Blue has a new walking jacket

He looks so good in blue!

Quartzsite landscape

While the crowds of the RV and gem shows are long gone, the desert still plays host to the snow birds from the northern states and Canada. A walk in the desert here is like walking on the moon. The ground is a mosaic of burned rocks that fit together tightly to shelter the sand that sits just below the surface. This year in the area where the RVs park we noticed that many have started to decorate the designated spaces much like the areas in the valley to the south. They take up the larger rocks to designate walking and seating areas and sweep the ground clear of all the small rocks that hold in the sand. Stripping the covering of rock is making the already dusty area even more susceptible to blowing sand when the winds kick up. It looks cool but seems a bad idea.

Good friends in the BLM

We had planned to stay a week but the beautiful weather and good company kept us here for the full two weeks. The people camping in our area made the time fly by, people like Tilly, Big Al and his wife, Kathy and her husband, the Czechs and we will always enjoy our memories of playing frisbee with Ms Mag while drinking cappuccino's with Bobbie. Plus, the locals were too cute for words, even if Blue was scared of them, the mother donkey and her 2 year old were charming. We'll be back!

Yuma historic town site

The historic area in Yuma is a small interesting area that is suffering for the times. With the traffic down many of the merchants are leaving. And later that afternoon, Gary found himself behind bars at the nearby Yuma Territorial Prison.

How to dump your RV tanks

There are so many techniques for dumping your RV tanks and this is one place to see the most creative strategies. Blue boys towed by a golf cart, big tanks, little tanks in the back of Jeeps and clothing is optional, I guess?