Enough Rain for a While

Quartzsite, Arizona

On Sunday, Nov. 1st we woke up in the dark, in more ways than one. Our brain functions last night were not on the ball yet for desert camping. We'll get better for sure but we woke up with dead batteries and no power in the Suite. Plus, it was raining.

Good morning!

Bill and Gibbs had slipped out shortly after 6, in between the drops, and he waited until almost 8 to go out and start the generator. That is something we'll monitor more closely. We should have ran it last night for a couple of hours because we both watched tv. 🤷‍♀️

This is how our day started out.
All cuddly and together.

I remember one day through the spring (or summer?) when that happened, Bill panicked a bit wondering what damage we'd done. However, this time I was impressed with his calmness about the whole thing. Everything came back up just fine but the rain continued all morning............until around 2 pm. LOL

This is what rain in the desert
looks like.
Thankfully, it wasn't bad at all.
Middle picture is the wash to our west.

It wasn't cold and we certainly weren't in any danger from the laying water although the washes on both sides of us had little active streams. It's funny to see the puddles, there is no where for the water to go and it doesn't seep into the hard ground very quickly. We needed the sun.

Eventually that happened, and the sun put a whole new perspective on the rest of the afternoon. We started out the morning at 61F/16.1C, pretty much where it dropped to last night and didn't reach our high of 71F/21.6C until around 4 pm. Bill wrote a blog, read and dozed. I quilled, read and rested.

And the smaller wash to our east.

Gibbs did the dozing and resting part and after the rain stopped, he and I wandered freely around our large site. 🥰 He seems quite comfortable, still curious but happy with Mom and Dad. After my cup of tea, I went for a walk since I didn't get out earlier. 

We were happy to see peeks
at some blue late afternoon.

This handsome fellow visited often.
💕

I walked up to the front and saw the host's site before turning back. Nancy, in the comments, suggested I turn back every so often and take a picture  order to learn where I need to return to. Sounds good, I tried that but the paths in here all look the same. If I venture further, off the path, it will work better. 😃

This is when I went for my walk.

When I returned, it was my turn to write today's blog. I managed to get one Christmas card 95% done and another one started but it's hard to get into the Christmas mood looking outside! I'll watch one of Bill's movies with him and see if that helps. 🤭

This tall soldier caught my eye.
How is he still standing? They are
amazing!

For supper, I popped 2 chicken pot pies in the oven and we'll have salad on the side. We had bacon and eggs for lunch and it was quite tasty............so we're not starving and I'm trying to get back on track. (again!) I read my James Patterson's, 8th Confession until supper was ready.

I walked until I could zoom in 
on the host's site at the entrance.
Then I turned back.
It was quite windy, to die off
overnight.

The sky was in performance mode tonight so I've taken lots of pictures again. LOL Here we go again with our Starlink. Since turning the genny off, we lost connection and even though we wanted to watch tv.........well, it seems it will be another reading night. It has been quite frustrating this winter so far.

The view out our back window.

We've had a quiet day, enjoyed the inside day as much as possible and it made the sunshine all that more special when it arrived. We only have bright days ahead - in more ways than one. 

Actually, all windows were
lovely to look out.

Back home, most of our family changed time when the clocks went back an hour. We don't change, nor does my brother, Michael and Jess in Alberta (for the first time). It's a frustrating discussion all around. 🤷‍♀️ 

This was supper and that was our day!
Good night!

Thank you for stopping by!