Playing Hide~n~Seek

What a night last night, eh!?

We were up with the rest of the group to sit in the 10 a.m. circle. This morning would be about Boondocking, BLM, City Stealth, etc. This could definitely serve helpful in the nearby travels! I made cafe and met J' over at the circle.

It was bound to be a lengthy discussion due to everyone's experiences and/or opinions, but Bob did a great job on keeping it on track. The information was some new and some we had heard before or experienced ourselves, but always good to learn at least one new thing! I walked over to the "Free Pile" (yes, it's exactly as it sounds). It's a pile full of stuff that people in the group are getting rid of: can't find a place for it, can't find a use for it or simply don't want it...and it's all 100% FREE! You just never know what you're going to find...and like they say, "Another man's 'trash' is another man's treasure." I'm going to call it "The R.T.R. Recycle/Freecycle Program." This would be my first actual look at the free pile since getting here...there is a ton of stuff here! There are books, dishes, seat cushions, clothes of all sorts, shoes, glassware, cookware, perfumes, hangers, even a coffee maker and a printer (our printer)! I ended up grabbing a few different items of clothing, I was surprised to find they were in super good shape and really nice brands like Columbia...good for lengthy wear! I tried them on to make sure they fit, and after a washing, I'll have myself a few nice cardigans, tank tops

and a pair of Cherokee hiking sandals. (I scrubbed those suckers down, they're like brand new!) I even found a 2013 Calendar with super cute animals on it...I have been looking for a 2013 Calendar. I also picked up a book named: I can't believe I'm crocheting! haha How cool is that, it's totally 70's style too, love!

[caption id="attachment_3489" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Pile of Wonder[/caption]

After our nice finds and new digs, we 'piddled' around the van, talked to a few peeps and headed down the road to our Football Destination Point...Ehrenberg. First, we had to get some water and twice the ice, then we would be on our way.

Even though we were going to Ehrenberg to watch the foosball (last two games) we had other business to take care of as well. Remember the backpack that J' was carrying out of the Flying J', last week when we took showers? Well, that backpack came up missing the night we got back to Quartzsite, when I was trying to organize the van into sitting-still mode. I pack the front seat a very certain way, so I noticed his backpack was not in the van...after a good in-depth discussion about the whereabouts and the recovery of it, we decided to just check the desert when we went back. Today would be the day we would find out if we were right on its whereabouts... dun dun duuuuunnnnn! haha

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[caption id="attachment_3495" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Good Karma![/caption]

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 The funniest thing was that it didn't really matter if we found it or not. J' had decided the stuff that was in the backpack wasn't really worth worrying over...if anything he would miss the backpack more than anything inside of it! Anything that was of any importance, was not in the backpack and anything else could be a $20 trip to Wal-mart to replace under-roo's and socks. But here we are laughing about it, with it, back in the van!

Hakuna Matata...

it means No Worries!

PEACE

Darn those Bucking Broncos!

We left the R.T.R. for a couple of days to run our errands in Blythe but to also watch the foosball games today and Sunday...we don't get TV in Quartzsite. We also like the fact that it's a good 10-15 degrees warmer...still cold, but warmer than Quartzsite right now. 

Today was a nice day to catch up on some posts, J' worked his mind and fingers to the bone and Savannah caught up on all her weirdo sleep.

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The big game for us was the Broncos vs. Ravens. What a game...both teams played very well, the game went into overtime and the Ravens came out with the win...Booooooooooo. This will definitely be a topic of conversation (due to our Denverite Bronco Fan Friends) for at least a week. Oh well, it would have been fun to see the Broncos go a little further but they had a great season. Our day was filled mostly with watching this game. I (paper) wrapped my little prezzies for my nieces. I can't show you what they look like now because I don't want to spoil it, but after I gift them I will post pics....but here are some other pieces that I have wrapped:

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It was nice to catch up on all the 'little things' and J' was able to churn out some good work today. We will stay out here again all day tomorrow, sleep here tomorrow night and then head back to Quartzsite some time on Monday. It seems to be getting quite cold here right now so we are planning for a chilly night...again, so glad we have that heater!

PEACE

Ain't no thing but a chicken wing

When you are out camping for long periods of time...months for us this time, you will probably start some kind of tradition or "fun day or item". We used to look forward to getting ice cream when going to town but Sunday will be a different day this week. It's Football Sunday so we decided to get some chicken wings and blue cheese for dipping, we would grill them and it would be a fun day full of good food and 'foosball'!

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And they were good....but the only game we were able to get ended about three hours before it was "wing time" for us...they were still good!

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 Monday was one of those days you "plan" on doing something and the more the day gets away from you, the harder it is to actually go get that "thing" done. We needed water. Bob & Miss Cheri invited us over for dinner and we told them we would go into town to get them water too before we came over. We didn't end up leaving until about 3 p.m. or so but it always feels so good to be stocked up on fresh water!!

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See we got up this morning and J' started doing something to the van, instead of sitting inside working... and I cooked up some oatmeal for breakfast and one thing led to another after seeing the grill in that condition! So a few hours later of giving her the scrub down this is my success story:

[caption id="attachment_1070" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Got my work cut out for me![/caption]

[caption id="attachment_1071" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Forever later...satisfaction![/caption]

 I just wanted to take a nap and REALLY wash my hands and now I don't ever want to use the grill again! haha

Have a great night!

PEACE