Nov 7

I went to knapping class today. I completed 2 arrowheads and it was tons of fun. Didn't know that it would be this easy.

Here a picture of the duck we finished yesterday. #2 is in progress as I write this. Tomorrow I'll head down to the golf guy and get some more golf clubs.

It turned out to be 97 degrees here today. I think it was about 95 in the trailer, so I spent time out in the shade. It is supposed to cool down by this weekend, I hope.

We went to the QIA building tonight for supper. They put on a pancake feed every Wed. at 5pm - 6pm. Bob had the pancakes, eggs and sausage. I had some biscuits and gravy. It was pretty tasty.

We got home from that and Bob started working more on the duck. I will get it finished by tomorrow.

I turned on the TV and couldn't get any channels on it. Bob checked to see what satellites it was picking up and we had very low signals in the 60's. So we had to recalibrate it. It's working now. The wind wasn't blowing hard enough for it to get out of kilter so we don't know what happened.

Nov 6

Bob found GOLD ! ! ! He went out past Dome Rock where he was prospecting last year and they were found just below the surface. He was pretty excited when he got home and showed me. They were about 5 grains each..

I looked up in the sky and saw this Goodyear blimp following I-10.

We went to town today to get some paint for my golf duck. Bob got some bondo and dowels to attach the head to the body. We finished the duck but won't have pictures till tomorrow. It was too dark to not use a flash but they still didn't turn out. I will take one in full sun tomorrow.

It got up to 93 here today and 91 inside the trailer. I spend a lot of time outside in the shade.

Nov 5

Laundry day today...As I was sitting in the laundromat waiting for the clothes to dry, a guy came in to get his clothes out of the dryer and noticed all of the clothes were gone...Someone had stolen all of his clothes!!! If I go to the laundromat I will not leave because along with generator thieves, there are laundry thieves.

We went around town looking for tools to carve wood and found a set of carving knives at a vendor at Rice Ranch. After we got back home, Bob carved a couple duck heads from a 2 x 4 and got a couple good looking ducks. He carved them and they looked good. I sanded them after he got done and I think we might be able to glue them onto the golf club tomorrow and get them finished. Now I have to buy some body putty and paint.

Tom, Geri, Ted and Hillary came out today to visit. They are all from Wisconsin who we met last year. It was good to see them. We are all going out to the Grubsteak restaurant Friday for the fish fry.

Bob went out prospecting today and found 2 pieces of gold. Pictures tomorrow.

Here's a picture of a sculpture in one of the local RV parks... A horse and her colt!!!

Nov 4

I took a drive to Parker today to get groceries. Safeway is my store I go to and I stocked up on all the essentials. My fridge and cupboards were looking like Mother Hubbard's cupboard so I told Bob I had to get it restocked. We hadn't been to the grocery store for things since we left Laramie on Oct 9th. I then headed to the Dollar Store to get a few things that I didn't want to spend full price for. The places were pretty busy, guess Q winter residents had the same idea!



After I got home, Bob emptied out the black and gray water tanks and we headed to the dump sites. We dumped and then got fresh water for our showers. Bob got to talking to George Patton about gold prospecting while at the dump site so that delayed us by about another 1/2 hour.


We brought the water home and then he went prospecting...Surprise there!!!

I have been watching an item on EBAY and during the last 10 minutes of the auction, placed a bid and watched it closely...I ended up WINNING it...


Here's a pic of the GOLF DUCK and I will try in the near future to make some of them. Ron and Terry were ribbing me about getting this duck as they were sitting outside enjoying our fire this evening...
I think he's pretty cool and I can't wait to carve some duck heads and see how I do...

Nov 3

The meteor showers are starting. Officially the bulk of them will be on Nov. 17 & 18th but I saw 3 last night. So be sure to start watching the sky for the next 2 weeks.

We went to the craft show today at the QIA building. Lots of crafty people! I found one craft I'm going to try to do. Someone has taken a wooden golf club, cut the handle off and then carved a duck head to attach to it. It was then painted and they are adorable...So I had to go to the golf guy in town and buy a couple wooden golf clubs. Now I'll see how talented I am when I try to carve a duck head. If it turns out there will be pictures posted...

We drove out in the desert and got a picture of my favorite cactus--the saguaro.

Bob went prospecting again and came back empty handed. But he loves going out and he will find gold...

I took a picture of this bird today and will have to ask Judy what it is.

We had another fire tonight and it is so still and quiet out.

Nov 2

We started the day out by stopping by the check in station and meeting Thom and Judy. Very nice couple and we will be spending some time over at their evening fires in the near future.

We then went in search of firewood. We found some to last a few fires and have our first fire going this evening.

Before Bob got going this morning I set up my tripod with the camera and focused on the hummingbird feeder. Boy did I miss a lot of shots. There were so many hummingbirds that I could click the shutter fast enough.

I forgot to take a pic of the campsite when we got set up so here it is a little late.

Bob went prospecting this afternoon in a new spot, just found some nail,,,no nuggets...Maybe next time...

Nov 1

Today started out slow. Bob got up late and after he got oriented we went to La Posa South to get some water. We stopped at Tyson wash and he talked to the people he worked for last summer. Also go to talk to John who was his co-worker at the time.
We came home and put the water in the trailer. I took a shower and then fixed lunch.
We ended up going to the rock club meeting and paying our dues for the coming winter. I have signed up for a faceting class and also a knapping class. Going to get started on all the rock club activities. We visited with several people we got to know last summer that have arrived down here.
We've seen several hummingbirds visiting the feeders since we put it up. Got to get some snapshots of them some early morning.