Quartzsite Arizona

What a wonderful place. Great food (and a ton of it), wonderful people, the desert and the largest flea market ever...what could be better? Well I guess the weather could have been a bit better. According to Mikey and Jan they have never had a bad weather day when they have been here...go figure that we have had I think three days of rain....not just a dribble but real true rain storm. We had winds I think up to 60 miles an hour and we had a tornado warning as well. All very unusual for Quartzsite this time of year. However we preservered.

Mikey grilled the pork loin (adorned with homemade old fashioned german potato salad and german style red cabbage) under his awning while it rained

And we all (14 of us) sat comfortably inside Bonnie and Barry's motorhome to enjoy the meal.

This is the no longer dry desert after one of our rain storms...

We spent a day in the desert behind us exploring. I think Mikey and Jan are comparing their find of precious gems

David and Mikey are prospecting...any gold in them there hills?

And this is Peeko's new best friend, her name is Abby. Abby's owners are Barb and John who live in California and travel with this gentle giant in their motor home. Abby is a Great Dane and is probably three feet plus compared to Peeko's less than 1 foot height. It was great entertainment to watch them run circles around the fire ring.

She is a very pretty dog.
The hills behind us at sunset

Omelets in a bag? Why yes in Quartzsite anything is possible. Here is the process. You need ziplock bags, eggs, every imaginable omelet ingredient and boiling water. You write your name on a bag with a permanent marker, Jan breaks the requested number of eggs into your bag. You travel down the table adding any ingredient that strikes your fancy

You then smush your ingredients around so that they are nicely jumbled

The bags are then put into boiling water for 15 minutes or so.

And wallah the best omelet I have ever tested and perhaps one of the healthiest I have eaten.

It has been a great week. We are waiting to here the secret vote to find out if we will be invited back next year :) Although we decided that we would just come on our own if we have to, park our 5th wheel right on the outside of the circle and sit in our chairs looking forlorn and we kust know that one of these people will take us in.

Humm I have forgotten to even mention the flea market/RV show/junk shopping that we came to Quarzsite for. It is a mecca of vendors selling jewelry, rocks, gems, RV stuff, food, art, crafts, clothing, garden art, etc etc etc. We did our share of shopping and browsing and yes purchasing. Mary you would love it here and so would you Chrissy my two junking friends.

Tomorrow we head for Palm Springs with Mikey and Jan in the lead.

Are those damned Vikings going to win in overtime???? I can barely take the stress of it all.