A great day we had, enjoying a fun show by the New Christie Minstrels.

Where are we today ? 

Quartzsite Arizona

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    Woke up to a nice mild 48 f at 5 am much warmer due to some overnight cloud cover. As the sun was rising I headed out for a walkabout got my first 2.5 miles in.  (ended up with 3.8 miles today). Enjoying the sunrise.

again another desert sunrise in the works

finally here it is

         Just after 9 am I headed into Tyson Wells looking for some 20 amp mini fuses, Tried K and B then K and B Tools (sold out) across the street Larry the drill bit guy have a large mixed box and I picked up 30 of these tiny babies (5 for a buck), Hard to find anywhere I have been, so probably have a lifetime supply. Then down the street looking for a spare ball gasket for our Dometic toilet. RV Lifestyles has them $38. 95, But the Gambler has the same one for $24.95 , always nice to have a spare one of these on hand for a good price.

sold out here 

no luck here

        Coyote Fresh  Foods new owners a vey nice stores. I picked up some bananas.

     At the Gambler for my gasket and they had taillights for our coach that we could not find last summer when we had the body work done . Here the have them new in the box for 20 bucks! Our body shop back home paid $135.00 dollars for one! Well actually the insurance  company did.

our taillights right here brand new

some good deals can be had here, but know your prices

this was our views most of the day

            Back home for a light lunch then puttered around for a bit and about 1:30 we went to the QIA to watch a concert by the New Christie Minstrels only $15.00 each and a good after noon for it, with mostly overcast skies and a cool breeze, even had some rain. This band has been lead by Randy Sparks and he is still the headliner he is the first man out at 85 years old, and an amazing 85 he is. When he gets into the music you would never know.

the Theatre at the QIA in Quartzsite 

         They play a lot of music, wonderful folk music that hit the charts back in the 60's and 70's. He started this band in 1962 and has kept it going all these years. So glad he did and we could enjoy their show. I believe his 14th year playing here, and he loves Quartzsite, He even wrote a song about HI Jolly back in the 50's.

This be Randy Sparks at the beginning

     His 7 piece band came out and they are all amazing entertainers . Each of them sang , played instruments and had stories to tell. Not just singing but great entertainment that went from 2 pm until 4:45 with a 15  minute break . What a fun afternoon especially being it was an overcast, cool and drizzly day.

         All done now and we headed back home, to enjoy a short happy hour together, Noticed the sun shine on the mountain to the east what a wonderful site to see.

       Back home maybe a sunset was in the works.

interesting skies at  5pm 

     Behind us we have 2 couples in tents enjoying this desert area and one man is in a wheel chair. plus they have 3 dogs.

tent camping  not far behind us

     Then the wind dies down and we enjoyed our happy hour outside until the sun finally set, then headed in to whip up supper.

interesting sunsets tonight,
everyone is different

       For supper I made a salad topped with some turkey salad I made with mayo, onion and relish plus the rest of our ham tetrazzini from the other night.

this sure hit the spot tnight

         I was asked yesterday on a few comments about the trivet (as I call it) we put under our turkey. So below is a picture of it. I guess it is a small cooling rack for baked goods.  I covered it with foil slit a few small holes in the foil set in on top of a piece of foil and the Turkey on the trivet. This stops the inside (cut side) of the turkey from burning from the heat and cooks it like an oven. The less you open the lid the quicker it cooks, about 20 minutes a pound to 165 internal temperature, it browned nicely with crispy skin and did not dry out works wonderful.

the half turkey I cooked yesterday

this what I call my trivet. covered with foil

      What a fun day we had getting things done and enjoying some wonderful music entertainment on a cloudy drizzling afternoon, event though it was 70 f with cloudy skies and a cool breeze.

       Just want to say thanks again for dropping on by.

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