5 December ‘06
I know that we are in Southern Arizona, but the evenings and early mornings are very cool. When I went to the bathroom sink this morning, the water came out as if it was semi blocked. My guess was that at some point in our water line it must have been like slush. Ok, washed, brushed, clothed, and fed, let’s get ready and head out…. We were not only early for our solar appointment this morning, we beat all those that work there by 30 minutes. Well, the gate is locked and nobody around, “let’s go get some breakfast”… After splitting a Denver Omelet between us, we headed back to the shop and found everyone expecting us. A quick walk-through our coach with the installer and we were off to explore Quartzsite once more. One thing we wanted to do the last time we were in town was to visit the “Hi Jolly” monument. Haiji Ali was his real name, but the soldiers of 1884 couldn’t pronounce it so they just called him Hi Jolly… His job was to train the soldiers in how to handle the 71 camels which were brought here to work for the Army. Ok, now it’s time to see the town… It is amazing how many “entrepreneurs” have arrived in this very unusual village over the last couple of weeks. 3 weeks ago when we were here there was not one RV dealer that had any stock, but now there must be a least 6 dealers that have huge inventories. Then we have the “tent city” strip malls that go on and on and on. You can find ANYTHING here, from just plain junk to “I’ve been dreaming about finding this” … I guess we did find something…a vinyl table cloth for $3. Heck, it could have been a new motor home…we went through at least 50 and had to constantly explain to the sales agents that “we’re just looking”… About 3, we headed back to get the instructions on how to operate and maintain our new solar system. It’s pretty much automatic, but after the introduction we relieved to receive all the “instruction” booklets for…“just in case”.
I know that we are in Southern Arizona, but the evenings and early mornings are very cool. When I went to the bathroom sink this morning, the water came out as if it was semi blocked. My guess was that at some point in our water line it must have been like slush. Ok, washed, brushed, clothed, and fed, let’s get ready and head out…. We were not only early for our solar appointment this morning, we beat all those that work there by 30 minutes. Well, the gate is locked and nobody around, “let’s go get some breakfast”… After splitting a Denver Omelet between us, we headed back to the shop and found everyone expecting us. A quick walk-through our coach with the installer and we were off to explore Quartzsite once more. One thing we wanted to do the last time we were in town was to visit the “Hi Jolly” monument. Haiji Ali was his real name, but the soldiers of 1884 couldn’t pronounce it so they just called him Hi Jolly… His job was to train the soldiers in how to handle the 71 camels which were brought here to work for the Army. Ok, now it’s time to see the town… It is amazing how many “entrepreneurs” have arrived in this very unusual village over the last couple of weeks. 3 weeks ago when we were here there was not one RV dealer that had any stock, but now there must be a least 6 dealers that have huge inventories. Then we have the “tent city” strip malls that go on and on and on. You can find ANYTHING here, from just plain junk to “I’ve been dreaming about finding this” … I guess we did find something…a vinyl table cloth for $3. Heck, it could have been a new motor home…we went through at least 50 and had to constantly explain to the sales agents that “we’re just looking”… About 3, we headed back to get the instructions on how to operate and maintain our new solar system. It’s pretty much automatic, but after the introduction we relieved to receive all the “instruction” booklets for…“just in case”.