Wednesday January 17th.
Today we walked up to Tysons. This is a giant flea market. One of 5 or 6 in the area. We were invited last night to go with Bob and Linda to a Escapees B.O.F.
Ok I'll explain. Escapees is an organization of primarily full timers. We are members. Escapees has many B.O.F.s This stands for Birds of a Feather, another name for a group within Escapees sharing a common interest. There are many you can join. This BOF is a Christian Fellowship group. They were having a family bluegrass gospel group performing, followed by a Potluck meal. Did you ever know a group of Christians getting together without food? All of us brought our own chairs and sat out in the desert listening to this family perform. Afterwards they brought out the food, Judy brought her broccoli salad, and everyone lined up and dug in. The food was actually pretty good. Then we pulled our chairs around a big campfire and just talked for a while. It gets dark early here and the stars are so beautiful. I even learned about Orion. Kind of reminds me of being on the boat in the middle of lake Michigan. We were back home by 8:30. Another good day in the desert. I am not going to write much more about Quartzite. Frankly if you go to the website http://www.because-we-can.net/ and check out the archieved blogs you will learn all you need to know and if you check between the 14th and the 24th you might just find a few pictures of us. So why the picture of the guy on his Amigo? Sometimes the traffic moves slow in Q, so slow that this guy passed me, No kidding!!!

Sunday January 14th
Just another beautiful day. Cold but very pretty. Just relaxed, read, went for a walk. Boy this sure is hard work. We got out the old boat binoculars and have enjoyed watching the coming and going of people.
We were invited to Bob and Linda's for Peanut hour and dinner. Bob and Linda have been full timers for a year. They started a tradition on sitting outside at 4:00 and shelling a few peanuts and just enjoying the afternoon.
Dinner followed and we didn't end up leaving until 9:00. We are parked about a half mile from them. The walk back in the dark was both beautiful because of the stars and spooky because it was so dark. No street lights in the desert, what were they thinking??
Our little flashlight helped us find our way home. Note, next time leave a light on.

Thursday

Thurday, January 11th
Getting ready to go spend a couple of weeks dry camping in the desert. Should head out on Friday.
Here's what we did today.
Camping World
Photo art gallery
Biosphere 2
Great Mex lunch
Used bookstore
Worked on blog
Filled water tank
updated blog

Tuesday

Tuesday, january 9th
Van Horn Texas to Tucson Arizona. Passed a guy driving a school bus pulling a car. He looked to have his life's work on board. Shortly after passing him I commented to Judy that his electrical system must not be working as his headlights kept flashing on and off. Silly me, he was trying to signal me. Turns out one of our baggage doors had come open. Fortunately nothing fell out and we were able to get stopped and relatch the door. About an hour later we caught up with him and waved to show our gratitude. Lots of RV's on the road. Spending a few days in Tucson at the South Forty RV ranch. We may be the youngest people in here.

Monday

Monday, January 8th
Road day. I-10 to Van Horn Texas, about 130 miles from El Paso. Staying at a KOA, suppose to have wi-fi, but can't make it work.

Sunday

Sunday, January 7th
Today was an interesting mix. The warden decided we could eat out. But before that we went to the herb farm. Judy has been here twice before. I'm not sure this time lived up to her expectations. The Texas winter has done it's work on the gardens. Need to see this in the spring. Then it was off to Cranky Franks bbq. Finally brisket the way it should be. Last but not least we visited a winery in the hill country. Not bad but not 5 star. I don't think Cal has anything to worry about. Tomorrow it's back on the road.

Saturday

Yesterday we drove back roads through Arkansas. Other than rice fields, cotton fields and people living in poverty, not much notable, spent the night in another flying J. Today we drove to Fredricksburg Texas. Again not much to talk about. Driving through Austin is difficult, glad to be out of that mess and into the hill country. We are spending 2 nights here in Fredricksburg.

Friday

Friday, January 5th
We drove for 8 hours yesterday,most of it raining. We spent the night in a flying J truck stop south of Sikeston MO.

Thursday

Thursday, January 4th.
Wow, we spent last night only 75 miles from home. We stay in nothing but the finest spots. Actually we spent last night in the parking lot of Meijer in Benton Harbor. Coffee this morning and on the road. Judy has some great idea to stay off the interstate as much as possible, we'll see.

Wednesday

Wed, January 3rd..
Well we are officially on the road. Of course it is 4:00 p.m. I have a feeling we will not be going very far but it feels good to be underway. We are having problems with our towbar so will have that looked at when we get to Portland.