The Chevy dealer called us late afternoon (3:30) and said they were done with our truck. So if we rushed we could get it yet today and save a extra day of car rental. They did get it done ahead of schedule and the service manager when on the phone asked me if I wanted to know the total cost.  I said NO way. She came back anyway saying it was less than originally quoted.  $1229 plus rental.. I felt a little better so off we went in the rented Malibu to get our beloved truck back. 

 This car is scary as in if you crash it they could never get you out of any of the windows as they are only like a foot tall.  I hope all fire departments have jaws-of-life as those are a must to rescue people from this unit or so many of these so called new cars. I felt like I was in a MRI closed scan unit. (or a coffin) It drive nice and smooth but I would NEVER buy one.  The back seat area was large but I'm in the front so screw that. You open the door and more like slid in with a shoehorn and become part of the car. Wonder what part number you are.

But I degrees we have our truck and Mary in the Bradley Chevy dealer office handled our billing with friendly knowledge as she is a long time employee. So we got out in a good mood and on our way. 
All went well after that, a stop at Walmart in Parker for a few goodies and now back home in the desert. Now when we look out it's a truck and not a silly compact car anymore.
 

Quartzsite is one place if you spend time here you learn not to go for gas for your generator on a holiday or for that matter any Sunday afternoon. People are trying to fill up on their way back to California and you know the price of gas in CA is nuts so they all try to stop here. They are willing to spend a hour or so just to save gas money. All we wanted was a couple of gallons for our Honda 3000 generator. We decided we had enough to get us by till this traffic jam cleared out on Monday. 

It sort of rained in Quartzsite at sunset Sunday. The wind blew and a little rain... we could feel the drops and it kicked up dirt to cover things. We had to put more rocks to hold down our green outdoor carpets. 

Terry on Sunday did laundry and later baked whole wheat bread.  The homemade egg noodles in the background were for his chicken soup. What am I going to do with him. Way to taskey... But me thinks I should not complain. 

We had to go to the RV Pit Stop for propane and in front of us was this...

What possess someone to go to all the work to get the letters and get them applied to their bumper. 
Must have a problem watching their behind. 

Now the rest of the Monday story... We went to the Chevy dealer in Parker as we had a readout saying  Service Break System and a clunking sound we could hear at low speed when starting or stopping. 

We took it in thinking this should be simple fixes... A failed sensor of some sort for the brake alarm and at worst case a U joint for the rear end. 

WELL... boy were we surprised when they came out and said we had a bad electronic brake module $500 and $200 to replace. Have to bleed the lines after it is replaced or some such thing.  AND Not one, but three U joints shot (we were told not to drive the truck as the drive shaft could fall out, but must leave it with them) They offered to drive us back to Quartzsite  (30 miles) and come and get us when the truck was done but we needed more so they rented us a 2009 Malibu at $44 a day. I just wanted to get out of there and go home. 

Reading many RV fulltimers blogs who have breakdowns we find ours are not so bad and just something we need to get over. After all we didn't break down while on the side of the road in the middle of nowhere with a drive shaft dragging underneath.  Now some  may think Q is in the middle of nowhere. 

The most important thing of the day was not the truck that needed service but our human bodies that needed the H1N1 flu shot and they were giving them at the QIA building from 5-7 PM today. We got back and unloaded groceries and headed to the QIA. WOW the parking lot was full and inside you would not believe the crowd. 
We were directed to the back behind hundreds of people. Thought we would never get to the front of the line before they ran out of vaccine. But Ya know, the room was full of people, but the staff remembered where they directed incoming people and took them as they should in order. No complaints were heard as after awhile we slowly moved and it took just about an hour to get to that needle stuck in my arm. All were in good spirits and we enjoyed interacting with others. It was a civil gathering of people who were grateful to be able to get this shot as the media reports that many around the country are still waiting for it. We are grateful to the La Paz County Health Dept. Local EMTs etc.  for stepping up to protect us.  And they were all very friendly. One couple in fornt of us just at the point of getting ready for the shots when the paperwork was being checked that we all filled out, asked if it was OK as they were from Canada. The reply was they didn't care where you were from or what address you put on the form. Most people in the QIA hall were snowbirds not local residents to be sure. Good people helping other good people.  A large group of people who wanted to stay healthy, and others helping them to that end. Quartzsite is a welcoming place, but you might need to spend more than just a week in mid January at high big tent show season to find out what this place really has to offer. 

Happy to be back home in our 5er. 
Even if we have to look out at a rented car instead of our beloved truck for a couple of days. 
 

