The view around our campsite (East and North)
(South and West)
Then I went down to Herb's Hardware on Central Ave North of town. I wanted some things to hookup and test the new heater. They had everything needed but, the parts cost twice what the heater cost. They all would be needed to hookup any heater so no real loss. Lou called and invited me to pie but I had to decline. She and Dawn enjoyed some. They then stopped by Trina's for some of their $1 hamburgers and a 1/2 order of fries. 4 burgers and fries for $6.50, cheap dinner.
Watched more of the Cold Squad shows in the evening.
Tuesday: (01/20) Shower day. Breakfast was the universal food, spaghetti. We listened to the inauguration of our new president on NPR and watched it on MSNBC all via the Internet. No TV here in Quartzite, at least for us. We don't have satellite TV, too costly, so used the Internet. Our system isn't fast enough for smooth video so the MSNBC was jumpy and had broken audio but the audio from NPR was perfect. Unfortunately, the audio was delayed by about a minute while the video was more real-time. Interesting.
We thought we were loosing many neighbors this morning but many seemed to just be off to the dump.
We enjoyed a nice campfire in the evening under our little grove of trees. Odd place to put a fire ring but we didn't place it there and it is a nice setting.
Wednesday: (01/21) Today was laundry day. We had the leftover pizza from last nights dinner for breakfast then were off. We thought the laundromat opened at 8am but when we arrived there was quite a crowd. Fortunately, it's a big place and there was room for us to do our job. When we finished it was time for a real breakfast so we went out to the Mountain Quail restaurant on Moon Road Northwest of town. Very good and nice and cheap but a bit of a crowd. Since we were expecting company and because it was due, we did some house keeping today. Dirt is more noticeable in small containers like our RV.
In the afternoon, Bob and Linda from Because-We-Can.net stopped by for a visit. We had a very nice visit. We were particularly interested in their recent trip to Europe but I've been reading their blog for years and really wanted to meet them as well.
Thursday: (01/22) Lou cleaned out the deep crevices in the freezer for breakfast. Sausage, blintzes and waffles. They then went by the fabric store. I walked over to the big tent and bought some replacement safety cables for our towbar and some roof re-conditioner. I then went over to K&B Tools next door and bought some nice cheap 1/4 and 3/8 socket sets to replace and upgrade my existing cheap set. All that stuff being heavy, I returned to the RV to unload it. I then walked over to the QIA (Quartzsite Improvement Assn) Pow-Wow and Gem Show to meet Lou and Dawn. After looking over the place, we had lunch there. I had their Salisbury steak, Lou had pork roast and Dawn had beef stew. All pretty good. We shared a slice of cherry pie for desert. They had a little more looking to do but I had seen enough. It all looked like jewelry and gravel to me. I don't wear jewelery and there is plenty of gravel all over the desert. I do enjoy the demo the American Tool vendor puts on though. He makes a nice medallion all the time talking about how easy it is. It must be easy because he doesn't pay much attention to what he's doing and it turns out fine.
Lou fixed a Waldorf salad for dinner.
Friday: (01/23) We trekked up to Parker to get mail. The Quartzsite Post Office is too busy. No hours posted for General delivery now like on our last visit. I picked up the mail on arrival.
Breakfast at Crossroad Cafe. I had country fried steak and eggs (homemade and good), Lou and Dawn shared eggs Benedict. The crowd we saw on arrival didn't lie, it was an excellent place to eat.
While Lou and Dawn explored the thrift shops, I explored a couple of marine/RV stores. I found the exact replacement light fixture I needed, the new bungee laces for the lounge chairs, and almost found the needed table bracket. I did get the manufacturers part number for the bracket. None of this stuff was found anywhere in Quartzsite. The light fixture switch had broken and it's easier to replace the whole fixture than a melted in switch. The lounge chairs hang on the back of the RV and the sun caused the elastic to fail on the lacing. Lou wants a second bracket for the wall and I'll need to modify the leg to have two heights, one for eating and a lower position for computing.
We went out to the Blue Water Casino to have some of the excellent pizza we had on our last visit there a couple of weeks ago but evidently the pizza depends on the maker because the "by the slice" pizzas didn't look too good so we went on to the market. We grabbed a snack at the deli on the way in then did our grocery shopping. This is a full service Safeway unlike the markets in Quartzsite. We headed back and watched the sun set on the way.
Saturday: (01/24) Another shower day, our third so I made a trip to the dump about noon. Bad timing it took about an hour to get through the line. Looks like late afternoon is the best time.
Lou and Dawn were off exploring. Just before they returned about 2m, I was off to the big top to see if some LED retrofit lamps I wanted were in. They weren't so I went over the Tyson Wells and got some keys made at one of the vendors and another set of chamey towels. They have three different colors and we can tell our bath towels apart.
Brother Ernie called this morning and arranged to meet us in Quartzsite for dinner. His next load doesn't pickup until Monday so he's taking a day trip down to meet us and explore along the way with his two dogs. The stopped by the Hoover Dam and the London Bridge.
About 5:30 Ernie arrived. We went over to the Mountain Quail Cafe for dinner, or so we planned but thy were too busy and were no longer taking names to be seated.
So We went over to Sweet Darlene's. Turned out to be a big mistake. It wasn't busy but we waited 30 minutes before the waitress finally came by. We then waited another hour and still no dinner, so we left. Hopefully it was an off night and just an incompetent waitress coupled with bad kitchen staff that one night? Ernie had already bought an apple pie there.
We headed back to camp and Lou fixed corned beef sandwiches with horseradish cheese. Desert was the apple pie. All very good and the wait staff was the best! We had a nice campfire during dinner.
Ernie and the dogs departed after dinner, We watched an episode of Wagontrain, an old TV show western.
Sunday: (01/25) Breakfast was the leftover apple pie and bacon. We went over to the Main Event. Dan wanted to show me a grinder like hers so I will know how to make a missing part for it. The hit-or-miss engines were still there so I looked at all of them. I then dropped Lou and Dawn off and they continued looking at Tyson Wells and I stopped by the market for drinking water and some sausage. I dropped that all off at the RV then went out looking around in the car.
About 2 pm, I was back and went over to the BOGSAT meeting. A (Bunch Of Guys (Gals) Sitting (Standing) Around Talking). There were about 20-23 people showed up. This is a meeting of some of the members of the Datastorm Users Group, people who have or are interested in satellite Internet systems. The wind was picking up and it was cooler today but still a nice meeting.
Lou fixed some chicken, pepper and corn soup for dinner. We watched another episode of Wagontrain and then a few old John Wayne movies.
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