December 1, 2013 (Travel to La Posa South LTVA, Quartzsite, Arizona)

After hugs and handshakes, we said goodbye to Charlene and Dennis and left our nice little spot on the wash at Midland LTVA. We stopped at the sani-dump and were soon on our way down to I-10...and east to Quartzsite.



We crossed the Colorado River...

 ...and were soon nearing Quartzsite...

An interesting sight...a jet that looks like it is mounted on a flat-deck truck...

After a grueling 40 minute drive from our spot at Midland, (Steve was exhausted!) we entered Quartzsite...








 Not very busy here yet...but just wait until mid-January....the big RV show is January 18th - 26th this year...

About 2 miles south on highway 95, we turned into La Posa South LTVA....

We filled up with fresh water and then went to find our spot. Earl had set up a couple of lawn chairs and mat in the spot across from them...thanks for saving a spot for us Earl and Allison!

After getting situated in an east-west direction to maximize solar input, we were about to unhitch when Rob and Peggy stopped by to welcome us back. We had a nice chat with them and then got started with our set up. Steve was just about to off-load the quads when Earl, Allison, Bob and Sue returned from their ATV ride...they had had a busy day of setting out 53 new geocaches.


Bob and Sue got a campfire going and we all gathered for happy hour...so good seeing them! Left to right...Steve, Bob, Sue, Earl and Alison (with Abbey on her lap)...



At about 6:00, we all headed home...we're looking forward to settling down for awhile here and spending time the group.

After dinner, our son, Chris, Skype-called us...we had a great chat, getting caught up with everything that is going on in his life. Chris is an animator with Capcom Game Studio Vancouver, BC and the game he has been working on since joining the company a couple of years ago was just released last week...Dead Rising 3 was released on the new Microsoft XBox One platform.





Saturday, November 30, 2013 (Midland LTVA, Blythe, California)

We had our usual start to the day then after breakfast, we headed out for a walk...it was another beautiful day!

We stopped at Ann and Armand's and chatted with them for a bit and then said our goodbyes since we are leaving tomorrow. We continued our walk, checking out the sani-dump and the road around to the LTVA entrance...we'll have to loop back around to another road since one part of the road has a tree over-growing just a little too much.

Back home, we had a couple of hours before Charlene and Dennis would be picking us up...we're going to the races today...so Steve loaded the quads back into the truck and generally puttered around in preparation for leaving tomorrow. While he was busy with that, I sat in the sunshine reading.

Shortly before 1:30, Charlene and Dennis picked us up and we headed back to the I-10 Lucas Oil Speedway to watch the car races. Jim and Mary, (our Thanksgiving hosts) from Bouse, Arizona, met us there...

Pony Car (Pinto) spins out...

 Street Stock, Pony Class and Legend Car...getting their awards after the trophy dashes...
 Pony Car spins out...

 Bandolero spins out...

 Street Stocks...

 Legend Cars...
 Legend Cars spin out...
 Pony car spins out...
 Look how small these Bandolero cars are...

The races ended at about 4:30 and after saying our goodbyes to Jim and Mary, we headed home. Dennis and Charlene came down to our place and we had another lovely evening chatting. We have really enjoyed spending time with them this past week. Tomorrow, we are going over to Quartzsite where we plan to settle there for awhile. No definite plans but we'll be there for at least a couple of months.