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Hunting , Fishing, RV Adventures in the west, RV upgrades, Off Grid Living, and a little alternative news
Sunday, February 12, 2012
A few more Pictures from Quartzsite
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Making the trip back to Colorado
Made it to Deming NM yesterday afternoon, was pretty tired (because Christine and Brent keep this old man up too late :) ) it was the last day after all..
Deming Wall-Mart that is, the place was to full capacity, had a couple other RVer's ask if it was ok to park where we were, (said yuuuup, just talked to security we are good)
Got a little of a late start,
Today I stopped south of Santa Fe. drained all of the tanks and winterized the water lines for the trip tomorrow, to the frozen lands
Deming Wall-Mart that is, the place was to full capacity, had a couple other RVer's ask if it was ok to park where we were, (said yuuuup, just talked to security we are good)
Got a little of a late start,
Today I stopped south of Santa Fe. drained all of the tanks and winterized the water lines for the trip tomorrow, to the frozen lands
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| In closing Rocky Says: Thanks everyone for the good time |
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Trying to watch the Super Bowl
Super Bowl Sunday came upon us, We have NO local station that will come in, we have very marginal internet signal. So, we did find a casino that bragged they had 3 tv's and were going to have the game on.
Well in true rv'ers fashion we (I) got a late start cooking some tasty steaks on the grille, so we made a mad dash to "the casino" to watch the game
Brent drove to the hot spot, we entered the joint only to find, they do have 3 tv's .... but no where to sit and watch them unless you are sitting in front of a slot machine, with 2 BIG BOY Indians watching your every move and a big MOMMA doing the same..
Brent did have a conservation with one of the big boys that informed him that the bowling alley in Ajo had tv's... Ahh we are in WHY Arizona .. yup Why ? :)
We returned to the campsite to try and watch the game on the internet ... after all the NFL was streaming the game for free of charge on the internet, so we thought COOL...
WELL, after trying to get a steady feed with the the lame Verizon air card and trying to get the smart phone to download for more than 1 minute of action at a time, we finally decided at half time we would try the bowling alley, (after all what do have to loose)
The bowling alley actually turned out to be just what the doctor ordered, we were able to watch the second half .. Nice job Giants
On Monday Brent and I were trying to get some sunset pictures.. Here is what I came up with
Well in true rv'ers fashion we (I) got a late start cooking some tasty steaks on the grille, so we made a mad dash to "the casino" to watch the game
Brent drove to the hot spot, we entered the joint only to find, they do have 3 tv's .... but no where to sit and watch them unless you are sitting in front of a slot machine, with 2 BIG BOY Indians watching your every move and a big MOMMA doing the same..
Brent did have a conservation with one of the big boys that informed him that the bowling alley in Ajo had tv's... Ahh we are in WHY Arizona .. yup Why ? :)
We returned to the campsite to try and watch the game on the internet ... after all the NFL was streaming the game for free of charge on the internet, so we thought COOL...
WELL, after trying to get a steady feed with the the lame Verizon air card and trying to get the smart phone to download for more than 1 minute of action at a time, we finally decided at half time we would try the bowling alley, (after all what do have to loose)
The bowling alley actually turned out to be just what the doctor ordered, we were able to watch the second half .. Nice job Giants
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| Brent showed me how to better use my camera, so I was taking pictures in the bar without a flash |
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| The bright spot at the left is the tv... |
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| There weren't many cloudy evenings |
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| On the walk back I was able to get a shot of Horton (the Motor Home of Brent and Christine) |
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| After sunset Brent took some pic of the Tiki Bar I really like this one |
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| Another shameless pic of the Tiki Bar and Christine having our first Margaretta with the good stuff |
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Ajo Arizona
Left Yuma this morning, traveled to Ajo to meet Brent and Christine at their campsite on BLM land surrounded by Giant Socorro Cactus, I am working my way back to Colorado
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| Set up the Tiki Bar .. Christine likes it .. so far this is the best picture if it yet at night |
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| We went for a little walk and I snapped a couple of pics |
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Annual MexicoTrip
When you walk into Mexico it said that one should go early and leave early . That way the line to get BACK in the USSA is short.
Well not yesterday, I entered Mexico at 10am.
Checked on a couple of blankets, went to the pharmacy, went to the liquior store.
Everything was going good except there is a law that liquor cannot be sold until 11am, now I had 45 minuted to kill.
