If you’ve ever been to Quartzsite, Arizona, in any January, you would never recognize it today. The huge RV lots with hundreds of monster-sized high-dollar all-the-bells-and-whistles motor homes, trailers and fifth-wheels, are gone, empty asphalt slabs now in their place.
“You a big lady!”
Words no one ever wants to hear! My walk this morning took me about a mile down the road from Mittry Lake where Li’l Homey is still parked. As I walk, I’m heading south… the sun is to my left.
Flowers in the Desert
One look at a desert, all those miles and miles of kitty litter, could make one think there’s nothing out there but, well, miles and miles of kitty litter. If one gets out of the car to take a closer
A Few Days at Mittry Lake
After spending some days at the Pilot Knob BLM land west of Yuma, AZ, I moved on up to Mittry Lake just north of Yuma. Mittry Lake is a wildlife area and home to many birds, both full-time residents and
There’s a New Labyrinth Near Quartzsite, Arizona
There’s a new labyrinth out in the desert just outside Quartzsite, Arizona. Conceived by Ella and built mostly by her own efforts over the course of a week or so, along with a few volunteers who placed a rock or
Dogs of the Desert – Doggieland at RTR
Winter 2014 Rubber Tramp Rendezvous in Quartzsite, AZ is officially over (thanks, Bob!). In the bag. Finito. Over for another year. Completo. Only the memories remain. And what memories they are! New friends. For some: old friends. Nightly campfires under
Sunshine Sunshine Everywhere!
I’m lovin’ being in the sunshine and warm air of the Southwest deserts. It’s not only physically very therapeutic (the pneumonia that set into my lungs over Christmas is on the run) but being out in the wide open spaces