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the theft of your Generators, Bicycles, and ATV's with Alarm
IT
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Sunday December 10
We
thought while in bed and listening to the radio... It might rain today...
was the news.
It
didn't happen. Nor did it even cloud up. So after bran flakes with skim
milk I read the paper,
while
Terry surfed the web. Later I worked on web sites. Updating the Alarm It
page and making
fliers
to put up around town. Made a road sign so people can find us. This is
a big thing in the BLM
with
little cute signs everywhere to show where people are camped. Late morning
Terry filled our fresh
water
holding tank and in late afternoon we went to get our 5 gal drinking water
container filled and
to
put up a few fliers around town.
Saw
this street sign today... We knew it was there but we came up to it just
right to be able to take a picture of it.
Looking north on Central
Blvd. The main north-south street which is Hwy 95
It
may not have a name, but it is a main street to to be able to get to the
esat side of town.
Only
on Quartzsite.
By
the way Q has now black topped every street they have, and that is a big
deal when most of them
were
in the past just dirt paths. We have to give this city credit, they do
have great infrastructure.
Water
and sewer to all locations. Now they need development. BUT remember the
temp. is like 120 for
much
of the summer. And jobs would help to bring people in the off snowbird
season.
Tuesday December
12
We
went to Bouse, AZ on a rock club field trip this AM looking for jasper
hemitite.
There
were about 20 vehicles in the caravan. Drove about 5 miles back off the
main road northwest of Bouse.
Bouse
is about 35 miles northeast of Q.
Had to drive through a few
washes to get to the claim for the rock hunt.
We
didn't stay for lunch and took off on our own adventure on some back roads
east
of
Bouse for about 50 miles.
Came
to a irrigated hay farm way back in a isolated valley and had to cross
the Arizona
water
project cannel few times. At one spot the cannel went underground for a
mile or so.
This
supplies Phoenix with water from the Colorado north of Parker Dam.
Got back to Q and had lunch
out (the special was chicken salad). We just had a whole roasted chicken
a couple of nights ago and
with left overs, not in the mood for more chicken. So Hamberger and fries.
Then went to the post office
for flat rate boxes to send off Christmass and birthday presents.
Next shopping for new blinds
for the kitchen. We have a rear kitchen in the 5er and with day night
shades they tend to get
splaters and crud on them. And damn near impossible to clean.
OK I said it... Terry is
messy cook. Aren't all good cooks!? Am I redeemed?
So we found new minnie blinds
for get this, $5 each at the big RV vender. Still in the wrapper.
Two are 20 '' wide and one
is 45'' wide. Pictures when installed. Don't hold your breath...
Wednesday December
13
by your roving reporter
Terry
I think I surprised Ron this
morning, first I didn't rush off to play in the rock club, then when he
didn't
expect it, I put up the
blinds we got yesterday. Really caught him by surprise. He
is now threatening to come
up with a Terry do list.
The blinds were easy to install
(after the first one), but still took most of the morning, and only involved
on trip
to the hardware store.
I must be loosing my touch, usually when I'm not completely thrilled about
the terry do
project that I am working
on I can find several more excuses to go hide out at the hardware store
or
home center, Its a
guy thing.
The easy two are done.
Having labored hard for most
of the morning I was allowed the afternoon off to recover, and went to
the Rock Club.
The main entertainment there
was the Wednesday afternoon class in flint knapping. Its one of the
things I have not
yet had the time or opportunity
to try out. After one false start and a shattered bit of obsidian
I was able to get three
small arrow heads done.
The smallest and chunckiest was an experminent to just texture the front
face so the back
remains flat to set in a
silver bezel, but it didnt turn out very well and I then did the other
two. Will wire wrap the two
good arrow heads, and think
about trying again for the flat backed pc to set in silver.
Thursday December
14
by
Ron
Now
that Terry got the blinds up I decided I should do some house cleaning.
So
a good vacuum and went also with a rug cleaner and sprayed and scrubbed
any spots I could find.
I
does feel good to look at the kitchen area and see nice clean blinds. Sometimes
you just don't know
how
bad things look untill you take them down and get a good look. Yuck. A
good cleaning improves the sprits.
The
orig. pic is on the left, and now today this sucker is getting bigger.
BUT
the weather for Sunday on into next week, doesn't look good for tender
little things like this.
In
the best Quartzsite tradition, we will worry about then when the time comes.
Then
I get to yell at Terry that he didn't plan ahead. What I do best!
Good
TV tonight so will put down the books and watch. We have not had
it on for the last few days.
Friday December 15
by
your roving reporter Terry
It
was laundry day. I know, your supposed to do the laundry on Monday,
cause thats when grandma, or
mother
did it, but what can I say, the laundry baskets were full and there were
no other pressing duties so
off
to the laundromat.
Had
three loads of laundry, and after loading the washers went across the street
and checked out the
semi
permanent junk vendor. There was lots and lots of wonderful stuff,
but absolutely nothing that would
interest
a full time rv'er.
After
laundry got propane and a few groceries. Looks like it will be hamburgers
tonight.
Warm
day no wind but things to change big time on Sunday they tell us.
Still
wondering what to do about the tomato plant to get it out of the weather.
They
resolved a liability issue at the rock club so I can now go back to teaching
lost wax silver casting.
Don't
know what that is look at this link.
Saturday December
16
A day
with clouds due to the coming storm. Glad we are not in Seattle with high
winds and loss
of
power to 1.5 million. We shall see how much reain we get here in teh southwest.
A
nice rainstorm would be nice. Terry did his thing and dumped the blacka
nd gray and added fresh water.
That's
a good job done if it is to be wet for a few days. He also got the tomato
plant stowed underneath the 5er.
Did
not go out and see how he did it.
Our
friend Bob stopped by to lend me a book on metal detecting called 'Nuggetshooting
Dryplacer Areas'
Thinking
of going with him when he goes prospecting for nuggets.
Saturday
night with a pot roast in the oven and I (Ron) surfing the web while
Terry reads.
And
with the TV on in the background with the Hallmark channel 'Love's Abiding
Joy' western (2006)
Guess
we will see if we like it. Haven't seen a good western in ages. With the
Hall CH might be a bit mushy!
On
Network TV is 'It's a Wonderful Life" so about the same but this one is
a western...
Remember
our push to
the theft of your Generators, Bicycles, and ATV's with Alarm
IT
Provides a screaming
120
db alarm and visual to protect your valuable camping
equipment
with Alarm It Cable Locks. This link stays
on the Hitchitch site.
Hitchitch
is promoting these Alarm Locks.
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