My Life and Travels
Moving 2.5 miles to Hi Jolly BLM camping area. The winter season is long passed and only a 16 people here, during mid January there will be 100’s here. It is also going to be 98° both today and tomorrow. We will be heading west and north on Monday. I wanted to drive north through Nevada and Idaho but the weather is still cold up there and we could run into snow.
Finally got to Arizona. We will be here in Quartzsite until Friday when we’ll move to Buckeye for Baseball Spring training.
The BLM host said a lot of people let four days ago, probably about 100 coaches are here.
This morning in the light we moved to a great spot right on the edge of camping area so we have nobody close to us.
Will here today 85 ° and Sunday 87° than start heading north on Monday. First stop will be a rest stop by Boron, CA at the north end of Edwards Air Force Base.
We went to Phoenix to have dinner with Gail and Gail. Since we were in town we drove out to Queens Creek Olive Orchard to get an olive oil garlic Parmesan salad dressing we like. The orchard has a nice big parking area so we spent the afternoon setting there until we headed back to Mesa to have dinner with the Gails. We had a great time and didn’t leave until the restaurant closed. They did close early, some sort of fire in the kitchen.
The original plan was to spend Friday night at a rest stop 70 miles west of Phoenix. When we got to the rest stop they had a closed sign on one two signs at the rest stop turn off ramp. In the dark and a lot of traffic I miss read what was closed. The closed sign was for the next rest stop. We ended up driving all the way to Quartzsite. Traffic was real heavy on I-10 going both west and east. I had a semi next to me at least a third of the time. The speed limit is 75 most of the time. Our coach really handles the best at anything 65 and below. Above 65 the front end gets light and it was also windy in spots.
Where we stay in Quartzsite is just open BLM desert land.
Another warm day in the desert, this will be our last hot day for a while. At this point we don’t really know what our spring, summer and fall travels will look like, or much traveling at all.
A bad accident on I-10 this morning so dropped down south a little to miss it.
Same spot as always.
This is how I had my morning coffee.
Today we drove up to Parker, AZ where Richard and Vickie have been all winter. They have a spot right on the river. People wait years to get one of these stops. A friend of their’s who talked them into coming to Parker for the winter was in the park office last fall when someone canceled their reservations. Bobbie called Vickie about the site and they took it. The office person must have been mad at all the other people on the waiting list.
Today’s drive was 298 miles to sunny Quartzsite. There seem to be a lot more people here this year than last year. We have had good weather during the drive down here.
We are here for at least several days. Looking at the weather in California and to visit Richard and Vickie who are setting up home on the Colorado River for the winter/4 months.
Left Phoenix Monday morning for some desert time in Quartzsite.
Lot of flowers this year.
We will hang around here for a while then maybe go to Death Valley.
Yesterday it was 89, 85 today and weather channel says 82 to 85 for the next week or so.
Sunny 180 miles to Quartzsite
Campsite pictures
Enjoying the sun.
Quite a few people here.