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Rain and more rain

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Lots of clouds

The rain clouds have moved in and we had 50% prediction that it would rain.  Here are a few pics before the rain started on Friday.

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The rain started on Friday night right after our “Happy Hour”.  Everyone was driven inside for the night.  It rained all Friday night and even into Saturday.  We were going to have a Hot Dog dinner but that was put off until Sunday.

Cleaning the desert…

The rain is Nature’s way of cleaning the desert.  The air is really fresh and it really keeps the dust down.  This is how it looked out the window of my rig most of the day.

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Then the rain stopped and although the clouds were still there everyone slowly migrated towards the campfire Mike had started.

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Mountains covered in clouds…

Then we were all treated to a beautiful sunset.  There were still lots of clouds, but the rain was moving east.  The clouds left us with a beautiful sunset.  We didn’t have “Happy Hour” and postponed the hot dogs until Sunday, but everyone hung out by the fire swapping stories.

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I got out my telephoto lens for this shot of the clouds over the mountains.

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A beautiful sunset…

Then we were treated to a beautiful sunset.

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RV Show ends tomorrow…

The RV Show ends tomorrow.  I am sure there may be some great bargains but I have bought everything I need at this point.  The sun is out and it is a beautiful day in the desert.

Come one come all!

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Come on down…

I get a lot of people who are either headed this way or already here and wondering where our group is located.  I copied these directions

Quartzsite 2013 Directions

 The Camping area we will be using is called La Posa West Long Term (LTVA). The entrance is just South of the I10 overpass on Highway 95. BTW, Highway 95 runs North and South. There is another Highway 95 that runs East and West in town and actually crosses the “main” 95 but I am told that this is the business extension/loop of the N&S Highway 95. This can be confusing.

The off ramp from I10 for Quartzsite is just West of the “center” of town at the Pilot and Loves Truckstops. (Exit #17) Get off and go North over I10 to Business 95 that runs parallel to I10 on the North side of I10. Go East about a mile on Business 95 to the “main” 95 and turn South (right) over the overpass. You should be able to see the “Big Tent” (might not be up until the middle of January) off to your right. Just past the Big Tent on the right, is the entrance Kiosk for La Posa West is about 1/2/mile. For those of you that have GPS, here are the co-ordinates: N 33* 38.734’   W 114* 13.198’. Be sure you use the same format.  There are at  least 3 different formats on my Garmin.  Once these are recorded, at least mine will guide you right to the campsite as the BLM roads are on the Garmin maps.  It is Road 532 on the left as you go South and we are about 200 yards “back in”. If you come in from the South from the Yuma area, a GPS might try to take you in the “back way”. Just pass this up and come to the entrance kiosk for La Posa West. There was a “back way” in last year but I went looking for it this year and it is blocked off.

The RV Show has begun…

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On the way you can see a big RV balloon flying over the tent.

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We started by walking around the tent before going inside and fighting the mad throngs of people.

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We even spoted this fancy golf cart.  They had all varieties of carts.  REALLY COOL!!!

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Lots of people…

There were a lot of people inside the tent making it hard to move around and get a close up of each vendor.  There didn’t seem to be as many people as last year, but it was still very crowded.

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I checked out a vendor with some car wax and John and I went in together for 2 bottles.  Now you know what I will be doing today.  I tried to see my friends Don and Kim Greene from Harvest Host’s but they were very busy talking with people so I will go back another time.  I also want to drop in at the Amazon booth to say hello to my friends there as well.

Hot dog!!!

We had a hot dog, pulled pork buffet with a ton of other goodies.  YUM!  YUM!

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The end to a fun day…

Our campfire was a great ending to a busy day.

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Warming up!

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Weather improving

It was much nicer today and not nearly so windy.  It is only supposed to get down to 37 tonight and high tomorrow is going up to 69.  That is more like it.  From here on the daytime temps should be in the high 60s – low 70’s.

More people have arrived

The following have arrived in that last few days.  Jerry, Melinda, Mike, Jerry and Ann, Gil and Nancy and Jeanne.  We will probably get a few more once the show starts on Saturday.

Tonight we had a great potluck dinner with everyone bringing a dish.  Lots of great food!

Shopping day tomorrow

Tomorrow I will be going into Parker with Chuck and Beverly to do some major shopping.  We will make a few stops here and there but won’t be gone too long.  Parker is only 35 miles north of Quartzsite on Highway 95.

Dripping sink fixed

John took apart my kitchen sink and we went up to the hardware store and got a new fixture, which he then installed.  He also worked on my drivers side cab step. and it is now in place.  I don’t intend to step on it for a while until the liguid nails gets a chance to completely dry.  John has been a HUGE help to me and I cannot thank him enough.

Surprise in store tomorrow

I might have a surprise for you tomorrow.  I just don’t want to give it away yet.  But if things work out it will really make a change in my RV lifestyle.  I will let you know tomorrow.  Not a lot really happening now but things will get exciting once the show starts on Saturday.  I promise to take lots of pictures.