Spring 2019

 

Bouse Camp

Driving practice

Wheeling

Wendy flies home

Phoenix traffic

Cows on the trail

Eating my veggies

Laughlin rest area

Bullhead City

New Fart & Smile

Lake Mohave

Stewart's Point

Lake Mead camping

Fishing with friends

Pretty good day

Salt Lake City

Blackfoot Idaho

Great Falls

Conrad

January 2019 Christmas then Ehrenburg

 

Ready for Christmas

Teresa, Robert, and Christmas Dinner

Merry Freaking Christmas! 

That's us

Another sunset

Rain on Plomosa road

Quartzsite to Yuma... and back

We left Borrego Springs on Nov 27 and headed back to Plomosa road as we wanted to take in the Boat Parade in Lake Havasu City on Nov 30.  Pictures this year didn't turn out great - as always for better pictures taken by talented photographers with expensive equipment check the interweb.  😞

As you can see the weather was nice for the parade but shortly after we got to experience some rare rain in the desert. 

On Dec 7th we headed back down to the VFW Quarry at Yuma, looking for some warmer (yeah, I know, we become wimpy real fast) and drier weather, and to meet with Teresa and Robert who would be passing through on a house hunting trip.  I also took the opportunity to go down to Los Algodones MX for a little tooth repair and Wendy picked up a new pair of glasses.  

Since the canal was right out the window I tried a little cat-fishing.  I don't think I have enough patience to be successful at that, but I'm practicing.  

Dec 21 we headed back to Plomosa Road to set up for Christmas with Rod and Pauline and also with Teresa and Robert who would be stopping there enroute to home.  

You can still have a Christmas tree in the desert, 

you just need a few coat hangers and a creative wife! 

Table set for dinner. 

Half a turkey on the BBQ, the other half roasted in the dutch oven over some charcoal. 

Both turned out pretty good, if I say so.  I'm partial to the BBQ myself.  

OK, gotta go... the world juniors are on.  Happy Holidays to all and all the best for 2019, and all that.  

Borrego Springs

We've never been in this part of the desert, so we were looking forward to exploring the area and joining the Boondockers for the famous Thanksgiving pot luck.  On Nov 20 we headed over to the meeting place at Borrego (33.29981, -116.28907) with a stop at Costco in El Centro along the way. 

We toured the town and Galleta Meadows, and of course took lots of pictures of the metal sculptures.  Here are a few, but if you're interested check the interweb as there are lots  and much better ones there. 

Ah, who could resist that last one eh?  

The Thanksgiving pot-luck did not disappoint.  

We also made the circle tour up to Palm Desert, where I was able to update my wardrobe.  Life is good.  

All the way to Yuma

Looks like we picked up a new decal on the way down: one of the Maple leafs stuck to the back and collected a little dirt underneath.  Then the leaf dried out and fell off leaving this. 

I managed to get out fishing a couple times but only landed one striper.  Oh well, no fish dinners yet.  But we did re-appreciate the views on the mesa (has it really only been 6 months?)

So we stayed at Overton for a few days, leaving on Nov 8th for Quartzite and our favourite spot on Plomosa Road (33.76709, -114.17674).  Pretty quiet around her right now.  Then on Nov 15 we trekked down to Yuma and stopped at a new-to-us BLM area: the VFW Quarry (32.73837, -114.43000).  Nice little spot, right beside the canal and handy to Yuma, but a bit noisier than Plomosa Road with the trains, gravel plant, and crop dusters.  But there are also many many worse places to sleep. 

Here for a few days and then heading over to Borrego Springs CA to spend American Thanksgiving with the Boondockers.