Installment #4, 2007

January 30, 2007

Thanks again to everyone that has sent us emails, left comments on our Blog and called (208-301-2060). We appreciate hearing from all of you. Remember, you can click on the pictures to see a large picture.

Quite a bit of time was spent getting VIN inspection (picture of Tony driving motorhome down Interstate 10 for VIN inspection), license plates, insurance, etc. for the new motorhome. Not sure if we are completely legal yet, but can plead ignorance if needed. Thanks Dennis/Jeanna and Mom for getting us what we needed back home.



The Big Tent opened with vendors for everything imaginable – from finger lights to ladders to window cleaners and on and on (a picture of the mass of people inside the tent). Our friends from Yuma came up for an afternoon – this called for another trip to the "best fish & chips in the USA". They came armed with two bottles of champagne to initiate the new motorhome but we decided to meet them again in Yuma for the celebration once we leave Quartzsite. Saw Elvis impersonator on top of an RV at the Main Event.

The Vietnam Wall arrived in Quartzsite for a two week stay (notice the blue sky). We took a picnic and watched it arrive with all the fanfare of motorcycles in front and behind. A couple of days later we went to the opening ceremonies and then Sharon worked a shift on the computers to help people find names on the wall (a volunteer position). It was quite an experience. Everyone wants to find a name on the wall. Often they couldn’t remember the right name or the right spelling. It was a challenge to find the correct name for everyone.

We are parked across from a 78 year old man, John. He paints murals on RVs and TV dishes. One morning we watched for a complete hour, the beginning to the end of a painting on the back of an RV. See the pictures.
We went down to Yuma (with Butch & Mary and met up with Penny & Arnie there), to go to the Arizona Swap Meet - another huge area of vendors selling almost anything you can think of from vegetables to jewelry to an electric scooter with the seat doubling as the lid of a cold drink cooler.

Last week it got warm enough to have a fire outside at Butch & Mary’s in the evening and another one last night at Tureda & Neil’s.

This week started off with Sharon going for a 20-minute ultralight flight and ending up being employed to take aerial pictures for the City of Quartzsite. That was an experience of a life time. This will give everyone a better idea of what Quartzsite is all about. Notice the two pointed fingers in the picture of the ultralight. These are two other ultralights in the air. Next pictures are aerial view of our motorhome (4 yellow dots), Butch & Mary’s motorhome (2 yellow dots). Then an aerial view of the Big Tent (1 yellow dot is Interstate 10) (2 yellow dots – Highway 95) (3 yellow dots where we are parked – just a little father to the left). Notice the white spots all over in the picture – these are RVers everywhere. Also an aerial view of the Vietnam Wall

We have had a lot of good times during the day and in the evening with Butch & Mary, Larry & Rollienna, Tureda & Neil. Jack & Jerri from Nampa came over for a visit also.

Cutest sign we have seen on back of a small car is "Be patient….I’m pushing a huge motorhome".