Glamping Days

Today was a typical rally day. We early birds watched others arrive & greeted arriving friends. We picked up our name tags as we walked around the area.  Due to the rains this winter, there are more flowers than usual. 

The rally really runs Thursday-Monday with the pre-rally beginning on Tuesday. However, folks come & go as they please with a few folks arriving weeks in advance or staying weeks afterward. I took this last day before the official start of things to go to town to do laundry, get gas, pick up a few groceries, & get some firewood to contribute to the group.  Quartzsite is a fun & quirky place. These places pass for shops, but you can find just about anything you might need over the winter here. 

One of the things I enjoy most about travel is the little things one sees along the way. This unusual load on the back of a tractor-trailer was in a truck stop.   Back at Dome Rock, a lovely sunset was in progress. The rays of the setting sun caught the mountains to the east before the very last rays of the sun caught the clouds to the west. With a number of number of rally friends having arrived during the last 2 days, it felt like coming home. 

Before leaving Dome Rock this morning, a lovely sunrise started the day. In Tucson, I had a lovely visit with my step sister & her husband at their winter place, which is in a senior living community. This orange tree is in their back yard, & the other pics were taken around their community.  We had dinner at a great sushi restaurant owned by a friend of theirs. 

This afternoon, I left La Paz County Park, where I've been for almost a month, & moved about 35 miles south to a boon-docking area near Dome Rock. Dome Rock is just west of Quartzsite, AZ, & many fiberglass trailer owners will gather there for a rally next week.  This pic was taken in the County Park.   This home brew camper was in Parker, AZ.  I just love bougainvillea.  This sunset was from a few nights ago.

I'm winding down my hiatus here in Parker where I've camped in one spot for almost a month. While it's been fine for this winter when I wanted a break, my thought is to move around more & see more in future years.  There are often quite a few birds hanging out in the river by the RV park. And here are some of the plants around Parker.                      mesquite tree (most are scrubbier)                                 eucalyptus tree                                                                            I want to know what this is! The day before yesterday, I drove down to Parker (about 7 miles), then across the Colorado River into California, then ab...