The Other Meaning of Quartzsite

I have had people ask me why I enjoy going to Quartzsite. I tell them it is more than just the comraderie that the gathering provides....

but it is also about helping each other.

You will always find someone teaching or assisting another with something when you are with this gathering...


...I am sorry to have missed all the new tricks and talents that were shared this year!



The photos used in this post are from previous QZ gatherings...owned by MM

The Quartzsite 13 Plus One....

William Willard saw how much fun the group was having so he drove over to QZ too - and I have proof!

Thanks again for the video, GoneFishin!

Payment in Full??

Happycarz claims this is "Payment in Full" ....but I am sure it is only for telling William Willard where to park when he pulled into QZ this morning...and not for the other project below that "BP" had done!



I am sure "William Willard" made it to QZ because he got his new residential fridge in - and what a beauty it is!!


Thanks for showing off, BP - now are you heading to Nor-Cal to do mine??!!
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Quartzsite Crowds...

I have a few photos from Happycarz  plus a photo given to GoneFishin by "Mrs wthomas1" that show a few different types of crowds - 
The "Posed" Crowd


"The Golf Lesson" Crowd


The "Girl's Club" Crowd


The "Hot Hot Hot" Crowd


The "Holy Moly-Can of Sardines" Crowd



You can enjoy all these crowds plus many others by coming on down to where the gang is!

..and Now Live Video...

...well, it was "live" earlier today when GoneFishin' shot it!!
Thank You for sharing this with the rest of us "non-Quartzsite" attendees!

Quartzsite 2011

I have been getting info and a few photos of the "goings-on" down at Quartzsite in the past 24 hours that I would like to share with everyone.
(Please excuse photo quality - photos were taken for my personal viewing pleasure and not necessarily for posting on blogs)

You can see exlaminator helping unload the firewood that Happycarz has brought down for the second year. (Actually this is well-seasoned firewood because it is the leftover firewood from last year! The weather last year was stormy and wet for many days so the campfire went unlit many nights.)


The following photos are of part of the group that had made it by 3:30 PM today.
(I can give you some of the rig owner names from left to right...
Drifter; GoneFishin/Fishbum; AKBrick/CheetahGal; OLYLEN; and maybe Redryder)



I can only be sure of the last three - from right to left...exlaminator; Happycarz; CruisinCondo(aka Mark92587)  and continuing on ...an SOB; I think itDave; and the one on the left end might be Deaton OR Duffys' Mom/Duffy's Dad!!!                                                                  
 

It certainly looks like there will be a great turnout!   Oh...and by the way...here is a preview of the weather....

Saturday Mainly sunny. High near 75F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday night: Clear. Low 47F. Winds NNW at 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 40s.
Monday Sunny. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 40s.
Tuesday Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the low 40s.
Wednesday Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 40s.
Thursday Sunshine. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the low 40s.
Friday Mainly sunny. Highs in the low 70s and lows in the mid 40s.
Saturday Mainly sunny. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 40s.
Sunday Mix of sun and clouds. Highs in the mid 70s and lows in the mid 40s.

2011 iRV2 Monaco Quartzsite Gathering

We have gone to Quartzsite each January to meet up with some new and old RV friends. We will not be making it this year but you can find the rest of the gang if you go to the Green Campsite that is on this map...


(You can also find an interactive map here.)

I hope everyone has a great time and enjoys the weather while you are in QZ ..and know that SacsTC and I are with you in thought!



View iRV2 Monaco Owners Quartzsite Location in a larger map

The Eagles Are Almost Back!

Some of you already know I am a fan of the Norfolk Botanical Eagle WebCam. The season will be starting soon -but here is a preview of the two. (The previous season has been hosted by WVEC ..I believe it may be the same this year.)



You may notice the view is a bit different from previous seasons. The reason is because the two have been busy building a new nest in a tree which is about 140 feet away from last year's tree.

Reese Lukei from CCB keeps an up to date blog of the happenings at the nest that also has some great photos. (Thanks again Reese and everyone else at CCB that has kept us informed of the "goings-on" at the nest)

You can also order a 2011 "Garden of Eagles" Calendar which will benefit the Wildlife Center of Virginia and will be earmarked for construction of a new permanent home for Buddy.

The New Green...

Our first Chevrolet Volt showed up and was about to be delivered to it's new owners today - but I was able to get one quick photo of it before it left our premises..

I apologize for the picture quality-but it was the best I could do through my office window with my phone.

This Is What Brings Smiles on Christmas Day!

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I know this is not what Christmas actually stands for...but it sure does put a big smile on my face!!

Rare Sightings

I stayed up to see a rare sight tonight...A Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse" .

The following tells you just how long we will have to wait to see another one...

(This was taken from NASA's website) This lunar eclipse falls on the date of the northern winter solstice. How rare is that? Total lunar eclipses in northern winter are fairly common. There have been three of them in the past ten years alone. A lunar eclipse smack-dab on the date of the solstice, however, is unusual. Geoff Chester of the US Naval Observatory inspected a list of eclipses going back 2000 years. "Since Year 1, I can only find one previous instance of an eclipse matching the same calendar date as the solstice, and that is 1638 DEC 21," says Chester. "Fortunately we won't have to wait 372 years for the next one...that will be on 2094 DEC 21

Here are a few photos I snapped while chatting with the folks on the WVEC Eagle Chat (Thanks for the reminder, Sioux!)

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Cooper's Hawk Revisited...

Yes...He is still around-and I think he is here to stay.

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...When Birds Fly...

We now know to grab the camera and search the skies "when birds fly" ! I saw all the birds scatter and take off for the sky this morning so I grabbed the camera and was able to take these two poor quality pictures before the resident neighborhood hawk took off.

We have caught glimpses of him trying to catch a feathered snack -but we have not actually witnessed him being successful.

Water Play

Anyone have a clue as to where you can find these birds and more in one spot?







...and the answer is.....

GOSH- I Love My New Job!!

Where else can you find.... not just one turkey...but...

multiple turkeys under a "Thanksgiving Feast" sign....

or a Sunset like this all on the same day?

Experimental Posts...

I thought I would experiment today...
These photos are of the Blue Angels. (now let's see if this works...)

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Take a Walk on the Wild Side...

...No...not the "Lou Reed" walk....but a walk where you can see some of the following views...

New Blog...or Am I Crazy???

Another Eagle Chat Member inspired me (okay...I admit it - I copied Sioux's idea) to set up a blog that has the birds I have seen - or I guess I should say that I can prove that I saw via the camera lens... so I am officially introducing :

Feathered Friends which is actually located at " www.FeatheryFinds.blogspot.com "

I hope you will give me your feedback and/or sign up as a follower of the blog.

Happy Viewing!!

Birds of a Feather....

I happened to snap a few photos of different feathered friends today - so I thought I would share a few with you. I hope you enjoy them...

...Smiles and More Smiles!

I am going to tell you that I found myself smiling "ear to ear" this morning as I drove into work at 8:30 AM...and here is why:

It is foggy and overcast at home and I would normally be driving into the fog and I would probably have gray skies most of the morning at my old job... but as I turn onto the freeway and head the opposite direction I am blinded by sunlight shining through the clouds!

I am smiling as I drive into work and then realize the following song is playing too...Yes - life is better than good!!

Somewhere Over The Rainbow