Feeling Like Home – Almost, and Catching up with Friends

Park Place RV Park

On Saturday, Nov. 2^nd we were all awake just before 6. I had stayed up watching a favourite movie last night until 11 so this was too early for me! I fought getting up until 6:45 and finally came downstairs. Bill was up and already had finished his shower. He had something to look forward to. 😊

Good morning
from Quartzsite!

I can't begin to describe how great it feels
to wake up to know we don't have to move
for 5 months. 💖

We had breakfast, a banana and yogourt for me and after giving Marilynne a call back home, he left for the flying field. It was a lovely morning, with a beautiful pink eastern sky to start. Clouds soon moved in and it was a tug of war as to what would win. Sun or clouds? After my tea, I had my shower and then took Gibbs for a walk. We didn’t go too far, he led, I followed, just around the fence along Riggles Ave.

I'm jumping to the afternoon now.
We took a drive to Roadrunner BLM after lunch.

We’ll go further later and I need to push myself to go early by myself. I have no excuses here! The peacefulness of the early morning always drew me back home and in past winters……so that’s a goal. I emptied a couple of cupboards, to start the winter cleanout and set out my bedroom knick knacks and my homemade books. It is starting to feel like home.

Gibbs took turns on Dad's, Riley's and Mom's
laps but never wandered. ♥

We carry Clemmy with us, so he sits in the bedroom with his portrait. ♥ Gibbs doesn’t mind. After Bill returned home from his first meet up with his flying friends, we discussed the day. Since Moon Mountain Mail is only open on Saturday’s until noon, we scooted over there and popped in to see our former managers, Patti and Rick. 😊 How great to see them again, as always.

And Lo and behold, the
Indian is STILL sleeping!

Back home for lunch, it was simple. A sandwich did it for Bill and I had a bowl of white bean chili from the fridge. We each needed a snooze, good grief! And then hopped in Black Beauty and took a run out to Roadrunner BLM. Our friends, Deb and Riley, are set up out there for a few weeks and we wanted to visit before the days got away from us.

How did the windshield get so dirty already?

We found them easy enough and fell right back into a friendly banter quickly, that it lasted for a couple of hours. It is always fun to get together and share experiences about our lives on the road in an rv. Deb and Riley are from Ontario too, so there were many. This was a rare visit when it was just the 4 of us and we truly enjoyed seeing them again. Gibbs was off leash and behaved like a champ. He can sure be funny though. ♥

A messy, delicious burger.
No surprise there!

We had Bill’s famous bacon cheeseburgers for supper and then we relaxed for the evening. I did have to post an ad for M back home but then got to my blog. It has been a really good day, the friend visits topping it off nicely. 😊 We reached a high of 78F/26C under partly cloudy skies. I hope you had a good day as well.

Beautiful sky
Beautiful day
Good night!

Thank you for YOUR visit.

Quartzsite, At Last!

Park Place RV Park

On Friday, Nov. 1^st, we entered a new month and a new stage in our trip. We were up by 5:30 (Bill) and Gibbs and I by 6:30. We are anxious to move, yet not too anxious. Our park managers and 2 sets of park hosts are no longer there and they were all good friends. We will really miss them, all for individual reasons, but Patti, as far as we’re concerned, for being the best manager we’ve ever had. ♥

Good morning!

Before leaving Pilot Knob Resort, Gibbs and I
walked the park while Bill dumped tanks.
I thought you might be missing pictures of the little guy.

At least the two of them will be in Quartzsite so we can visit. Anyway, that’s the upset I mentioned. We know the new managers, from our first year AC (after Covid), when we came in to try the park for 2 months. Sue and Fred are good people and we’ll just see how it goes this winter. We made the familiar drive on US-95N and arrived at Park Place RV Park in Quartzsite at 11:50. We set up the basic parts, and stopped for lunch.

The drive up US-95N
Through the Yuma Proving Grounds, is always
a pleasant drive.

Arrival at Quartzsite!

Our friends, Susan and John, had not yet pulled out so we popped back to catch up on the news and see how they fared the hot Arizona summer. Then it was back to work. More for Bill than for me. I had dusted the Suite back in Winterhaven while Bill dumped tanks and checked the air in her tires. Only one needed to be topped up.

John and Susan were packing up
and pulled out mid-afternoon.
It was nice to see them before they left.
Bottom picture - our site from the 
rearview. My craft centre is UP! 😁

The patio mat, Weber Q, chairs, Starlink dish and weather station all got set up and even Gibbs’ water dish and rope placed outside for his comfort. The rope, not so much, but he is very good going on it and it gives him the ability to go to our outdoor space. I wandered over to check out the clubhouse, puzzle space, pool table, library and laundry room. Sue has given me the ok to start a Ladies Poker Pool as well, so I’m happy about that.

My Sweeties, relaxing.

Another couple of shots of
the little sweetheart.
He is starting to feel relaxed too.

She handed me 2 puzzles from Patti. ♥ She bought them for me and they will be challenging and yet a joy to work on. 😊 My puzzle mate, Susan, won’t be here to help now but she (almost hysterically) told me about the 2,000 pc. puzzle waiting for me inside. Oh brother! I don’t know if I’m brave enough to tackle it even though she has separated border pieces and divided the rest into half or quads. LOL

Supper was good.
I stole a few fries from Bill's plate.

Bill got the gazebo up and boy, with the two rv’s behind and to the east of us, it sure looks (& feels) empty. I walked back to take a picture and it hit me that we’re home for the winter – regardless of who or what is around us. We relaxed now that the ‘work’ was done and for supper, we had fish and chips. Rosy air fried the fish, Bill deep fried the chips and I had baked squash. Everything was good, we are good now that we can sit for 5 months. 😊

These are my puzzles from Patti.
I'm going to have fun working on these!
Thanks Patti!
Good night y'all!

After clean up, the rest of the evening was quiet. Some tv kept us entertained until bed time. Tonight, we are 3 hours different than home time but tomorrow night, they will begin to observe standard time and we’ll be back to 2 hours apart. It can be so confusing, the whole DST thing, but it is what it is. We’ve had a great day and we reached 82F/28C here in Quartzsite!

Thank you for stopping by.