Month: February 2016

Hi Jolly – Quartzsite, AZ – Sunday February 28, 2016

Sunday was a day to explore the area.  We were out looking at the different BLM lands to stay on.

This is information for future trips into this area.

Hi Jolly 14 day free area is on 95 north Mile Post 112
33 42.4380′ N     W 114 12.6398′ W
Lat 33.707289 Lon -114.210649

Plomosa  Road 14 day free area is on 95 north Mile Post 114.7
33 44.9336′ N     114 12.8839′ W
Lat 33.748884 Lon -114.214725

Dome Rock 14 day free area is west on town on Kuehen Road by Love’s Travel
33°38’57.27″N   114°16’13.37″W

Tyson Wells and South Long Term 2.8 miles south of town on 95
33 37.5875’N   114 13.0340′ W

Weather is great 88 high and 51 low.
We will leave here Tuesday morning for Goodyear, AZ (about 105 miles east) with our first Mariner’s game at 1:10 on Tuesday March 2, 2016.

Hi Jolly – Quartzsite, AZ – Saturday February 27, 2016

Here is our home in the desert:

WordPress as added a  new feature since I’ve posted a bunch of pictures.  When selecting a group of pictures wordpress creates the format.

And this is our view:
Rainbow with no rain.

This rainbow in the thin clouds was really cool, beautiful day 85 inside the motorhome.

Last night I got out and played with the 4.33 inch telescope Brian and Christine gave me for Christmas.  I looked at a planet (don’t know which one) and a bunch of stars.   I also spent a while looking at the moon, know that was cool, I actually knew what I was looking at.  I will get out and look at stars again tonight.  After our drive down here I was really tired last night, the kind of tired where you feel yourself running out of gas.

Near Quartzsite, AZ – Thursday February 25, 2016

Another day on the road.

Our goal today was a boondocking area just north of Quartzsite, Az.  However, we didn’t make it.  About an hour into today’s drive we got a rock into the driver’s side window.  The star in the window is the size of a quarter.
Stopped in Palm Spring/Cathedral City to get the window fixed.  The first place we looked for was no longer at their internet address.  I think a lot of the window fix places don’t have a physical location any longer they all work out of mobile vans.  The second place has a physical location but I could not get the motorhome close to their building.  When towing the car I cannot backup so I don’t drive into a parking lot I don’t see a way out of without having to back out.
We drove around the block several times before I could find a place to park.  Ended up in a strip mall lot a block away.  They came over in their mobile truck and fixed the window.  They did a really nice job however this took us three hours
We ended up at a rest stop just inside Arizona and 20 miles from the boondocking area we were looking for.   It was 6:10 and decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of trying to find a boondocking campsite in the dark.
Another rest spot campsite.

Eugene, OR – Monday February 22, 2016

We are starting our southern trip to Peoria, Arizona for Mariner’s Spring Training.
Here is our campsite picture for today. We are at a rest stop just north of Eugene Oregon.  It was almost 11:00 before we left home and got here at 5:30. 
Little rain in Washington and clear sunny skies all day in Oregon.  Not much else going on just driving in the sun.  Will continue south to Red Buff or so tomorrow.