Christmas Bazaar in Bouse

 Friday, December 5, 2025

It was just starting to get light when we got up this morning and when the shades went up there was blue sky to be seen. Being in an RV Park the sunrise and the sunset views are not quite the same as being out boondocking in the desert. But we do see it eventually crest over Patsy and Bill's home. Not complaining just a fact...lol

Today the plan was to head over towards Bouse, AZ, meet friends Melissa and Lyle on the way, check out a Christmas Bazaar, and swap meet. All of which we did. It is so nice when a plan comes together. 

A few of the beautiful Saguaros growing on the sides of the
 Plomosa Mountains as we ride by on our way this morning.

Most of the pictures I share, like this one,
are all about a view I like. 

Following friends who know where we are going.
Well, at least, Tom and I hope they know where we are going...lol
Otherwise, the thought is adventures are fun.

The Christmas Bazaar was at the Booster Club today from 8 to 3. Interestingly, Tom and I stopped and talked to two venders who were from Michigan. One was from the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, he was selling Michigan Copper so that caught our eye, and a woman from a very small town in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. One we had actually spent time camping at. Small world as they say. 

The Swap Meet sponsored by the Bouse Chamber of Commerce is held the first Friday of the month typically from November through March. There was a nice variety of "stuff" you would typically find at a swap meet.

It was a fun couple of hours spent with friends browsing booths. We just chatted as we walked along, unless one or all of us had wandered in our own direction, checking stuff out, and of course chatting with the venders. 

After a couple of hours we parted ways they had some shopping to do in Parker and we where headed back to Quartzsite. They had mentioned a restaurant they had lunch at recently that sounded good so we decided to make our way home through Brenda and make a stop.

This was my favorite view today. 
This is on AZ-72 between Bouse and Vicksburg, AZ

Some more views on our way to Brenda.
This is on US-60

Lunch at Buckaroo's
We had a feeling the driver, upper left, had been sitting in this
truck waiting for a more than a couple of minutes.
I wonder if his wife said, I just need to pick up a few things, 
it will only take a few minutes? 😄

It was definitely worth the stop, the food we had was excellent. Thank you, Melissa and Lyle for sharing the information with us. We we would stop again. 

One more view on US-60

Then we are merging on to I-10.

A few miles further and a familiar place comes into view.
Quartzsite is ahead and home.

It was another good day. I know I write that a lot but for the most part they are and, yes, we do know just how lucky we are to be able to say that.

If you have enjoyed the pictures I have put out there 

or the words I have added that makes me smile. 

If you have time to leave a comment they are always special to read. 

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The Days are Drifting By

 Thursday, November 20, 2025

Started our day pretty much like we always do. Tom made coffee and it was ready by the time I was up and moving. It was a little chilly out this morning so we stayed inside.

Not many clouds in the sky today but most of the ones hanging around looked like lovely fluffy ones. 

Leaving Roadrunner.

On AZ-95 near Plomosa Road.

Getting close to Parker, AZ

I took this before the sun was setting as we were leaving to head
over to meet some friends for dinner at Silly Al's.

As I mentioned above we met our friends, Michelle and Doug, who were passing through on their way to see a new great granddaughter, this evening at Silly Al's. It has been a couple of years since we had seen them so it was great to get together. The conversation never stopped and the food was good. Remembering to take a picture would have been nice. I seem to have a theme going of not taking pictures of friends. Picture or no picture it was still a fun evening.

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

The days are quietly slipping by and we are doing our best to relax and enjoy them. Some one has to do it and we are happy to volunteer.

I just like the look of the mountains to the northwest of us as
the sun was setting.

The sun was setting behind clouds tonight.

Thursday, November 13, 2025

Another beautiful morning sitting out enjoying the sunshine and our coffee.

Besides the Hummingbirds we have two other birds we have seen flying around the area. Though, I have not been able to catch both of them sitting somewhere together. Every once and awhile we can see this one sitting way on top of the Saguaro near us. He, I am pretty sure it is the male as it has a reddish head, was chirping away this particular morning and I was able to open my Merlin Bird ID and click on the Sound ID while he was doing so. It identified him as a House Finch. I checked and they do nest in Saguaros. It mentioned they often nest in abandoned cavities excavated by woodpeckers.

 

As always this guy is a welcome visitor.

Friday, November 14, 2025

Another golden sunset. 

Saturday, November 15, 2025

It rained today not steady but on and off most of the day.

At one point the mountains disappeared from view in the mist.

The sun did try to join us.

But the clouds won out and set behind them tonight.

Sunday, November 16, 2025

I made it up in time to see the sun pop up over the mountains.

The sun rise brought a beautiful brightness to the 
world around us.

We went to Mass at Our Lady Queen the Peace here in Quartzite this morning. It is nice having an 11:30 AM Mass right here. After Mass we headed home for lunch then Tom went and got water to replenish or fresh water tank. Afterwards we took a ride over to Blythe to pick up a few groceries.

Some of the views along the way.
We were waved through the "Vegie" Inspection Station
then with barely anytime to react I saw the new California Sign.
I was surprised when I checked I had actually gotten a picture.

One of the things I hope to figure out this year is how to capture the picture of I-10 at night coming into Quartzsite. Either looking East or West or both. This is looking East and it looks like a ribbon of light going up the hill. Looking West it looks like two ribbons one red and one white.  

This sort of gives you idea of what I am talking about.
This is looking East.

Monday, November 17, 2025

Two days in a row up before the sun.

Several Chemtrails in the sky this morning.

Another morning another picture of the Hummingbird.

The wood and cardboard is patiently waiting to be burned.
Do you see the dragon head peeking out?

The sun had set when Tom started our bonfire. 

