LEAVING QUARTZSITE

Today, starts our third week of being parked in the desert, near Quartzsite, and Yuma, AZ. Tomorrow, we head back to Lake Havasu, where several projects are waiting to be completed. We have enjoyed these last 2 weeks, visiting with our friends, getting new eye glasses, having my teeth fixed, (Not so enjoyable), riding my dual sport bike in the desert, (went for a ride yesterday), and just being lazy around the campfire. This is a time of year when the temperatures are generally in the 60's, and except for an occasional storm, the sky is pure blue. Last night with a full moon, there was almost enough light to sit outside and read a book. Camping in the desert has always been a highlight for me, going back to the days when Mike and Marc were just little guys, and we used to camp in the high desert, north of Bishop, CA, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. My definition of camping has evolved just a little, from the days of sleeping bags in the back of a pickup, to a rolling house on wheels, with all of the modern conveniences. We'll be home for a couple of weeks, then we're off to Tucson, where we will be working the Tucson Rodeo, perhaps for the last time. We'll have to see how that plays out, but with the loss of the National Finals Rodeo in Vegas, the company we contract with, may elect not to continue with the Tucson event. We haven't seen Marc, Chandra and our grandaughter Laila since XMAS, so we're already looking forward to the trip to Tucson.