we are getting an estimate from a local guy to do the install of the kits and to relocate the panels on the roof. More on that in another post.

One of the fun things today was finding the local RC flying field Quartzsite Desert Flyers and meeting some of the guys. One who happened to be from British Columbia, he has more airplanes in his cargo trailer then I have ever seen at one time.

I have also got my quad copter out here in the desert and flown taking some pics.

Entrance to flying field

Dave from B.C.

Inside his trailer

map made out of stone

Taken from 400 ft up

That's us, showing George how to fly the quad copter 

That should catch you on what we have been up to, it is hard to believe we have been away from home for almost 7 weeks, enjoying life, having fun and not missing the weather back home. Thanks for following along, until the next time, take care and be safe.

another beautiful sunset

On The Move

Where Are We Today

South LaPosa LTVA

Quartzsite Az.

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Today we pulled up stakes and moved on down the road. Just after 10:00 a.m. we pulled out of our spot at Ridgeview RV Resort in Bullhead City with a destination of Quartzite Az. This will be our first true test of boon docking/dry camping in the desert. We are located a couple of miles south of Quartzsite in the La Posa South LTVA. (long term visitor area)

Entrance into LaPosa South

We had an uneventful trip here with mostly clear blue skies and temps in the high 60's. The scenery is still amazing us as we climbed, turned and descended through the 145 mile adventure to get here. Our friend George, from Our Awesome Travels, met us at the gate and escorted us back to where they are set up along with Melinda and Gerry who are also new to coming south for the winter.

The drive

Entering Lake Havasu

Boon Dockers along the way

Up Close

George waiting to meet us as we arrived

After setting up, we all gathered at George and Suzie's for happy hour and caught up with what each of us has been doing since last we met. Before you knew, time had flown and it was cooling down and starting to get dark. We bid our goodbyes for the night and headed back to our site to get supper on the go. After supper and dishes, Pat, Clemson and I settled in for the night with a little TV, some reading and writing this post.

Entering Quartzsite

Beautiful Sunset

If you have been following along with Pat's post, she has been keeping you up to date on our days at Bullhead City. There is one thing that she hasn't written about. It's my job to write about this one, because it is something that I did and is a touchy subject to some, especially to some of my family. NO, I didn't break any laws. I went and got a tattoo, not my first but my second. Since getting my first one about six years ago, I have wanted to get another, and lets be clear, I have no plans to cover my body in tattoos. As it should be, they need to have a special meaning to you. There have been several ideas but none that really stayed with me. Down here in the south west, in came to me, so after doing some research, I found the shop and artist that I wanted to go to and wasn't disappointed in the results. See the picture below.

New Tattoo

Now you are up to date, stay tune as we explore the area and discover more of this beautiful desert here in Arizona. Thanks for following along, until the next time, take care and be safe.

Love you Dad.