Thursday, January 15, 2009

We are in our own little world here in Quartsite, AZ. As you can see in the photos they bring all sorts of equipment with them. Talk about solar panels, this guy really has some big ones. Ham antenna and a rotatable tv antenna. The other photo shows some of the rigs in our section. Some with wind generators
and solar panels and many variations of ham antennas. In the next day or two there will be so many rv's in here you can not stir them with a stick.
Evelyn went into town this morning and things are really getting congested. Traffic is moving at about 5mph and no one seems to be getting anywhere, at least not very fast.
There are many modes of transportation here, 4 wheelers and dirt bikes are common. You can make good time on them as you can run off the road and pass all of the vehicles that stay on the pavement. We will venture into town one day next week and try to see what all is there. May take more than one day as there is a lot of territory to cover. All we will need is a parking place. We have already seen a lot of interesting things. There are mobile RV repair units everywhere, one place has hot showers $5.00 each. I bet you do not get much hot water for $5.00 but it would be better than nothing. There are only a few campgrounds in the area and they fill up a long time before now.. Otherwise, you just park in the desert, haul in your water and haul out your waste. You have to be careful what you do with your trash as you are not allowed to put it in any city receptacles as you are subject to arrest and a fine. I understand next
week there will be a place we can put our trash and it will be hauled away. So you have to be careful of how much water you use so that your water tank does not run out and your holding tanks do not get full of you have to fight your way into town in all of that traffic and take care of your business. No one wants to do that.
I am recharging the batteries in the coach with a 10A charger that is powered by my Honda 1000 watt generator. It is quite cool in the evening and during the night and the furnace comes in very handy. We operate the electric blankets with an inverter so that keeps us comfy during the night.
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