Sunday, December 8 to Saturday, December 14, 2024 (La Posa West LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ)

We left the peace and tranquility of the Painted Rock Petroglyphs Campground on Sunday (Dec. 8) just after 10:00. Once back down to I-8, we continued west until we reached the Tacna, AZ exit. 

A huge solar farm...

Debbie (Wilson) was waiting at the pull-out area and we had a quick hug and catch-up with her. They are staying at Copper Mountain RV Park, really enjoying the activities there. It's their second winter there. A very brief meeting, but it was great seeing her just the same!

She suggested rather than go all of the way into Yuma, that we take the old highway and the shortcut through Dome Valley to highway 95 north. 

The route took us through a major agricultural area...

We just made one mistake...trusting the Google Maps directions and not the road signs giving directions to highway 95. All of a sudden the paved road ended and it was gravel road through farm fields. We had no problem turning around and returning to the intersection where we were supposed to turn...lesson learned!

Decorated for Christmas...

The road zig-zagged until it reached highway 95...and we continued north, pulling over across from the entrance to the Yuma Proving Grounds to have lunch.

Most of the highway has recently been repaved...

We turned into our "old home" La Posa South LTVA to purchase our permit and use the RV dump and fill with water. With that done, we continued on to La Posa West LTVA, and chose a spot close to the gatehouse and highway where there will be plenty of exposure for our truck. Our main purpose for being here this year is to make a final "push" to sell it.

We've seen this powered paraglider flying over the LTVAs a number of times...

Our spot for now...

Monday (Dec. 9) we parked along Keuhn Road to see what vendors were there...not many yet! Plus there are some that are there but either haven't opened yet, or are not open Mondays.

Of course, Beer Belly's Adult Daycare is open so we had to go in for a brew!

We had our brew and listened to the band play...

The rest of the week was pretty uneventful, as I imagine most of our stay here is going to be. It's odd not staying in our regular area and not having our quads here, and without them, not a lot to do. That is another reason why we chose to set up camp where we did...walking distance into town.

The wind brought in a cooling trend Tuesday (Dec. 10) with only a high of 16C/60F but for the sun was still shining. That changed Wednesday (Dec. 11) as clouds came in...we also needed to put an extra blanket on the bed after it got down to 0.6C/33F! 

Our days have been filled with doing odds and ends around the trailer, getting out for some walks...and reading, a lot of reading, and also knitting for me. Of course, there are also the chores of filling our drinking water containers, propane and laundry.

A beautiful sunrise Wednesday morning...

Friday (Dec. 13) morning we packed the trailer up and headed to La Posa South to dump our tanks and fill with fresh water. We were there by 9:00 and went right into the dump...no line up! That will certainly change come January as we get closer to the big Quartzite Sports, Vacation and RV Show. They built a new sani-dump across the highway at La Posa Tyson Wash however we've been told the BLM (Bureau of Land Management) is fighting with the contractor that was responsible for drilling the well deep enough to access water. Amazing, you'd think they would have confirmed available water before building a huge sani-dump!

When we returned to La Posa West, we chose a spot a little closer to the gatehouse, and away from a neighbour with a very noisy contractor style generator. We were all set up by 10:20 and enjoyed sitting outside as the sun had returned.

Later in the afternoon, we walked to Beer Belly's for a brew. There was a different band playing today...

Saturday (Dec. 14) and another chilly start to the day...10C/50F inside the trailer. Thank goodness for the furnace...and with the small space, it doesn't take long to warm up.

Other than getting out for a walk, we spent the day reading. We had a beautiful Arizona sunset...