So Much Fun - Feb 10, 2013

It is always so much fun with so many new experiences and opportunities see things from a different perspective.

We saw this sign in a flea market Food Court in Yuma:

'Nuff  Said!

I was going to say something but ...


While in Quartzsite, we attended the flea market, a rock and gem show, and an RV show - all with a few hundred vendors.  If you needed it and could find it, they had it.  Cheap too!  People buy rocks by the pound, generally between $3.00 and $10.00 per pound.  Some others like the ones below were in the $thousands.

CARNELIAN, I THINK?

CITRINE, I THINK?

As beautiful as she is and as much as I like to see her in pictures, she is in these ones to provide size perspective.



















Almost unbelievable in size, shape, and colour.














However, it isn't all fun and games on the desert all the time.  It got a little wet on our last day on Plomosa Road at the MOC Rally.  It rained over an inch the night before we broke camp.  In this case, I really mean, "We broke camp."

UNLIKE SOME OTHERS, WE DIDN'T SINK IN AND NEED TO JACK OURSELVES OUT

In our experience, there are very few, if any, rivers in the desert.  What rivers that are here seem to come from some where else.  There are, however, there are plenty of "washes"

TWO WASHES NEXT TO ONE OF OUR MORE PERMANENT NEIGHBOURS

SENATOR'S WASH - NOW THAT'S A WASH!!

 It is difficult to say with certainty how often these washes will fill with water, but when they do, you don't want to be in one of them.  There are many signs along the Arizona highways cautioning drivers, "Do not enter when flooded".  When Pat and I drove Schafer's Trail in Moab, Utah, the concern wasn't water from being in a rain storm, it was from a storm many miles away that could wipe you out, if you weren't aware a flood was imminent.  Just the same, many people set up their camps in these washes unaware of the dangers.

Lots of Fun.