I walked around the streets for awhile, looked at all the stuff they say is made in Mexico and is actually made in China or South Korea, I had my Jeff Dunham " Walter" hat on, the vendors thought it was worn out, wanted to sell me a new hat (hey I paid to have it look that way) :)
I then visited the garden and took some pictures. (they don't worry about so called terrorists, you can take all the pictures you want, walk right in at the border, no one is even there to say HI :)
I Took pitures of this the first time I was down here with Ash's grandparents, thought I would do it again. (after-all I have the time)
The story of the not quite matching walls.
The Pavilion is one city block square, during construction it was deided to build an arched wall across the center. They decided to start on each side and meet in the middle.
When they got close to the center, it did not quite line up so they stopped.
Maybe they should not take so many siesta's, or have a better boss man, it does give the place some caricature, they did finish running the electrical and water lines.
I finished taking pictures and still had about 30 minutes left, went bak to the Mexican blanket store, haggled for awhile, finally bought 2 blankets (they are so warm)
Back to the liquor store still waiting for 11am. I checked out the store more and waited (with everyone else)
11 am came and I had our yearly supply of the Good Tequila for margaritas..
The so called short line at 11am to get back to the USA was a block long now.
So it took 45 minutes standing in line to get to one of the 3 customs folks checking passports.
Well not yesterday, I entered Mexico at 10am.
Checked on a couple of blankets, went to the pharmacy, went to the liquior store.
Everything was going good except there is a law that liquor cannot be sold until 11am, now I had 45 minuted to kill.
I walked around the streets for awhile, looked at all the stuff they say is made in Mexico and is actually made in China or South Korea, I had my Jeff Dunham " Walter" hat on, the vendors thought it was worn out, wanted to sell me a new hat (hey I paid to have it look that way) :)
I then visited the garden and took some pictures. (they don't worry about so called terrorists, you can take all the pictures you want, walk right in at the border, no one is even there to say HI :)
The story of the not quite matching walls.
The Pavilion is one city block square, during construction it was deided to build an arched wall across the center. They decided to start on each side and meet in the middle.
When they got close to the center, it did not quite line up so they stopped.
Maybe they should not take so many siesta's, or have a better boss man, it does give the place some caricature, they did finish running the electrical and water lines.
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| This is inside the pavilion a very large TIKI hut |
Back to the liquor store still waiting for 11am. I checked out the store more and waited (with everyone else)
11 am came and I had our yearly supply of the Good Tequila for margaritas..
The so called short line at 11am to get back to the USA was a block long now.
So it took 45 minutes standing in line to get to one of the 3 customs folks checking passports.
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| After leaving Mexico, back home to the trailer |
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Hanging out in Yuma Az
Left Quartzsite on Sunday and took my time to get to Yuma,
Met up with Willy and Irma when I pulled into sleepy hollow (some call it sleazy hollow), there are many empty spots especially in the full hookup areas.
Took the following day to set up ... more on the stay later..
This is meant to be in all good fun to the RTR'ers
The install was all done with pretty much assorted hardware that we all could round up in our junk boxes of parts and some creative engineering, the install worked out very well ..
Met up with Willy and Irma when I pulled into sleepy hollow (some call it sleazy hollow), there are many empty spots especially in the full hookup areas.
Took the following day to set up ... more on the stay later..
This is meant to be in all good fun to the RTR'ers
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| How many RTR'er'er'ers does it take to install a solar panel ? |
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| owner of van |
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| After two days they were getting close |
Monday, January 23, 2012
Tiki Bar Night
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| Pheasant Nuggets, and Tiki Bar in the desert using off grid power |
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| Everyone had a good time (only 4 birds fed everyone) |
Since we could not get local stations to watch the football games, I hooked the satellite radio, and listened to the games on the radio.
We had about 22 people attending..
The weather for this day was very good
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Rubber Tramp Rendezvous
Sunrise this morning at Quartzsite Az
A little breezy this morning, got up early to take down the awning, (because of the wind) the wind charger is hummin' along.
It is about 64* and max of 25mph gusts at 8am
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| Looking for a good spot to camp |
Young couple showed up yesterday to attend the RTR. Verry interesting to talk to, I will have more on them later, it is a work in progress. But I like it.
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| Camp this morning during sunrise |
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| couple of folks wanted to see some pictures of the inside |
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| It is still a work in progress but a nice start |
The rig is hers, she wanted something that would not fall apart.
The motor runs on many fuels, currently the are running on a mixture of gasoline and used motor oil
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| Today is the first day of the rv show, quite a croud, |
A friend Ken is about 7 ft tall he took the picture
The winds have been blowing all day, this evening the wind changed direction and caused dust storms
maximum wind speed today was 45mph
maximum wind speed today was 45mph
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