The rally is over with coffee and donuts this morning and it was back on the road about 10am. We had a very enjoyable time at the rally, lots of interesting seminars and a couple of good entertainers. On Monday, Davaid Bradley, a very good C&W singer and yodeler and very talented guitar player. He had played with the 'Sons of the Pioneers' for several years. He entertained for about an hour and a half. He even came back the next evening for a short program, all very good.

On Wednesday, Michael Hargis gave a very nice show. He was a singer and sang songs from the 50's, 60's and 70's as well as some newer tunes. He had work in a theater in Tombstone, AZ for 5 years before taking his show on the road. They bought an MCI bus and removed all of the seats and converted it to a motor home, all in 90 days. Quite a job, it would seem to me, but that is what they said. They parked just across the drive from us and it looked pretty nice.

I attended a seminar on Boondocking. A lot of good ideas were given on how to stay longer without a hook up to external power. One fellow has even devised a way to flush the toilet with water from the gray water tank. That would save a lot of fresh water over time. Another has attached a sensor to his hot water heater and he only heats it to 110 degrees and then shuts it off and takes his shower with all hot water, saving the lost water while mixing with the cold. He even fills his coffee pot with the cold water before the hot water gets to the shower. Just lots of ideas that could really add up to savings on fresh water and lp.

We thought we would go to Mitry Lake again this year but with all of the rv'ers in the area, everything was full. We checked with the local Escapees park and they were full with 3 waiting for the overflow parking. So, we decided to come back to Gila Bend, where we can generally find a place. We filled up at Loves, $2.85/gal., in Gila Bend. A bit higher than Mesa, but it is probably up there as well. Our usual park had some openings so we will be here for a couple of days and then head on toward Tucson and points east.

Our photo is of the desert along I8 on our way back from Yuma. As you can see, it is really getting green from all of the rain we have had in the last month or two. TV said that Yuma had more rain since the first of the year than they had all last year and over the yearly average to date.

The word is that with the rain coming so late, the weeds will grow and smother out the flowers and then when it gets dry the weeds will die and you will not see the pretty flowers you would if the rain had come earlier in the winter months. So it goes in the desert world.