January
01-22-2018 thru 01-28-2018
Monday
- After being here for about a week we decided we needed to do wash
and restock our pantry. Since the grocery shopping in Quartzsite is
very limited and expensive we decided to travel the 35 miles up to
Parker. There is a Walmart and larger grocery stores there. We
stopped at the nearest laundry in Parker but it was very busy and all
the washers were being used. We went to another one which had one
washer open. So we started our wash and waited a few minutes for a
second one to open up. After finishing our wash we went to Walmart
and purchased our groceries. We should be good for another week.
The
rest of the week we hung around the camper, made a few trips into
Quartzsite and visited with our desert camping friends. Wednesday
morning I gave one of our Escapee lady friends a haircut. Dennis had
given me a very short haircut a few weeks ago and she liked how it
looked and wanted one too. She really liked it and got lots of
compliments. Yeah!! Thursday Dennis and I had our Lapidary and
Silversmithing orientations at the QRGMC. In my orientation we did a
small sample project where we soldered a small piece of bezel to a
flat piece of silver. It was pretty easy. Dennis however cut, shaped
and polished and completed a finished cabochon or cab. It turned out
really well!
Friday
John and Donna Wagner came from Surprise and hung out with us for the
day. Dennis and I spent the morning at the Rock Club. He shaped a
polished a stone for me to use in my ring project. Around noon we met
John and Donna at a gas station on the east side of town. We stopped
for a burger then went to Desert Gardens. This is another area in
Quartzsite with lots of gems and mineral for sale. We spent the
afternoon shopping. Donna purchased a some pieces to have one of her
friends made earrings. Afterwards we went back to the camper and had
supper. Had some excitement while cooking on our Traeger grill. We
line the drip pan with foil before we cook anything however we hadn't
changed it for a while. As we were cooking the grease on the foil
caught fire and flared up. It went out once we turned the fan off.
Thank goodness we had the cooker far enough away from the camper that
it did not hurt it and the meat was fine as well. Whew!
 |
| Our orientation projects. |
On
Sunday Dennis went with Mike into Quartzsite. They needed diesel and
water in their camper. Dennis let them borrow our water bladder. Mike
and Terri have an extensive collection of games in their camper so
Terri and I played a few while Mike and Dennis were gone. Despite
Terri winning all three games it was lots of fun. We smoked a pork
roast on the Treager for supper. No flare ups this time!
 |
| Smoked pork roast |
Quartzsite
Plomosa Road Short Term Visitor Area – (33.7674661,-114.1694770) We
parked at the extreme eastern edge of the visitor area. The Escapees
Chapter 21 folks were a short walk away. This is free dry camping
area with a 14 day limit.
 |
| Buddy has a friend, Mike and Terri's dog |
No comments:
Post a Comment