Finally in Quartzsite ! Time relax and explore!

Where are we today ?

La Posa west LTVA Quartzsite Arizona

         On the road again! We packing up and heading from the Hot Springs to Quartzsite Arizona. Ready to go at 8:30 this morning and said so long to our friends, "see you guys later, on down the road". We had too much fun here.

138 miles today

the forecast for Quartzite looking good

       Taking the back roads SR 33 then 78 to Blythe California. A nice drive through the sand dunes and Glamis.

hay piled on the roadsides everywhere

amazing the irrigation that is done in this area too

huge cattle operations in the middle of nowhere

pass through the dunes recreational area,

amazing to see all these sand dunes

Sand toys in the desert

got stopped by a LONG train, 144 cars, 
I counted them, three engines in front and one pushing

then the roller coaster ride, about 15 miles
of up and down DIPS

        Now a stop near Palo Verde Rest area, right beside the Colorado River. We  can boondock here for a week or maybe more, free, right beside the river, awesome! We did it for a couple nights a few years ago. Maybe we come back for a few nights.

fishing on the river

peaceful stop

a couple fishermen right outside our door

nice small village

      Next stop was the Flying J in Blythe to fuel up and top up our propane tank. Saw of friend John there from Ontario , stopped in to check the fuel prices, ( Cheaper In Quartzsite John!)

        Pulled into Quartzsite and stopped at Carl's Jr for a quick bite. They have special parking for Electric vehicles and plug ins. State of the art. Too bad their service inside was not state of the art. I waited 5 minutes or so in a line of about 25 people that did not move. One cashier and two people cooking.  So much for fast food! All we wanted was a quick one dollar burger. So gave up here and moved down the street to Mc Donalds, quick service and two one dollar burgers there. We don't often do these fast food places but needed a quite bite before we hit the dump station and water fill before we found the perfect campsite for us in Quartzsite.

parking for Electric vehicles

here we are

La Posa West is our destination

       But before that dump our sewage and fill our fresh water tank. Then now we can find the perfect spot to call home dirt.

dump station no lineup

nice old bus conversion

we found the perfect spot for "Home dirt" lotsa room
and we can walk to most places from here too

        All set up and relaxing, gonna fire up our Weber Q to grill the last of the REAL cheap pork ribs we picked up in Yuma!

Think we will get two meals out of $6,11 worth if back ribs

        While reading our books, we noticed this lady drive by walking her Greyhounds beside her car. Looks like the same lady we noticed here in 2006.

Walking your dogs

moon rising

Q mountain behind us

a pretty nice sunset too

        For supper baked a few butter rolls to add to the ribs, sauerkraut, taters and broccoli I whipped up on the Weber Q.

        This can cook up on the Q while we are enjoying our books on a perfect afternoon.

yep hit the spot

       Thats it, we are here in Quartzsite and can enjoy exploring the many vendors here, it this warm sunny weather, maybe even spend a dollar our two never know. We do enjoy wandering about here checking out the deals and junk for a bit and especially the eccentric small town here with about a million other like minded people. We prefer to get a handle on things before the crowds show up.

       Hey thanks for stopping by for a visit and if you are in the Q look us up not far from the big Tent in La Posa West. We choose this expensive camping area ($40.00 for two weeks) so that we are handy to lotsa stuff.

Posted by George, a.k.a. "The Weber "Q" Man of Blogland" according to Rick Doyle.

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