On to Quartzite

Nov. 16, 2010

Yesterday was another day to relax and catch up with the blog and emails.  We were told we might be able to pick  up a wireless signal at the Parker Library and we did!  We had lunch at the Crossroads cafe on  Monday and it was good but not as great as last time and the waitress told us where to find the library.  We have no cell service at Buckskin park as AT&T must not have a tower close by.  Eric rode his bicycle around Parker while I caught the blog up.  We got an email from Marilyn in Alberta and were sorry to here that she and Dennis probably can’t come to Mazatlan this winter as Dennis has some health problems to deal with.  Too bad as they were really good company last winter.  As we age our health and the health of our parents is always an issue.    I promise to wait for Marilyn to come back to Mazatlan and go parasailing with me.  We didn’t get to do it last winter as she and Dennis had  to leave for home  early due to parents health issues.  Best wishes to Dennis.

We had a woman in a small motorhome pull into the spot beside us last night.  She lives in Calgary and will leave the rig in Las Vegas to fly home and then return later in the winter to do more travelling. She has been travelling for a month and brought it down through Salt Lake City.  I haven’t talked to anyone who likes to travel through there.   Gutsy to do that by herself.   Lots of interesting people on the road. 

We are told that you couldn’t get a spot in Buckskin park over Thanksgiving so that is something we will remember as it would be way too busy for us anyway.   

Today we will go into Quartzite and see if we need anything for the rig before we head down to Ajo and Why before we travel into Mexico.  We need to get our Mexico vehicle insurance and may do that at an agency or just do it on line as we did last year.  It has been very warm 28c so Eric may unload Blue and take her for a ride.  We are parked over night on BLM land just north of Quartzite beside the road that heads east to Bouse.  No charge for this and we will stay one night.  We have lost our interest in boondocking and now prefer to be plugged in.  Woosies! 

It looks like we will head into Mexico on Monday, Nov.22nd (Eric’s 64th birthday!)  We will likely be by ourselves as the rest of the group is not heading into Mexico until the beginning of December and we don’t want to wait that long.