We are sitting outside of Quartzsite with the wind howling like crazy. Our wind turbine has been going like crazy for the past several days. We actually generate quite a bit of power-enough we can sit and play on our computers for as long as we want without worry.
- settled in Quartzsite,AZ
The flags flying are about 10ft shorter now after our 60mph storm. The river running under Gypsy is now gone; we’ve rescued a runaway Blueboy and many bottles-the worst is over. We sit up here on a hill with no one around us so we can have privacy and make tool noise without disturbing neighbors. As a result we did get a bit more wind than we would have liked. It felt at times like we were riding on a carnival ride.
We decided to take a little adventure with some frinds to find some petroglyphs using directions a friend got from the BLM people here. She was told the road was negotiable with a “sedan” but we had a truck with an ATV on it, and a Jeep. Thank God we did because I would NOT take my sedan on this road/wash. We got quite far before we had to drop the truck, unload the ATV and the Jeep even had trouble as the pictures will show.
Guiding Rich thru the HUGE boulders
Rich could barely squeeze his truck through this wash let alone get over the rocks. We had to build up several places just so he could get adequate clearance. Our nerves are starting to quiver about right now!
Dripping Springs is where we were trying to reach
There are hundreds of Petroglyphs here if you can negotiate the obvious 4 wheel drive road. We stopped here to eat lunch and wonder where the hell we were and why we were being passed by nothing but ATV’s and motorbikes! That should have been our clue.
Jimmy's jeep squeezing thru the rocky wash
Jimmy’s jeep was doing fine until we noticed a drip coming from the left front undercarriage. Jerry checked it out and it felt and looked like fluid of some kind. Oh No we thought-we had sprung a leak. So much for going any further. The funny thing about this is it turned out to be a Coke can had been punctured and was draining down the floorboard right under the body of the jeep. We didn’t find this out until we got almost all the way back out! At least it wasn’t a major transmission fluid problem like we thought it might be. We did feel like it might have been some kind of omen to TURN BACK!
headed straight for those nice big rocks!
We are all wondering what the hell we have gotten ourselves into. Rich & Rosanna set off on the ATV just to scope the road out further up and came back saying “I don’t think so .” Our adventure was coming to a rapid end.
OMG I lost my head
At least we saw some rather interesting Saguaro cactus on our adventure. This one reminded me of a woman lying back in her lover’s arms only to loose her head!
A wonderful Crinoid Jerry found in Q-from Morrocco
My favorite little Trillobite I bought to add to our fossil collection
The sky is on fire-one of the spectacular sunsets
The sunset pictures here in the desert are absolutely beautiful and it just makes you stare in wonder of what mother nature can give us to enjoy for free. It has been a lovely time here in “Q” but we are off to the Phoenix area tomorrow to spend some time before working our way back home to the cold NW. We miss our new grandbaby who is now 3 weeks old and 6.5#. I can’t wait to smell and hold her and give Mom & Dad a break.
I finally decided to include a picture of myself in here so people can see what I look like. I feel really fortunate to be able to do this especially as the past week has been a bit difficult on me health wise. I got the evil C-Diff. back so I am really glad I came prepared with extra medicine. My strength is returning and I finally feel human again. Never ever take your health for granted-it is a blessing.
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