More High Winds causing a Sand Storm, Getting Kathy’s Phone Working and Off To Parker For Groceries & Christmas Shopping.

Our Location today is La Posa South L.T.V.A., Quartzsite, Arizona, U.S.A.

Even sleeping in until 7:30 this morning I still managed to get a few pictures before the Sun actually came over the mountains to our east. Sensing that I was no longer in bed Kathy was up by 8:00. We had a number of things that we wanted to do today but The Weather Network was forecasting another day with Wind Gusts out of the North that would be exceeding the 30 MPH & that would cause another dust storm. 

At 7:45 MST.

We got caught up on our morning reading quite quickly because we wanted to head into town. Part of the Amazon order that we received yesterday was Kathy’s new TracFone to replace the one that connected to the AT&T Towers with one that connects to the Verizon Network. It was strange that we had no problem last winter but since we are back this fall it will not connect. 

Before stepping out the door I sat at the table with a Magnifying Glass and copied all the Numbers that could be found on the Phone, Battery as well as the SIM Card. Even with the use of the Magnifying Glass it was a difficult task that took nearly an hour to accomplish. 

Something interesting about this old Land Rover.

We thought that a good place to activate the Phone would be from the McDonalds not far from the Cell Tower itself. We thought that we could order a lite lunch and sit inside out of the wind while getting the service transferred from the Old to the New TracFone. We soon realized that in Quartzsite the McDonalds is a constant buzz of activity and far from quiet. We spent the next hour outside in the Truck in the Parking Lot working with the techs from TracFone. The reason it took so long is there was One Number on the SIM Card that was barely visible, even with the Magnifying Glass that they needed. Not the more visible seventeen-digit number that I had copied. Luckily, we carry another Magnifying Glass and Pocket Knife in the Glove Box to help remove the sim card. Once all that was completed we headed back for Home. 

This guy was sitting in the rear seats watching for Dad.

Stopping at La Posa South LTVA Office I tried to get information about reserving the Pavilion for the upcoming 4^th Annual Blogger-Fest that will be taking place on January 27 2018. The good folks at the office are all volunteers so the best they could do was to give me a Phone Number to call at the Arizona BLM/LTVA Office. Other then that they said it was normally on a “First Come, First Served Basis”. 

The Birds entertained Kathy while I worked on the phone.

Back at the Trailer the first thing I needed to do was to charge both Kathy’s New Phone and Mine. With all the talking and On/Off that happened the Batteries were really drained.  We were still being rocked around inside by the 34 MPH Wind Gusts as well as tasting the Dust so we decided we could do better. 

Our High for the day.

After gathering our Shopping Lists we were soon headed to Parker. We only saw about Six Tumbleweeds the entire trip. Parker’s temperature was a bit warmer with slightly less wind. We would spend the next Two Hours gathering Christmas Gifts. Kathy would later say there may be another Gift or Two and our 2018 Shopping will be complete. We even left the store with a few Groceries. 

Kathy got this picture as we were leaving Parker.

It was nearly 5:00 so we went over to Taco Bell for our supper and be Home shortly after 6:00. With tonight’s Temperature dropping to the Freezing Mark we’ve had to cycle the furnace a couple of times this evening. There should be very little wind tomorrow so we’ll be trying to catch up on our projects. Thanks for following along, feel free to leave a comment and click on the pictures to enlarge them. Be Safe and Enjoy!

It’s about time.

Krackers

You know you're getting old when

you can eat dinner at 4 P.M.