 Hope all had a good Thanksgiving. We did or normal outing to La Casa in Quartzsite on north Main for their huge, with all the trimmings dinner. At only $9.95 what a deal. All homemade from scratch. OK, sure it was Yummy..

We drove back through the area later and we were surprised only three cars in the lot at 2 PM.. Other places were not busy either. We got to talking and it is strange, as last year we were worried people might not show up in large numbers. But not this year did that thought occur to us. Till now. Lots of vacancies in the towns RV parks. No they they might be waiting till after Thanksbiving who knows... and to be frank who cares as less is better in Q for traffic. We know the big show in January will be packed, that's a given. It's two weeks of party time in the desert for the, we have to do that crowd. The rally circuit shows up big time. Some people just go from rally to rally. That is their life on wheels so to speak. Every RV group and their groupies show up for the big one. January in Quartzsite. 

Now this guy is ready for them.

There are a couple of others selling wood this year. And they have stocked up big time. 
Guess the market must be good. 

Since Radio Shack had their Black Friday sale all day Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, not just early AM on Friday. 
We took advantage and drove over to Blythe, CA on Thursday after we had dinner. 

I got a couple of must haves and a fun why not item.

Enercell™ 2M Candle Power Rechargeable Spotlight
Model: 270-019 | Catalog #: 270-019
$10.00 Reg: $19.99

Iomega® Prestige 320GB Portable Hard Drive
Model: 34342 | Catalog #: 25-1189
$49.95 Reg: $89.95
The pocket-sized USB powered Iomega® Prestige 320GB portable HDD requires no external power supply. Just plug it in and go. With the Drop Shock™ feature, this drive is rugged and flexible enough to safely store large amounts of data in tough travel environments.

Pinnacle® PCTV HD Mini Stick
Model: 22427 | Catalog #: 25-1286
$39.99 Reg: $119.99
This ultra-compact, USB-powered HDTV tuner is an ideal match for your laptop. The integrated signal booster improves reception sensitivity even if the signal is weak. The easy-to-use TVCenter software lets you watch, timeshift and record TV. You can enjoy TV in full-screen mode or in a scalable window while using other applications. It comes with a remote control and high-gain telescopic antenna.

Now this was the fun item, not a must have but guess what, it works. A full HD TV the size of a USB flash drive. 
Now if we want, when boondocking and don't want to turn on the big high power user flat screen. Can watch TV with this, if there is a station in range. It also gets internet radio and analog TV stations that didn't have to change over to digital. The unit also can take a regular coax antenna feed so we can connect the unit to the Winegard roof antenna for better reception. 

NO standing in line or getting up early on Black Friday. After all I'm a customer not a marking gimmick...
Terry pulled out his billfold and said I'm buying... Cool... BUT...Later... he said I'm so happy... 
my Christmas shopping is done. 

Now for the... This sucks event of the day...

While doing Microsoft updates on our netbook  I get a alert about a virus... so I put it in the virus valt. 

Later the machinge wouldn't boot. Not even into safe mode. Now this is serious me thinks and I was right. After mcuh research and thought the only thing I could do is hit F9 on boot which leads me through a full system reload to factory specs.  All data lost. I have extensive backup on my main desktop but not yet on this netbook.  Why do you think I bought the above USB hard drive? I could have been backing it up over the WiFi network to my desktops backup standalone hard drive but never did. Wont make that mistake again. 

This time I'm going to keep it bare bones after all it is a netbook.  I just did a backup of documents over to the desktop running over the Cisco Network Magic wifi link using a program Second Copy. 
Now to get all the Microsoft Updates re downloaded to the netbook. That ought to use up my Hughes satellite bandwidth in short order. Or get up and do it in the free download window in the middle of the night. This is getting to feel more like work as I remember it. (Note: I used to do high speed network communications reconfigurations remotely from home which had to be done in the wee hours.)

Next week we have an appointment for our Chevy diesel at the dealer in Parker.  The Service Break System readout is now staying on all the time. It was intermittent over the last few months. Now is the time to see what the heck is going on.  And we think we have rear end problems, the truck not us, as when starting and stopping at times it makes a clunking sound. Like the U joint is slipping. We shall see. Might be cheaper if it was our rear ends.

On another note Terry only has a third of the 5er left to wax on wax off. It's looking good. He is starting a loaf of whole wheat bread now, me thinks a delaying tatic for going out to wax.
 

