In the Desert Near Quartzsite, Arizona

Thursday, November 18, 2021

We spent four nights and three quiet days at Park Place RV in Quartzsite. The only time we ventured out was to ride out to Roadrunner BLM to spend time with some good friends and fellow Yoopers who had invited us to dinner. They had joined us for Happy Hour on Tuesday. 

While sitting out Tuesday afternoon all of a sudden I spotted

these guys coming across the road.

Our first Quail sighting this year.

We spent a lovely evening Wednesday at Kathy and Shane's

new home on wheels. We met this couple last year and it was 

nice to do some catching up and just enjoy the time together. 

Plus they fed us. Thanks for dinner guys.

We were up and moving early this morning as we 

the Stinger "B"had an appointment at RV Livestyles.

 

As I mentioned in a previous post we needed to get some work done on the motorhome and today was the day. They were able to fix our leaky pipe. Plus repair our slide seals. We thought they needed replacing but the technician said no they were in good shape and just needed some "tweaking". They also were able to get our new slide toppers on. We all thought the water pump problem had been solved as it was running as it should before we left. Once we got settled out at Roadrunner and used the pump a couple of times we could hear the same struggle. Tom will be making a call.

Regardless, we are Happy Campers right now. We are parked in one of our favorite spots out in the Roadrunner BLM. Interesting side note: our fellow Yoopers got here a couple weeks ago and when looking for a place to park remembered we had liked Roadrunner. The spot they chose to park in, that can be measured in feet, is just across the wash from our favorite spot. The interesting part they had no idea where we had actually parked out here. So besides being parked out in the beautiful desert we have special friends nearby.

Our first official desert sunset of this our 8th Adventure!

Sadly since the last time we were able to park here

two years ago this Saguaro died. Still beautiful.

I was not prepared to take a photo of the moon 

so this is with my short lens. 

The last of the light leaving on what was a good day!

Friday, November 19, 2021

A new day dawns and we are in the beauty of the desert to enjoy the moment. 

This day will be enjoyed as its beauty unfolds and we continue to live what is our retirement dream. 

We are glad you stopped by!

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There is a New Refrigerator in the Stinger "B"

Wednesday,  December 18, 2019

 We were up before the sun this morning but were busy getting things out of the way for the removal of the old refrigerator and the installation of the new one. Following Tom and the Stinger "B" out of our spot at Dome Rock BLM I noticed the sun was just peeking above the mountains across the way.

Sunrise

I caught up to Tom just as he rounded the corner
headed towards the bays in the back.

The plan to be at the Pilot Knob RV Park in Winterhaven, CA did not work out today. So we pulled back into Roadrunner BLM for the night. Not our usual type of spot we are near the entrance and the road. There are more and more RV's coming in here every day and compared to were we where it is crowded. For one night it is a nice spot. It is surprisingly quiet now that the darkness has descended upon us.

The sun peeked out between the clouds and we thought
 this would be the most we would see of it as it made
its descent towards the mountains tonight. 

Then there it was shining just below the clouds

 

as it left our day and slipped behind the mountains.

I could see a little color to the North of us

and towards the east.

There was a dark golden/orange glow in the clouds
where the sun had left and

off a little to the south.

It really is great to finally have a new refrigerator to replace the one that quit working. It was a bit of a struggle to get it taken care of but Norcold did come through in the end.  RV Lifestyles came through, also. The owner, James, had promised that the day after the refrigerator arrived he would schedule us in for it to be installed. True to his word it arrived yesterday afternoon and our appointment was at 8 o'clock this morning. I may have said that in the last blog post but it worth repeating. We were out the door with a working fridge at around 1:45 then I noticed the door was not clicking shut. We called and they said come on back. It took an additional 30 minutes but it is now working and we are "happy campers".

This the 3rd time we have had them take care of a problem for us and all three times we have been happy with the customer service and the job itself. We would not hesitate to go back and have work done there if we needed to. Nor would we hesitate to recommend them if asked.

I am not sure we would praise Norcold's customer service but like I mentioned above they did come through and send us a new refrigerator and we certainly are  happy about that. (Plus, I will say I did talk to one woman, Laurie, at the customer service number that was extremely helpful. After talking with her we new we would be helped.)  There were several frustrating calls that took place and we were not impressed with the time it took for calls to be returned. Though there were apologizes each time about how long it took. Would we buy another Norcold product after this experience? We are not sure that we would. One thing we have learned in life though is never say never. For now we will be happy with the end results.

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