Our first bonfire of the year. Hopefully several more will follow.

So with this blog I have it totally caught up to real time since we arrived. Now to get us from the UP to Yuma...lol That will take a little longer. 

If you have enjoyed the pictures I have put out there 

or the words I have added that makes me smile. 

If you have time to leave a comment they are always special to read. 

No matter what I am glad you stopped by!

 

Going Back In Time to Three Travel Days at the Beginning of March

It is Wednesday Morning, April 3, 2024, as I finish writing this blog. We stopped in St. Augustine, FL for Easter and this morning we will be heading North into Georgia. 

I am still trying to get the Blog caught up to us. The next bit of information is an FYI for us: In the last blog I wrote about our time parked off of Ogilby Road in February. I blogged about leaving there on February 22, 2024, our two day drive to Quail Ridge and our time there is in this blog and this blog the second blog also contained information about our first travel day as we made our way to New Braunfels, TX which was our next stop.

For the most part I am just posting the pictures from our travel days. Not a lot to say really we were on I-10 and moving East.

Friday, March 1, 2024 (Roadrunner Rest Area to Walmart in Ft Stockton, TX -- 286 miles)

After about 31 miles Friday morning we left New Mexico behind and crossed into Texas and construction.

Going through El Paso.

It is really nice when the highway numbers are printed on the road.
Upper left: every time we have come through here I wonder
what this is?

We have been through Border Patrol Checkpoints before but
this was the first time we have seen a sign asking that you have
 your immigration documents ready. We were waved through.

Just west of Ft. Stockton this was on our left

and these metal figures were on our right. 

We ended out day at the Walmart in Ft. Stockton. We have stopped here before and it is usually a quiet stop and tonight it was. 

Saturday, March 2, 2024 (Ft. Stockton Walmart to Walmart in  Boerne, TX -- 284 miles)
Today we were reminded of two things pay attention to your surroundings and if a place does not feel comfortable just keep moving. We stopped at a small truck stop for diesel, there were only two pumps. While Tom was inside paying I watched two young men walk towards the motorhome from the back door of the store where they had been sitting and then disappear behind the Jeep. I did feel us move a bit while Tom was still inside the station which means they were trying the Jeep doors or fooling with the hitch. When Tom came back out I waved him inside to tell him what was going on. He went back out to pump the diesel and they were still behind the Jeep. At that point he asked them what they were doing back there and they claimed to be taking pictures though they were obviously looking inside.  After Tom finished pumping he pulled around to were some semis were parked to take a quick walk around the Jeep and check our hitch. Luckily nothing came of it but I was nervous while Tom was out there pumping the diesel. As soon as I saw them walking towards the motorhome I was sorry I had not trusted my instincts and asked Tom not to stop at the pumps but to circle around and get back on to I-10.

As we were pulling out of the Walmart this morning this was our
view. Evidently if you are running for office in Ft. Stockton this
is the place to put up your sign.

We stopped at this Rest Area and there were no spots to park 
and for a while there was no way out. 

 It is green!

I just liked the look of these trees.

More green.

Today's plan had been to stop for the night at a rest area but when we pulled in there were only a few spaces for semis and RV's plus they were at an angle. So I looked ahead, made a phone call, Tom pulled the Stinger "B" back out onto I-10, and we continued to the Walmart in Boerne, TX. 

Sunday, March 3. 2024 (Boerne Walmart to York Creek RV in New Braunfels, TX -- 59 miles)

Today we only had about and hour left before reaching our destination and check in was at  1:00PM so we were not in a rush to get on the road. So we took our time drinking our coffee before heading out.

Leaving the Walmart.

Merging on to I-10

Between this picture of us going South on I-10

and this one of us going North on I-35 there was a lot of construction
  on the bypass. No one was actually working as it was Sunday but 
  all the evidence of construction was there just the same.

I did not take one picture as we drove through the construction as I was to busy helping keep the Stinger "B" in her lane so she did not hit the cement barrier on our right and that involves a lot of leaning in towards the center of the motorhome. If you are scratching your head about that one then you have never sat in the passenger seat of a Motorhome. Everyone who has I am pretty sure knows what I am talking about...It is not easy and it is a stress full job!...lol

We pulled into the York Creek RV Park just a little after 1:00PM, unhooked the Jeep, Tom backed the Motorhome into our spot, and we got settled in. Our reservations were for a week but we ended up staying 9 nights. This is a no frills RV Park and it looked like there were mostly long term rigs parked here. The park itself was clean and Tom said when he went to do jeans the laundry area was decent. For us this park was the right price and in the right location. It was Northeast of San Antonio and within an hour or less of the places we wanted to visit. We would stay here again if we are in this area.

Today, March 3rd, I saw my first Dandelion in person
for this year. Not the prettiest but one just the same...😊

We spent four days traveling East for a total of  873 miles. The weather cooperated and for the most part so did the wind. There were no construction delays worth mentioning. The traffic well it is what it is on I-10 and we knew what it would be like before we pulled on. All in all we would put this part of our trip in the good travel days column.

The Drive into San Antonio on March 6th, 10th and 11th.

Since this blog is pretty much about traveling on the Interstate, I-10, I thought adding our drive into San Antonia on I-35 would fit in here. The pictures below are a combination of the three times we made the trip. I will be talking about why we stopped here in the next couple of blogs.  

Once we were on I-35 it was not to many miles and we would
pass by this sign.

Then several miles later this was our view.

It really did not slow down traffic but it is going to be 
something when it is finished.

There is going to be a lot of highway up above.

In our opinion for flying both the US Flag and State Flag 
Texas wins! 

One of the days on our way back to the RV Park.

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