We are still looking for lots in Quartzsite and so if you are here you have to look at these on the east side of Q.
A new gated development with 68 lots with a HOA you have to sign up for. 
Here is a couple of lots we might consider but are stressed with several aspects of the project. 

This has a HOA with it and we worry about all the aspects that could entail. I have asked in forums on the
web and got lots of info on why to stay away from HOAs. 

I hate to diss this development but the infrastructure, as in the block walls seems to be in my opinion built on the cheap side. Might be they wanted to hold down the costs along with smaller lots. Now this is only my opinion and my blog so I hope I can say what I observe. We may buy a lot here and I my be later persuaded construction is adequate upon  further inspection. We shall see. This is a large development and I hope they did the engineering to determine the construction was proper so the HOA buyers don't have maintenance issues later down stream. 

After looking all over Q we are still right now happy to enjoy the LTV in the BLM in our boondocking site as many others are also doing. 

There are something like 65 full service RV parks in Q. But in the BLM long term visitor areas is where the populous tend to converge.  Guess they like the wide open space unlike the parking lot aspect in the RV parks. 
We were hoping to find a deeded lot with space enough to get a sense of that LTV feeling. Is that possible... we shall see. Kind of hard to get a hot tub and garage set up in the BLM me thinks. 
So this is life as we find it and onward we go to see if we can improve upon it. 

Had to go for water for the 5er today as last night the pump growled and we know right away when that happens we were out of water. So after Terry got back from the rock club at noon we went after 70 gals of water to full this sucker up again. He did go for milk before he went to the club in the AM (I can do without water but not milk) so I can have my cereal when I get up. We had RO water for drinking just not RV tank water for flushing etc. 
Terry must have his RO water to make his Hot Tea in the morning. If were were out of that he would have gone to town at midnight to be sure. 
 

We spent the day after Terry came back from the rock club relaxing for a bit. Terry got a call while at the club  that they took his mother to the hospital again.  She was scheduled to have a second heart stint placed on Monday but she was not feeling well today so they said bring her in. Not another heart attack as she took aspirin and that might of helped. They did the splint right away and released her to go home later. Wow... how does that work a heart stint installed, and go home in a few hours later... for a 86 year old woman. 
Terry just talked to her (evening in IA) and she is home and doing fine. 
I bet they (his parents, go to the local Indian Casino in Tama, IA on Sunday as they love doing that, and say they only play the nickle slots. Yah Sure... Me thinks they have moved up to at least the quarter machines. They have been doing this for years now. It's what people do for fun in rural Iowa. They usually win enough to cover their buffet bill.  When we are back there we go like to go with with them to the buffet for the specials . This is where they go Meskwaki Bingo Casino   Ya Know.. Terry's parents are over 85 years old and still doing great, bless them, so if they want to go out for fun at the local casino and listen to the ching chang of the machines so be it. Why sit home out on the farm if it keeps them active.  It's not like they can't afford it.

We went looking for lots in Q again. Called a few and got the asking price on one we might consider. (see picture below) None are perfect...  Some lots are small and have a HOA and others are regular lots (no HOA) but a little larger than what we need. We looked at this lot.

This is a huge 1/4 acre lot. But if we could get it for a good price we might go for it.
Much more than we could use. So we are still looking. 

After we come back to our boondocking site in the BLM we lit a fire...and having happy hour...

So now ... Sitting here thinking why would we want to move into Q. 

This is a great spot and at a the right price. $180 for the season. Amenities extra...propane for heat and gas for the generator when the sun for our solar doesn't do it for us. But we get water and can dump when we need included in the seasonal BLM rate. 

Friday night sunset... Normal for Q. 

We humans we are a fickle lot so we shall see what we do this year or maybe next year... As we look for lots in Quartzsite... But for right now we are just looking... now next week we might buy... who knows. 

If you are in Q and bought a lot, talk to us why we should or should not do that...

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Terry doing his thing...
I can tell we are going to have to go on a wood run soon at this rate.

The other day Terry pulled up the handle to the truck tale gate and it broke off in his hand. It got so we couldn't get it open anymore even with a pliers and screw driver so I had to break down and order a new handle. 
I verified the part number with the Chevy dealer in Parker and did a quick search on the web only putting in the part number. Bing Bang right to a company in MI with the part. Ordered it late Monday morning and no lie it showed up UPS at the Rock Club here in Q Tuesday morning. How fast is that. The shipping tag said GROUND.
So if you are looking for auto parts Monster Auto Parts might be right for you. 
Looking closer the company is in MI but they must drop ship out of Tempe AZ as that is where it was shipped from. 

