Friday, Jan. 27th in La
Posa South was a day we had plans to climb the Q mountain with Gerry and
Melinda. Meet at 10 and climb to the flag.
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| The Q mountain, flag at peak |
We woke up to 37F and a strong 19-25
mph wind minimum. I had bundled up early and went for my walk around 8 am.
Melinda and I met at one point, the conversation was brief as we shivered
inside our jackets “It’s really c-c-c-cold”.
Bill asked “do you really want to
climb that mountain today?”. No, not in this wind and by 9 it was still only
45F. Let’s do it another day. Jello.
While waiting for Bill to get cleaned
up, I dug out the wigs that I’d purchased last summer. I was in a playful mood,
so put them on with the encouragement of Gerry and Melinda next door. They
didn’t recognize me the first-time I went over. Too funny. We had fun for about
30 minutes and then it was time to get serious.
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| Patsy and Gerry in our new dos |
Instead of climbing the mountain we
drove into Q to pick up some eggs for the Bloggerfest here at the pavilion on
Saturday. I wanted to devil some up. At first, we drove to the bank and
withdrew some cash, our CPP’s were in, yay! Who says we’re living paycheck to
paycheck? We’re not, are to, are not!
The Roadrunner market was next for
the eggs, bread and a few other things including post cards. Next stop was the
Post Office to buy stamps to mail my post cards. This was disappointing as I
stood in a long line for about 15 minutes only to discover she had no
International stamps. Are you kidding me? Jello again.
From there we drove to the Chamber of
Commerce on Main and I picked up a large map of the town and its vendors drawn
and detailed by Paul Winer. He is very popular in this area. Paul runs the
Oasis Book Store and is also a talented musician.
We thought we’d maybe stop and have a
quick walk through the Big Tent again but the full parking lots turned that
plan around. More Jello jiggling. We were back home again by 11 to relax for
the rest of the day. Happy Hour was at George and Suzie’s where the wind was blocked
pretty good. Tucker was happy.
The surprise at H.H. was when Melinda
spotted a road runner coming up through the wash and ran behind us.
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| He blends in with the gravel too much! |
With Bill’s
camera I was able to capture him but they’re not perfect photos. Our first
roadrunner! Beep beep!
Supper was barbecued pork chops and
salad and for someone who doesn’t normally care for them, I have to admit they
tasted pretty darn good with some bbq sauce on them. I was hungry.
We read a bit and watched some tv
until I couldn’t keep my eyes open. The internet connection was soooo slow
again, so I didn’t even bother trying and went off to bed around 9:30.
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| All cozy inside |
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| Another good book |
First thing I did when I got up
Saturday morning was check the temperature, the internet and then the winds.
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| Looks like we're good to go! |
All 3 were pretty good but only to get on and read blog posts. No way could I
check Facebook or read emails. I know things are happening back home and I’m
not able to read about them. It is frustrating even though I know it is short
term. The Jello is still jiggling.
We confirmed with Gerry that we would
make the climb today and then nipped into the Big Tent for the last time,
getting there just at opening. We had one thing in mind and that was to pick up
some long telephone charging cords. Got a good deal and headed back home.
All bundled with warm clothes, good
shoes, water, walking sticks and cameras the four of us went to the base of
Quartzsite Mountain. Let’s do this! And do it, we did. From a distance, it
didn’t look so scary. Twenty steps in and up, oh my goodness!
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| Gerry and Melinda reach the top |
Well, we did it and we are all proud
we did it. Each of us realized very quickly that we are not very fit.
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| The 3 Mountaineers |
No matter
how much walking I do in a day, the type of exertion that it takes to climb a
mountain on sandy loose gravel is a whole different ball game.
We toured around after the climb
through Q Mountain Vista which is an rv home park. Lots of places for sale,
some not worth looking at and others very nice. Found a nice corner lot with an
rv shelter for $52,000. Not bad. By this time, with multiple calories burned,
our tummies informed us that we were hungry for lunch and we checked out Carls’
Jr. for the first time.
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| The view was worth the climb |
They have very good burgers, if you are interested. Bill and I each had a combo, burger, fries and medium drink and it was just a tad over $15. That is pretty fair pricing too. We’d go back.
We got back to the Suite in time to
let our deserted little pooch out for a leg stretch and piddle then gathered
our chairs for the Bloggerfest at 1 pm. Lorne and Sue from A Place Called "Away" hosted the event this
year and it was a pretty good turn out with approximately 40 in attendance.
The sun was shining and we all took
turns talking briefly about our blogs. The questions were “who are you, how
long you’ve been writing a blog, why do you write, and is it work or play”. It
was interesting to hear the different tales behind the bloggers.
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| Yuma keeping an eye on the other 4-legged visitors |
Dee from Gone Rv’ing suggested a name
for people who are not bloggers but people who read blogs. We all thought it
was original to name them Blurkers.
(Blog Lurkers). It is a good thing! We need you Blurkers out there!
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| Lorne Green wraps the group chat portion up |
We walked back in time to join Happy
Hour for a while at Gerry and Melinda’s. My sister and her husband also joined
us for a bit on their way back in from the Big Tent. It was nice to see them
again and catch up on our travel plans.
We sure didn’t need dinner tonight so
instead I’m sitting here doing this and Bill is reading his book. I was blown
away when at 6:30 I was able to open my 13 unread emails as well as Facebook
and even open my daughter’s two latest posts, Two Cents. YAY!
What I didn’t say to the group at the
pavilion is that many of our family do read our blogs, Bill’s parents, 5 of our
9 siblings, 5 of our 6 children and possibly 1 of our 9 grandchildren as well
as many friends back home. This is a real treat and even though they don’t
post, they do like or comment on Facebook when we re-direct it to our home
pages.
Okay, there are fireworks again this
evening over Quartzsite, we assume, and a warm-looking, mellow sunset. I hope
you had a great day. We did and we are exhausted tonight.
Thank you for reading, I’m anxious to
follow up on many new blogs tomorrow after meeting so many wonderful people
today.
Your comments are always welcome!
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