Blessed Easter

Easter morning, beautiful dawn and sunrise. Clear skies and promises of a warm day here in Arizona. Nice day for travel. Today we leave Quartzsite. We have been here since New Years Day! Some interludes away, but mainly here. It is a quaint little town of less than 2000 in the summer, swells to over 1/2 million in January. I arrived early December, flew back to pick up Jolene and the coach at Christmas.

We had rain about 4 times since Jan 1. This is the desert. However, Dec and early Jan there was enough ran to nourish the desert plants and the spring has been beautiful. Prickly pear cactus, ocotillo, suguerro etc. The prickly pear blossoms are brilliant.

Wildlife out here. Coyotes are unseen, but heard at night. Not every night, but what a chorus. Spooky but what a natural sound. Very different for an eastern boy like me. There are Mountain Quail hunting around for food. These are cool looking birds with a tuft on their forehead.

Road Runners on occasion so can the Coyotes be far behind? I keep expecting to see an Acme package lying open on the desert. Beep beep...

On to our travel. Today we move over to Phoenix to an RV resort. Pool, spa, laundry facilities within short walk. Grass, palm trees, real stores nearby. This should be different. Of course it comes with a price. Actual $'s, we have been in a free spot for the past 3 1/2 months. Lot to be said for that. We will be next to one of my friends from back in Florida. Ed moved out here after Lazy Days, now lives and works in Phoenix. Looking forward to hanging with him a bit. For the first week I will be working at the main store for the company I have been with out here in Q. Then a quick rip to Florida, and back. We will be at the park until the 29th, then get a real start on this next adventure.