Now as Terry thinks how do I get this thing in that hole. The other one came out of there didn't it.

Since we were working on the truck also applied ArmarAll to the plastic areas and got the bed washed out. It was full of crud from fall travel. Love the hose attachment from the 5er. The onboard pump puts out plenty of water pressure.
Now back to the trailer washing and wax on, wax off retuine.
Not to worry wont let the work run over into happy hour...

Life's little milestones.

Terry got the roof cleaned and sealed. That's one big job now done. He has started washing the bugs and crap off the front of the 5er now. Little by little we,  I meanTerry will have this unit all spiffy. 

We broke down and went out Friday night to the Grubstake here in north Quartzsite and had their Fish Fry. 

We got there just as the first wave of patrons were leaving so we got in in good time. The fish was just like we remembered. Light batter on huge thick fillets. They have changed from crinkle cut fries to thicker home style and not so many of them. Now you say less fries, but they had been dishing out pounds of them on each plate, way more than a normal person could eat. Now the fries are a little more gourmet to match the superb fish fillets. 

Today was dump the gray and black tank, and on the way to the dump station in La Posa South we spotted this unit. I remember seeing it in Trailer Life mag a while back. An inside stair to the loft. 
A link to the Outback Loft with a slide show of the inside. 

All this just to carry a golf cart. And not a real golf course anywhere close to here me thinks. Well a superb course up north of Parker but not down here in the desert. 
It is a head turner that's for sure. 

Later on we stopped at the Sundance Trading Co. behind the Main Event vender area. 

Since it's off the beaten path they have to advertise a little more. This should do it. 

We check out these places so later on when we find we need somthing we know right were to go to get it.
But Ya know none of them hold a candle to K and B Tools in Rice Ranch. The vender leader in Q. 

It has cooled down with a high of just over 70 today. Might have to put on long pants to listen outside to Cousin Brucie on XM radio tonight.  Planning on grilled chicken, we have a whole one to cut up in half, and grill. 

I remember in the past going to local town events. You know where the town fathers, or the Legion or some such, set up a double long section of cement blocks, pour in the coals, place grates over the top and grill a endless supply of half chickens for the town folks. That was years ago, (fondley remember it well). Now I bet they get the huge metal commercial grills and do it up in a snap. Probably have it hired done. What fun is that. Ever been to a farm progress show or whatever, where the surrounding church groups (or similar) set up food tents. Now that was good eats. 

Well now you know what I expect our grilled half chicken pieces to turn out like. 
(If you never had community event grilled chicken, it is just like the new KFC grilled chicken, (they got the taste) but without the artifical taste (with salt) enhancers injected into each piece.) 

Must stop, take time for a shower and get ready for Cousin Brucie. Have great weekend...

New plan... Grilled chicken is too special for doing in the dark.  It got late doing this post and after football games (Iowa lost to Ohio) so we are doing chicken Sunday afternoon. A daylight outing. My Oh My. 

And for tonight $1 Burger King 1/4 pound cheesburgers. You know the outlets have a lawsuit againt Burger King  as they are loosing money on each burger they have to sell at $1.  Time to grab some while we can. 
 
 

A little bit of this and a lot of that.

We are getting settled here in the desert in Quartzsite and doing the things all do here... Why of course clean their rig. 
The roof needed cleaning. Found some non water scrubbing stuff made just for RV roofs. Sort of like Spic and Span. Mop on mop off. No rinsing needed. Works best as water is at a premium out here. Made by www.protectall.com
Then the roof gets a sealer with a UV protecterant made by the same company. Both cleaner and treatment about $30 each for the gallon sizes. Going all out with this 5er to be sure. Gunna make this one last me thinks. 

After the roof, the top of the slides really need cleaning. 
For some reason the weather seals got sticky and stuck to the slide lips and pulled off their runners. The bedroom slide didn't have this problem just both big room slides. 

We cleaned them and the slide lips and reattached them but a month later they came off again. 
We then just took them off altogether. There is still the main black slide seals so not to worry about any leaks. These only help when the slide is slid in for travel. Kind of useless. I see RVs that don't even have these seals.

After all is clean we will replace the slide weather seals with the new ones NuWa sent us. 
(NuWa does stand behind their units with good service. That's a well known given.)
Coat the seals with 303 protecterant and see if that does the trick. 

