Jan 9, 2008

The morning started out with a beautiful pink sunrise. I usually don't like pink but in sunrises it is great.

As I was walking thru the vendor displays in Rice Ranch today, I came upon this beautiful motorcycle. The vendor was detailing motorcycles. He was talking to some bikers and telling them to bring their bikes over and he would detail them right there.

This vendor has barrels for sale. You might need one for dumping your grey and black water or hauling water. He has a couple different sizes and buckets also.

This next vendor was selling handmade wood products. Bet he won't sell too many to full timers as we don't have room to put these. The items were beautiful tho.

I made a couple of glass bead necklaces last night. They turned out great and I have already sent one off in the mail to my friend, Jane Baldwin, in Casper WY.

Better make more tonight. I love doing it and get great results.

Jan 8, 2008

We spent the last 2 days working at the BLM check in station. 9 checked in Monday and 13 today. We were glad we had some people to talk to. Ron came by and visited yesterday and today. Judy also stopped for a bit today.

On Sunday we also went to Tyson Wells and I got a few pictures when I went to pick up my Manzanita roots that I didn't post. This will be a short post tonight as we are both tired from working today.

The 1st picture is iron art that is cut with a torch. He does beautiful work and prices are reasonable. 2nd picture,,,bunches of animals. 3rd picture--Want to buy a giraffe??

This last picture was taken Sunday, the wind was blowing as you can see by the snow goose flying. But in the clouds there was a sun dog...It didn't come out in the picture but it was pretty cool to see.

Jan 6, 2008

We had to do the dreaded dumping of the trailer today and get some water. We also ran into town and washed clothes. I did bring them home today and we think we finally got the clothesline so it won't blow down. Boy is that ever frustrating to have the line blow down with wet clothes on it.

After that, a trip to take a picture of the big tent being set up.

I also got some manzanita roots for my wire tree bases. Here is a picture of a Manzanita tree.

The description says it is native of California, but the roots I got today were from Wisconsin.

At the end of the evening, the sunset was a golden ball descending over the horizon. It was beautiful!

I gave Bob a haircut in the wind tonight. It had been 3 months since he has had one. Sure cut off a lot of hair.

Jan 4

Bob and I spent a good part of the day walking around visiting vendors. It seems like in the past few days they just popped out of nowhere. Bob found some padre trading beads from a guy from Africa. The price was good and he will go and get more later. Here's Bob's new girlfriend he found while strolling around the vendors. Next picture is tables and tables of glassware. Makes me wonder how they pack and travel from show to show...

I filled my 1 gallon propane tank today. I was making beads last night and ran out of propane. Stopped me from making beads! I will get back to it tonight.

We're supposed to get some rain this weekend. Today was overcast but very warm...probably got up to 65 degrees.

Jan 2, 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! ! !
The new year came in and it hadn't changed from last year...I was in bed reading and Bob was out watching TV and we didn't even celebrate the new year.
The day before on Dec. 31st, we went to Mexico with George Eppler, who is parked next to us. We got some Rx's, I got a new purse and bracelet that a guy made for me... He weaved my name into the bracelet in about 4 minutes. We had lunch down there, as you can see by the previous posts. Bob got sick on New years day and most of the night. Might have gotten some bad food. George and I didn't have any problems tho.
I sure wished Shannon, George's girlfriend, could have been down there with us, we would have had so much fun... Maybe next time...
Bob was down almost all day today...He finally got out of bed this afternoon and went out about 3pm... He walked around and looked at prospecting places. George and him are going out tomorrow to check on a spot that George found today.. He found a target and needs to finish checking it out.

I got some crushed glass from Thompson Enamels today and spent the evening making glass beads. I made some beads to make a necklace for my friend, Jane Baldwin, who lives in Casper WYO...I talked to her today , it had been a while since I had done that. I hope to be able to visit her when I get to WYO this summer. I met her back in 1979,,,gosh 29 years ago... Nice to have a friend that long...
George is going to get some solar panels put on his 5er tomorrow. During that time, Bob and him will probably be prospecting.

Dec 30 & 31

Getting close to the end of the year, so I had better post quick...

The last 2 days I spent going 4 wheeling on a 4 wheeler that George let me use. Today, I went to the mountains east of us. Quite a long way too. I ended up finding some old gold mines and found 4 of them. As I proceeded further down a road, it turned into a wash and I didn't find a road for quite a long time. I had my dog with me. After a fashion, she just laid down in the back part of the 4 wheeler and was in for the ride. Here's some beautiful shots I got with my camera while out exploring.

Here's a gnarled old ironwood tree.

And a picture of a teardrop trailer being supplied with energy from a solar panel.

Bob, George and I went to Algodones Mexico today. We picked up some RX's and a few other things. Lunch was at an outdoor restaurant. The wind came up and it was pretty chilly for a while. Here's George and Bob at the entrance, Me and Bob at the restaurant and the checkpoint going on the road to Quartzsite.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ! ! !

Dec 27

I haven't posted for a few days,,too busy with the holiday rush. We survived Christmas!!!

Santa was good to both of us. We got phone calls from family in Wyoming and talked with other friends on Christmas. Bob and I went to dinner at La Casa del Rancho. They served a wonderful turkey or ham meal. It was great but I had to bring leftovers home. Turkey sandwiches for supper that night too.

The wind blew around 35 - 40 MPH all day on Christmas. Sure was a good day for staying inside. We watched some of the Walt Disney Christmas parade.

On Wed. we put up the snow goose wind kite that I got from Santa. It flies great in the wind. Last night tho, the wind blew hard again and I had a hard time sleeping, thinking it might blow away. Don't know why I just didn't get up and take it down. I think of that now that I'm awake and the wind is still blowing hard.

Our friend, George Eppler, from Glendo, WY stopped yesterday with his new 5er. He bought a Cyclone toy hauler in Casper and has been traveling in Colo., NM, and Ariz., for about a month or so. He is staying in Quartzsite for about a week or so. We all went down to the Prospectors Store yesterday. He was interested in buying a metal detector. They were able to help him out and after we got home, Bob and him got together learning about the detector and I'm sure telling some great stories. I made spaghetti for supper, George brought the wine and it turned out to be a great evening.

Today, Bob and George are looking into solar panels for his new rig and later they will go out prospecting.

George also brought his 4 wheeler down and I went for a ride on it last night. Boy was that ever great! I will get one, one of these days.

Here's Bob and George telling some more stories!!!

UPDATE:

George and Bob went out to try out the new detector this afternoon. George purchased a Mine Lab Eureka Gold detector and found a piece of magnetite and also a small piece of metal. He was happy that he has some new info about the detector. If the wind has died down tomorrow, they will probably go out again. But here is George on his first run with the Mine Lab detector.

He is coming over to dinner tonight after a bit. I'm making chicken fried steak, potatoes, corn and deviled eggs.

Hopefully I will be able to sleep tonight and not have to worry about the snow goose kite fly off somewhere over the Kofa Mountains. If he does fly off, I might take an extended hiking trip to retrieve him.