Sometimes I can’t tell if I’m lazy, or just procrastinating
I spent a quiet night at the High Jolly boondocking area. It was pretty crowded, especially considering where I normally stay, but it was a quiet crowd consisting mostly of old folks who appeared to all go to bed at eight o'clock.
I'm getting a little low on food, which became pretty obvious when I had popcorn for both lunch and dinner. So, I think I will go to the Walmart in Parker in the next day or so before I run out of popcorn.
And speaking of going to Parker, I just remembered I needed to get my oil changed, and it isn't always easy to find a place that will change my oil with the camper on the back of the truck. It's hard to believe I've gotten so geezerly that I can't change my own oil anymore. I reckon I could if I had to, but I don't have any place to dump the old oil or anything to put the old oil in to get rid of it... Oh, and did I mention I'm lazy?
Speaking of laziness, I was going to move up the road to the Plumosa Road BLM boondocking area this morning, but I changed my mind. Moving to Plumosa Road would put me closer to the Walmart in Parker but further away from downtown Quartzsite, where the laundromat is, and I really need to do some laundry. I've used up all my tricks of avoiding doing laundry, such as turning my underwear inside out and wearing it again because once you've done that a few times, it stops fooling anyone.
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Many RVers love to put up flags, and Quartzsite is a good place to do that because many merchants at the flea markets sell flags of every kind and description. Usually, there will be two flags: an American flag and a state flag signifying their legal residence.
I myself am too lazy to put up flags. Put them up, take them down, put them up, take them down. I'm sure that wouldn't go on for very long before I would forget to take them down and leave my flags lying in the middle of the highway somewhere.
I’m always interested in how people mount their solar panels, and when I first saw this one, I thought it was a giant picture window in the side of the van.
This location on the van would be almost useless in the summertime. But in the winter, when the sun is very low on the horizon, this location for the solar panel probably makes more electricity than solar panels lying flat on the roof like mine are.
Unlike at a lot of commercial RV parks, tents are welcome among boondocker’s. From the million-dollar class “A” to the lowly Coleman tent, boondocker’s understand that not everyone can afford an RV, but they may still want to see a beautiful sunrise, or enjoy the peace and quiet of the desert, and living on an ever dwindling income, and ever-increasing prices, shouldn’t stand in their way.
What you see here is the world-famous circling of the wagons. this is very popular in Quartzsite, and can be spotted all over the desert. Whether a minimum of four, or dozens, Quartzsite is the unofficial home of wagon circling.
Wagon circling not only offers safety from an Indian attack, as it always has, but offers a great place to build a bonfire in the middle of the group.
Quartzsite is a great, and welcoming place to circle the wagons… But is yet one of the many freedoms that is lost when staying at a commercial RV Park.