2021 - 2022 Trip To The Southwest, Day 103

 Monday, January 31, 2022, La Posa West LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 52

My next door neighbors left this morning. Only 2 of us left in this "island". 

After breakfast I drove out to the Dome Rock area to see if anyone was set up early for the gathering. While there are a couple of trailers there, none are in the flat area where we usually built the communal campfire, so I still can't drop off the load of firewood. I'll check again Wednesday. On the way I passed a truck hauling an empty roll off parked next to the full one. Evidently, he didn't like the look of the piles of trash around the full roll off. When I got back from Dome Rock the full roll off was still there & the empty one never got dropped off. 

Thin clouds, but 67°F so I spent the rest of the morning sitting outside. After lunch I did the same.

Dinner was left over Chinese.

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2021 - 2022 Trip To The Southwest, Day 102

 Sunday, January 30, 2022, La Posa West LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 51

A quiet night, although my closest neighbor had a bit of excitement when the water pump started dumping water in one of his storage bays. Today is the last day of the Big Tent Show - it closes at 3:00. There are still streams of folks walking across the wash to get to the tent and a bunch of trucks parked on the BLM land at the corner of the wash & US 95. Most drive in the main entrance, although there is an ATV trail right next to the wash that a few full sized trucks manage to get through.

I spent most of the afternoon outside reading & getting sunburned. I did watch a small blimp go by and took a few hummingbird photos.  More photos at today's LakeshoreImages page.

The Small Blimp

A Hummingbird

Around 4:30 I headed to the Chinese restaurant to pick up dinner. Not sure why, but I guess I wanted to try it one more time before I headed to Dome Rock. For what ever reason, the best as to freshness & taste of my 3 visits.

Normally, I'd take a walk to the dumpster with my grocery bag of trash - I usually make one per day and do the walk to help settle dinner. I'll skip the trip tonight - there is a mountian of trash bags overflowing the roll off & piles of bags along side. Hopefully, they will exchange roll offs tomorrow.

The Very Full Roll Off

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2021 - 2022 Trip To The Southwest, Day 101

 Saturday, January 29, 2022, La Posa West LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 50

The New Arrivals

A little after I posted yesterday's journal a pair of RVs moved in next door, and I mean NEXT DOOR. This area is large enough that they could have found space a bit further away, but they are within the rules - more than 15'. The large Class A likes to run his diesel engine - it ran for 20 minutes after he arrived, shut off for a half hour, then started up at quarter to six. Maybe he doesn't have a generator? The guy in the Class C mentioned that this was their first time here. The Class A shut his engine down at 6:15. I'm being a grouchy old man, but the diesel exhaust is aimed directly at the front of my trailer, is loud & stinks!

Now that I'm done whining, the notes for today. 

Around 42°F and light clouds for the walk for coffee. No one left the area, but we are still not too crowded other than my near neighbors. Rudy, a Canadian that has been here every year that I've been here packed up his 5th wheel and left the area across the wash to the north heading back to Canada. It took about 10 minutes for someone to pull into his space.

So far only one new arrival that stayed here, a Class C parked near the entrance to the "island". Many more drive in & circle around, discovering that there isn't much in the way of level space left even though it looks empty. Lots more arrivals on the other side of the northern wash.

While it is fine at 70°F sitting outside when the sun is out from behind the clouds, when it is covered the wind is enough to make it uncomfortable. Eventually, I got tired of sitting inside & went for a walk. Watched a couple Class As pulling large trailers drive in & out.

Dinner was a Eating Well Chicken & Wild Rice Stroganoff.

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2021 - 2022 Trip To The Southwest, Day 100

 Friday, January 28, 2022, La Posa West LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 49

A warmer night, only down to 43°F. I almost got hit by an idiot on an ATV while walking to coffee this morning. Seems they don't believe pedestrians have the right of way crossing a driveway. He waved as I jumped out of his way.

Telemed was a bust. First, they moved it up while I was out looking at the gem & rock show. My AT&T data connection is poor enough that I knew I had to get back to the trailer & Verizon before there was any chance of making a connection. I made it back in time, but three different browsers insisted that they were not compatible with Telemed, as well as both phones. I suspect it was the slow internet connection since the browsers I was using were all listed as approved.

Anyhow, I called the office using my cell phone, got to talk with my doctor voice only, and the prescriptions were sent to Blythe. There was a bit of confusion at the office since I mentioned the 66°F temperature here in Arizona to my doctor, and when he went to OK the prescriptions, saw that they were for a pharmacy in California. The nurse called & I explained that Rite-Aid in Blythe, California was the closest drug store to Quartzsite, AZ. 

I did manage to get my 5 pound tank filled - 1.2 gallons of propane at the Mobil station. They are still at $3.80 per gallon. I also made a final trip to one of the RV sales tents outside the Big Tent. I picked up a 6' X 9' plastic mat for times when I don't need my usual 9' X 12'. It had to be a plain red one - no Kokopelli themed mats in the smaller size. 

An uneventful drive to Blythe to pick up my prescriptions, While our part of La Posa West is clearing out - there are 3 RVs in our "island", the area on the other side of Old Yuma Road is crammed with Class As. We have had clear skies for the last couple of days, but this afternoon fairly heavy clouds moved in. 

Dinner was an Impossible Burger & fruit salad.

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2021 - 2022 Trip To The Southwest, Day 99

 Thursday, January 27, 2022, La Posa West LTVA, Quartzsite, AZ, Day 48

The Vixens and Friends

A December like night - down to 34°F by morning. I still managed to be comfortable in a sweatshirt for the walk to coffee - love that Arizona winter sun! By the way, for those interested, the price of propane at the 76 station went up from $2.80 to $2.95 with a new delivery of propane yesterday. 

My closest neighbors in a travel trailer RV pulled out this morning. No more yappy dog & loud ATV. At least they did a good job of cleaning up their area before they left. At this point there is only one other RV (Lou & Judy's 5th wheel) here that was in the area in December.

I called in new prescriptions to my doctor's office and now have to sit around the trailer waiting for one of the nurses to call back. It usually only takes a couple of minutes, but it has been an hour.

The California Vixen group is getting smaller. At one time there were 12 of them here for the Big Tent show; today there are three plus some former owners driving other RVs. I chatted with them for a bit & got a photo. The Vixen is a 21' fiberglass motorhome built between 1986 & 1989. Some photos from 2016.

I finally heard back from a nurse at my doctor's office. Seems there are changes in NY prescription rules, or the office started following them - even for non scheduled drugs you must see your doctor within 6 months of a prescription fill. Since the last time I saw my doctor was for my physical on June 18th, I'm 40 days over the 6 month limit. Couldn't talk nurse Ratchet into letting me slip by, so I now have a Telemed visit with my doctor tomorrow. I hope the local internet is up to it - it froze on the "How to do a Telemed visit" page.

That was about it for the day. It did warm up - 65°F by 3:30, and not a cloud in the sky.

Dinner was a Barber Cordon Bleu meal with left over creamed spinach & mac & Cheese.

Until Tomorrow -