Blue Skies Are Back

 Sunday, November 23, 2025 (continued)

When I woke up this morning and opened my shade I could see a space between the mountain tops and the clouds in the distance where the sun would shortly appear. I opened the door and took the picture I shared in yesterday's blog.

While the sun was still shining in that space I took these
of the early morning light on the desert in our view.

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Then it slipped behind the clouds.

While I was taking pictures and adding the sunrise picture to the blog Tom was busy getting our coffee ready. It is how we start our day. Coffee in the quiet of this lovely place we are presently parked in, in our home. Today is Sunday and it was not long and we were getting ready to drive into Quartzsite for Mass. 

By the time we stepped out the clouds covering the sun had 
moved on and the desert was covered in bright sunslight.

There were clouds in the sky making shadows
on the mountains. When I saw this one I thought
spider with a hat..😊.

Big white fluffy clouds

against a blue sky as we made our way to church.

Back home after Mass and breakfast the clouds where 
beautiful over the mountains to the east of us.

Once home it was time to start packing up our site. Tomorrow we will be moving into the Park Place RV for a month. It will be something different and it will be nice to be parked near friends Patsy and Bill during this time. We are going to be flying home to Michigan to spend Christmas with our Grandchildren and their parents and we wanted to spend a week inside a park with full hookups to get wash done and pack. When we checked the prices at Park Place, which in our opinion are very reasonable, staying a month just made sense. As much as we love boondocking out in the desert we are looking forward to this time.

Packing up meant Tom needed to take the Hummingbird
Feeder off its Shepard Hook this afternoon. He did leave the
feeder out on the ground. The colorful one just stared down
from his perch. The other one did stop by for some sips,

Going, going gone. The sun has left our day.

The mountains around us in the last of the sun's light.

It was one of those days when we look back we will remember as a good day. 

If you have enjoyed the pictures I have put out there 

or the words I have added that makes me smile. 

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No matter what I am glad you stopped by!

Clouds on the Ground

Sunday, November 23, 2025

 Good Morning ! 

Saturday, November 22, 2025

We looked out this morning to see that clouds had floated down to touch the earth. I am sure there is a scientific explanation for what we were looking at. Today, though, I am going to live in the world where clouds floated down so we could see their beauty and it was beautiful.

The sky around us just after 5 o'clock.

I happened to look out the window and saw this touch of 
color southwest of us. 

This is looking out our door which is facing northeast. It might
 be my imagination but I can see a touch of pink in the clouds.

The plan, anyone living this lifestyle know how some plans go, was to move into Park Place RV Park today. But the rain had another idea and we need to let some of our stuff dry out. There is a promise of sun tomorrow and Plan B is to move Monday morning. There is always at least a Plan B...lol 

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There are Puddles in the Desert

 Friday, November 21, 2025

I had heard the rain on the roof late last night and when we got up this morning it was still raining. We knew it was going to be raining in Yuma today because we were watching the weather for there since we needed to make a trip that way and the plan was to go today. The weather, for whatever reason, we were not watching was here because if we had been Tom would have picked up our outdoor stuff yesterday while it was dry. We have reservations starting tomorrow at Park Place RV in Quartzsite for the next four weeks so the now the questions is how to pick up and move the wet stuff because right now it looks like it will be raining throughout the night. I guess we will see what tomorrow brings. 

I opened the door to this scene this morning you can not tell
looking at the picture but it is raining in the desert.

This one I took between the raindrops on the front
window. It is all about that cloud.

More pictures out the windows and the door. 
There are puddles in the desert.

The plan for today was to drive into Yuma. We had hoped to visit the Arizona Market Place, I had a hair appointment, and a prescription to pick up. Since we were already going to be there I did place a pick up order at Walmart and we planned a stop at Fry's. With the rain the Arizona Market Place was removed from our plans. We will do that another time. We picked up our Walmart order. I had not done that in awhile and I had forgotten how nice it was not to have to go in and shop. Then we headed over for my hair appointment. When we got there the door was locked. I will not be mentioning the salon because she did end up apologizing about the mix up. The thing is she had confirmed the appointment and time on Thursday so not remembering it on Friday well lets just say the message I left was I will not be back. Enough said. We did take care of everything else we wanted to before heading back home. 

Driving out of Roadrunner BLM there are definitely
puddles in the desert.

Even though it is a grey day the green all this rain is 
helping thrive in the desert is evident.

All theses pictures were taken through the windshield as it was raining. With the right timing, most of the time, I was able to snap the picture just as the windshield wiper did its job of  clearing the window. Though there are few raindrops visible here and there not to mention all the ones I deleted with a wiper in the middle of them...lol

Rain or shine going south on US-95 this is my favorite view.

More of that green.

More puddles.

The empty space at the road to the Yuma Proving Grounds.

Later heading east on I-8 the cloud were covering the tops
of what I believe are the Gila Mountains.

We are home.
The Jeeps headlights shining on the Saguaro
and the Palo Verde next to were we are parked.

I am trying to be positive about all the rain we are experiencing right now. It has been a couple of years since there were a lot of wild flowers in the desert. I remember walking along the small washes out here and there would be tiny flowers along the edges. I remember a year were we would look out over the desert and it was covered in what can only be described as a green carpet. I remember riding into the Kofa Mountains and the roadside was filled with wildflowers. Maybe this year we will see all that again. 

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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!