Later on a general wash and a (non petroleum) wax is in order. We got Wizards Supreme Seal  www.wizardsproducts.com This is acrylic for fiberglass and ok to put on over decals. 
Regular petroleum wax can cause your decals to curl over time. If you're going to do it, do it right.

Buts let's not rush this, as I get tired watching Terry do all this work.

On our way to Blythe, CA  we noticed the AZ rest areas are closed due to the state of the budget. Just political me  thinks, as how much does it cost to keep these open compared to other cost savings measures. (Think of the cleaning needed when they do open them again.) Makes for a bad image for the state. Heard the comment  "A lot of plastic pop bottles will be thrown out of car windows with you know what in them."  When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. And then someone has to clean the roadways of that trash. Real sharp thinkers this state has. 

Anyway back at the homestead last Saturday night listening to Cousin Brucie on XM radio (channel 6)
and his national call in Oldies Show. A good time was had.

Like it sez...

And perfect weather in the forcast for the next ten days at least.
Sunny, upper 70s to lower 80s and no wind. 

See our article What is this place called Q.

Tonight we just had to have our first campfire. 

A little more on us getting set up in the LTVA  [long term visitor area] BLM homestead in Quartzsite. 
[If you just tuned in we can stay here for about 6 months for $180 and boondock with water 
and a dump station in the area.] See this Boondocking Guide  about the options to do this in AZ and CA. 

I hope to work it out so just when Terry gets us all set up, I will be able to say, "Time to tear it down and move". 
I found a deeded lot for us to buy so lets move. I want my hot tub... We shall see... 
I'm researching HOAs etc. as deeded RV lots fall into that area for the most part. 
Lots to consider when you get to this buying option. An informed buyer is a must in this sort of deal, me thinks.

Now for Yesterday... A day trip for a Walmart fix that went bad... 

A short day trip was in order for Tuesday.. Just a run up to Parker, AZ. Wanted a Walmart fix and to get a scrip filled at their Pharmacy.  Got in the truck for the afternoon and out of the heat. It's been about 90° and I know some of you like it that warm but for us that is still unpleasent. Call us wimps if you must but that's the way it is.

Anyway it was off to Walmart and we have come to the conclusion big bad old Walmart is not getting with the program. Yet anyway. Always thought they had their act together but not at this location. Oh Tad, I got the last bottle of Gordon's Gin. Lucky Me. You see the shelves are bare so to speak. Product is short or missing altogether for many of the most wanted items. How could that be. If you are in the market for empty meat cases this is the place to go. Electronics was picked over and their outdoor living section has nothing it it. This store has been open since Aug. What gives.  We asked several store managers and they all said they can't keep the product in stock, selling out before they can restock. Looks like lots of things were never in stock. I said what are you going to do when the crush of snowbirds arrive? They just give blank looks. Now for the Outdoor Living area you can tell it has never had any product in it. Don't go there looking for Tiki torches or torch fuel, or low and behold hummingbird feeders. Not to be found. But you will find some dried up flowering plants that are not being watered. My who is running this disaster. 
Now if you want Halloween costumes and/or decorations this IS the place. Isle after isle after isle full of that crap. What possessed them to stock that much is just crazy.  Now all 50% off. 
If you want meat you'll have to go over to Safeway across the street where their counters are full, just like we should have found at Walmart. 
Guess if we want somthing we can order on line and have it shipped to the store and held for us. 

A humorous side note (we did go to Safeway for meat) (had some good deals) but at the checkout at Safeway, we think the clerk and a customer in front of us, were friends or used to be. The customer asked if the clerk had been to the store across the street (Walmart). 
She said NO and as the customer left the clerk yelled at her "Don't let the door hit ya in the ass on the way out!". 

Yup, I think the people at Safeway are a little touchy with the new competition across the street. 
I don't think they have much to be worried about. (May have to lower a few prices) but the new mini super Walmart is not that great. Only sorta, kinda, took care of my Walmart Fix and that's after we spent $150 there. And I still need Tiki tourch fuel. I know we can get it in Blyth, CA but who wants to go there... 

On Sunday we went and gathered our picnic table etc. which had been stored with good friends over the summer. 
We got a little grass turf and picnic table placed to start with. 

Now for insurance issues here is a picture of how we have secured our Honda 3000 inverter. See we tried. 

Now on Monday, the opening day of the season for the shops at the Quartzsite Gem and Mineral Club. Now if you are coming to Q do check out the largest Gem and Mineral club in the country. Click on the link to find out what they offer. There are classes and instruction  offered in general lapidary, silversmithing, wire wrapping,  lost wax casting, faceting, opal cutting, stone carving, and knapping.  It doesn't hurt to just click to find out more.   It's not my kind of thing but Terry is into it big time so that's why we're here. You might like it. People are having all kinds of fun, I know that much. 

