A beautiful day at Lake Have a shoe
I spent a quiet and peaceful night last night. The weather has been warm, the sky has been blue, and I'm in a great place.
I didn't do anything today; I'm just resting from my more hectic life at Quartzsite. I wasn't doing anything hectic myself, but it seemed like everyone around me was. There were many people in Quartzsite, and they all seemed to be constantly coming and going. And I don't normally see that because I'm usually off somewhere away from the crowds. But staying among the crowds like I did on most days in this visit to Quartzsite, it seemed like everyone was in constant motion as if the art of sitting still had been lost.
I took a lot more pictures in Quartzsite, especially of the flea markets, and I think I will keep them and use them when I don't have any recent pictures. I have trouble finding interesting pictures to take when I'm in Denver, so that would be a good time to relive some memories of my winter travels.
Even though London Bridge was brought from England and reassembled in a god-awful desert for the sole purpose of being a tourist trap, being in the tourist business myself, I enjoy tourist traps, So I have no problem with London Bridge. There are things to take pictures of while there, but I'm debating whether to go on a weekday or a weekend. On a weekday, there will be fewer people there, so there will be fewer people to get in the way of a picture, but on weekends, there are a lot more people there, which in some ways can make pictures more interesting. If I had more ambition I could go on a weekday and a weekend, it's not like I'm busy or anything.
Theboondork
This BLM boondocking area has two parts, the upper and lower part. This picture is the upper part where I happen to be camped.
This is the lower part of the boondocking area, better known as the hole. I first went down in the hole with the Arctic Fox and had serious concerns about getting out again, but I did, and now I see large Class “A” going in and out of the hole.
Here are two ways to use solar panels. In the background, you can see that the fifth wheel has pointed the solar panels towards the sun and slanted them so they get the most sun during the day.
Then there’s my teeny tiny home where my five solar panels lie flat on the roof.
Now, without meeting them, what does that tell you about the two boondockers who own these RVs?
It tells you that the guy, and yes, it is a guy in the fifth wheel, is intelligent because he knows you get more sun in the Fall and the Winter with the solar panels tilted towards the sun. It also tells you that he's brave because he gets up on the roof and tilts those solar panels up and down all the time. And it might tell you that he doesn't waste money buying too many solar panels because you don't need as many if you tilt the ones you have.
So what, if anything, have you learned about the owner of the teeny tiny home? He's smart because he also knows you get more sun on the panels if they are tilted... but he doesn't care. He's really smart because he doesn't get up on top of the camper where a gust of wind could blow him off. And he's really, really smart because he knows that a couple of extra solar panels are cheap compared to the cost of falling off the roof.