Today, we returned to the desert at Quartzsite from being in Palm Springs, CA for the Desert R.A.T.S. hamfest on Saturday. It was a very nice affair and we were busy all day making name badges for the attendees.

The weather was beautiful, down to about 50 degrees at night with a light breeze and quite warm in the sunshine during the day.

We stayed in Quartzsite until about noon on Friday as they had their hamfest on Friday as well as Saturday. We made several badges before packing up and heading for CA.

Tomorrow, we will head for Mesa, AZ and our normal parking spot at Nancy B's for a couple of weeks before heading for Yuma and their big hamfest.

On our way back from Palm Springs, we saw some smoke in the sky ahead of us and then it disappeared, however as we got to Blythe, CA on I10 we found out what caused it, a Swift tractor had caught on fire and the cab practically burned to the ground. The interstate was closed until they got the fire out and things cleaned up and then they opened one lane so the traffic could start moving again. We lost 30 minutes but that could have been worse if we had been a little earlier.

Our photos are of the hamfest yesterday. It was well attended and enjoyed by all. They served breakfast as well as a nice lunch of hot dogs and hamburgers, cole slaw, chips and drinks. It was held at the Boskovich Estate just off of Gene Autry Drive in Palm Springs. The estate sits high above the city at the foot of a mountain. The mountain started about 3 feet from the side of our motor home and seemed to go about straight up to the top. Several of the mountains had snow near the top, an interesting observation from where we were basking in the warm sunshine.