Terry got started setting up our little home in the desert. Still looking at lots in town but for now this is home. 

Stop back for more as we get settled and explore Q. 

We did see another shower vender setting up again on the north side of Rice Ranch. They don't seem to understand people may stay in the Long Term Visitor Areas in the BLM but they have RVs WITH showers. 
Now if they set up their showers at a weekend dirt bike or ATV race and people are camping in tents for the weekend they should do well but not here me thinks. Just the start of stupid vender ideas. Stay tuned. 

I called Dexter Axle for warranty claims service (We had a shorted brake magnet wire causing trailer brake failure) and I'm very happy to say they were great to deal with. They did ask for the SN of the axle and I had it for them as it was printed on the data card sheet on the inside of a kitchen door.  She was amazed that NuWa had it printed out for me. As most of the time they have to make people crawl under the trailer and get the SN. Makes for non to happy campers she sez. So after that, a call back for the VIN number, all is well... Just send them the bill.  I need a new Nev-R-Lube bearing sent (one of mine is leaking and they did that without question). They suggested we wait till after the bearing is replaced and send in both bills together. You would think they were Fan-Tastic Fan or something. 
The standard for well known great customer service. 
 

Last post to show where we did land in Q.

Today was a big day as we had an appointmentat RV Lifestyles for 8:30 AM. That me thinks is way to early to have the 5er all closed up  delivered at the RV repair shop. We made it about 5 min. late. 

By noon... RV Lifestyles in Quartzsite, AZ found the problem.
James and crew there were good to work with. If you need service I recommend them. A little out of control but they get the work done and the price was right. Go for it...  As we sat there I wondered how Howard from RV-Dreams handled this organized chaos when they had work done here. James and crew do go out of their way to help each and everyone who shows up with a statment like I did... "I sorta have this situation" as I lean over his service counter.  They could write a book I'm sure. 

It was a brake magnet wire rubbing against the brake drum and shorting out. They were very reasonable for labor ($127) (we were there all morning).  I will submit the bill to Dexter Axle. (Have a five year warrenty) Also need a Nev-R-Lube bearing replaced as it is leaking. That's for another day. Same wheel. 

After the 5er was fixed we went out and dropped it in the BLM Long Term area after we registered for the season at $180. 

Now we didn't set up the HD Direct dish till later when we were back and I wanted to watch the NBC nightly news which starts at 3:30 PM  here from New York stations.  How strange is that. Sunday Day Light Savings time changes but that doesn't effect AZ. That means about 20 miles west... CA will be an hour earlier than us (corrected) first post said later). 
I remember when I got up early for black Friday a few years ago, and went to the local Radio Shack in Q and they didn't have the stuff I wanted but they said the Blythe, CA store which would not be open for another hour would have the stuff. They even called them for me. [Note the Q store burned down so don't plan on shopping here]. 
Now since we have DirecTV the network HD feeds are from New York. We can watch them (or DVR them) and go to bed early. After all it gets cold in the desert after sundown. Especially  later on in the next few months. November will still be warm for campfires. 

Now back to today... next over to the Quartzsite Senior Center for seasonal flu shots. (What a VERY nice place)
In and out in no time, La Paz county health dept. has this down to a science. It was scheduled for 1-2:30 PM and we were out of there at 1:05. $10 what a bargain compared to the big name pharmacies who want $25 or more. They will be getting the HiNi flu vaccine in soon for Tier 2 eligible people.  That's me. And they be will putting out a notice as soon as they get it. Very nice people.

Well as you can see after the flu shots and lunch at Carl Jrs (they have great fries). We went for firewood (nice pile huh).
It was a big day and after Terry changed oil in the generator we are set for a few days. 
Met up with Tad and Richard several times today as they were in town running around and helping us get set up and making sure we were getting good service at RV Lifestyles. Friends, it's what makes life worth living.
Now to get the picnic table and sun shade canopy set up which was stored at Richards over the summer. We are grateful. 
Time to build a home site in the desert. Watch us grow our campsite. 
Need to get some green grass down... or should I say artificial turf. No football playing me thinks. 
Will still be looking at deeded lots in town but for now this is home. 

Saturday is work day at the Rock Club to get it ready for the shop opening on Monday. 
Life in Q getting off to a good start for us. 

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