Yesterday we drove to Quartzsite, parked the RV in a parking lot and drove the Jeep around to scout for the perfect site to camp in the desert. West of town was a popular area according to some blogs John reads but we could still see the interstate and it was a rocky, rough area. North of town was nice but a lot of other people thought that too.
So we parked in our tried and true area east and south of town. We felt we had the perfect site, situated close to some willow trees that blocked the southern winds but still got some sun. Turns out we are on a short cut along the main south road so about 20 cars a day drive past us. According to John that is a “super highway”! Ha!
We spent most of the afternoon researching solar panel and satellite dish installations. After talking with a couple of installers then doing some research on the internet John decided that Quartzsite is not the place to have that work done. Then while riding our bikes today we found an RV service place that has portable gas heaters for RVs. Since it was the gas furnace that was taking all our power and got us to thinking we needed solar panels, supplementing our heating with a portable heater may prevent us from needing the solar panels. And its less than half the price. Unfortunately they can’t install the gas line until Wednesday so we will be here a while.
We spent a lot of this morning riding our bikes around town but on the way back to the RV we butted heads with a 30 mph southernly wind. Enough of that kind of work! For a while this afternoon the wind was really strong & we were forced to close up the RV and turn on the generator to run the AC otherwise the entire RV would be full of dust.
It was supposed to rain this afternoon and evening so we planned on eating out. So far only one short shower at 8:30.
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