Quartzsite, AZ

We left Palm Creek at about 10:30 am and drove up I-10 through Phoenix and on to Quartzsite.  The trip was easy under sunny skies and we studied for our class in Ventura, CA next Monday.  The highway was busy with lots of trucks and RVs.

We took time to stop for lunch at a rest stop and then noticed as we traveled further that the desert was abloom in orange and yellow flowers.  Gorgeous is the best way to describe the view.  Maybe the recent rain or maybe the time of the year, but this is the first time we've noticed this palette of colors along this part of Interstate 10.

In Quartzsite we connected with my cousin Barb and her companion Jerry.  It was fun to see where they have spent their winters for years.  This is the first time for us to connect with them over all these years right here in Quartzsite.  They both have 4-wheeler vehicles to explore the surrounding desert.  Jim sat on Jerry's but we decided it would be tough to haul another vehicle behind the coach!  We toured their RV park and then enjoyed some very good Mexican food in town.  Why is it that Mexican food can be so good beginning with the taco chips and salsa all the way to the burrito and tacos themselves and you always eat more than you intended!

It seems that the "season" in Quartzsite is almost over and things are winding down here.  But for today the time was well spent and the town yielded a memory we can carry with us until Fall when we meet up with them again in Washington state.

Snoopy's Corner:

"What Mom didn't tell you was Barb's snake story.  We can't tell her Mom 'cause she'd have a fit about Barb coming to Arizona.  Barb was trimming an Oleander bush next to her trailer, her arms raised high with the clippers and a three foot rattle snake dropped down to her feet!  The Oleander it seems was a nesting spot for doves and probably the rattle snake translated that to buffet time.  Well the snake coiled up to strike at the same time Barb jumped back three feet screaming, 'Jerry, snake.' and Jerry came running.  Another neighbor was nearby.  Barb told them to go to the office and get help, whereupon as she says, 'Dumb and Dumber' showed up, looking at each other without a clue about what to do.  Jerry realizes they are useless, so he volunteers to go get a gun and shoot the snake.  Pretty soon bam! bam! and Jerry shoots the head off the snake.  Wow!  (Barb says you shouldn't touch a snake's head though because it can bite you for 20 years!  Well, I don't know if that is true, but trust me I have no intention of checking it out!)  Anyway, the snake was hauled off to the dumpster-both parts.  Mom says she isn't walking under any snake buffet joints while she is here and that's for sure...even the one next to our car parked out back of the coach.  Now, don't tell anyone I told you cause that could get me in big trouble."