After San Diego
After leaving San Diego we stopped in Indio, CA, close to Palm Spring, for a few days to visit with Gene and Shirley who were our neighbors in Modesto. They will spend the winter over there. They told us about the area and the places no to miss so we didn’t waste anytime and went to visit The living desert. Loved it! Thanks for the great tips…
During that time we also did some shopping, stocked up on food to prepare for our Quartzsite adventure since we had no idea what we would be finding over there.
Well, we’ve been in Quartzsite now since Tuesday 9th…the weather has been changing everyday. First we had a beautiful warm sunny day, the next one was overcast and cold with showers, the third one was sunny but so windy it shook the bus so much we thought we were sailing on the ocean, now they are calling for rain and wind for the next couple days.
Bill is getting a lot of projects done here. Being parked in the middle of the desert allows us to be noisy and to spread out which is perfect for working on the bus. Today I painted some wooden containers to store office and craft supplies which will eliminate some boxes of paper that we still have here and there around the bus and give the kids more room to store their legos in their room. I’m also, STILL working on the advent calendar…sometimes I wished I had bought one already made at Target! It is taking a veeeeery long time. I have to confess that I used the pocket #8 until yesterday just adding a post-it to change the number. The kids would get up, see the little piece of paper and say with a reproaching tone: “Mom, you did it again!” Anyway, I’m caught up now until the 16th. Yoohoo, I can rest my fingers for a couple of days.
It is our first boondocking experience, not being plugged to city water or electricity. We are now on conservative mode…quick showers and no extra lights turned on. Bill built this bus with wild camping in mind so we have more fresh water and tankage capacity than most motorhome. We are hoping to last two weeks before we have to go back to civilisation to fill up with water, propane and dump the tanks. We'll find out!
During that time we also did some shopping, stocked up on food to prepare for our Quartzsite adventure since we had no idea what we would be finding over there.
Well, we’ve been in Quartzsite now since Tuesday 9th…the weather has been changing everyday. First we had a beautiful warm sunny day, the next one was overcast and cold with showers, the third one was sunny but so windy it shook the bus so much we thought we were sailing on the ocean, now they are calling for rain and wind for the next couple days.
Bill is getting a lot of projects done here. Being parked in the middle of the desert allows us to be noisy and to spread out which is perfect for working on the bus. Today I painted some wooden containers to store office and craft supplies which will eliminate some boxes of paper that we still have here and there around the bus and give the kids more room to store their legos in their room. I’m also, STILL working on the advent calendar…sometimes I wished I had bought one already made at Target! It is taking a veeeeery long time. I have to confess that I used the pocket #8 until yesterday just adding a post-it to change the number. The kids would get up, see the little piece of paper and say with a reproaching tone: “Mom, you did it again!” Anyway, I’m caught up now until the 16th. Yoohoo, I can rest my fingers for a couple of days.
It is our first boondocking experience, not being plugged to city water or electricity. We are now on conservative mode…quick showers and no extra lights turned on. Bill built this bus with wild camping in mind so we have more fresh water and tankage capacity than most motorhome. We are hoping to last two weeks before we have to go back to civilisation to fill up with water, propane and dump the tanks. We'll find out!
We are loving it here! The children can run free exploring the mountains near by and mine for precious rocks with pick and shovels. So far they've found lots of quartz, some turquoise rocks and the skin of a snake. Lots of great adventures!Sylviane
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Oh My Gosh! You are out in the middle of no where. Lots of exploring time and fun for the kids to find many treasures. Looking like it may storm here - cold this morning and snow on the mountain tops. Stay safe. We enjoyed our visit.
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