Saturday, March 14, 2026
When we left Yuma yesterday afternoon we started a trek that will take us North. We are still working on the exact route and stops but the goal is to see some of the beauty that is northern Arizona and possibly a few National Parks/Monuments in Utah.
Meanwhile the first picture today is one of several I took of the sun coming up on our day.
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| The start of a beautiful day in the Sonoran Desert near Quartzsite, Arizona! |
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Today we made our last trip into Los Algodones for this Adventure.
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| Walking in we take our time as people race past us. We are pretty sure the venders will not run out of merchandise before we get there. |
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| We have gone through their entrance where they now sometimes check passports and then put any bags through a scanner. |
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| A couple of street pictures, |
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| Lunch at Mi Casa Es Su Casa |
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| We had already started eating when we thought about a picture. |
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| We are in the parking lot looking over where we just came through US Customs back into California. |
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| Heading back home the fields are such a pretty green with the mountains in the background. |
We always enjoy our time in Los Algodones just walking around up and down the various streets looking at "stuff". Part of the fun is talking with the venders as the try to sell us that "stuff". We hear the phrase, "almost free" and "I remember you" several times as we walk along. Part of the whole experience is the negotiating when we decide to purchase something. They know we know they are still making a profit but in the end we all walk away feeling like we made a good deal. It is all part of the experience.
Thursday, March 12, 2026
Today I took two pictures and they are below. We went over to the Arizona Market Place in the morning. Tom saw Bill leaving when we were pulling in which was a surprise. We both had a couple of things we were looking for so once there we were in and out pretty quickly. In the years past I have pretty much checked out every vender but the fact is I really do not need any more stuff and we could feel it getting warmer in the tents.
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| We were behind this trailer on our way to the Marketplace. It looked like the wheels were smoking. We were not sure what this guy was thinking he was pulling it with a pretty good size pickup truck. |
The rest of our day was spent doing some relaxing and getting the motorhome ready to pull out for an early appointment in the morning.
Friday, March 13, 2026
Today we started our day fairly early. It was time to leave Pilot Knob RV and head back up to Roadrunner BLM for a couple of days. First we were headed over to Jr's Mobile Service to have an air line put in the motorhome for the air force one braking system in the Jeep for when we are towing it. Tom also asked them to take a look at the brakes in the motorhome. He did not like the way they felt or sounded when he was backing up into our site at Pilot Knob. It was determined we needed new brake pads in the front so they were installed, also. We felt very good about the service and the feeling of this shop, besides being a mobile service there is a diesel shop. The owner and the mechanics working for him all seemed to know there "stuff". We would have no problem going back there again for service or recommending them to someone else.
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| I did not think to take a picture of the shop and area but I did take this which was on the wall across from where I was sitting while waiting for the last of the work to get done. |
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| This was another wall in the waiting area. The water feature, bottom right, was actually in that spot I just did not get the whole thing in the picture. |
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| Lunch at Black Bear Diner. What is nice about this stop is they serve breakfast all day. So Tom gets to have one of his favorite meals and I can have lunch. |
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| I may have posted this picture before but I just really like that they call this place "Rain For Rent'. |
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| Later in the day we were headed back to Quartzsite and one of our favorite places to boondock. Just not our favorite spot. |
We have an appointment in the morning at Discount Solar to have an issue that has come up with our Solar System so we are parked closer to the road then we would normally pick. Our favorite spot is a little ways farther back and the road is rough.
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| A Hedgehog Cactus near where we are parked. |
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| Afterglow pictures over the Dome Rock Mountains. The sky changes quickly. Top Picture: taken at 6:50PM, Middle Picture taken at 6:58PM Bottom Picture taken at 7:00PM |
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| The last picture taken of the Ocotillo outside our door where we are presently parked. The color has changed to a golden yellow and is fading quickly. |
Back in our neighborhood for a bit. C u at Happy Hour!
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