Spent some time people watching yesterday. We sit and have a brew or two and watch the shoppers. In this post you can see the big tent going up for the rv show. 68,000 square feet. In it will be rv stuff and around the tent hundreds of rvs for sale. The quartz rock is huge, you can see by the pallet it is sitting on. If you want to buy it bring $15,000 and something to haul it in. The rv show starts on the 22nd, that is one of the main reasons we are here.
Haven't been doing much the past few day. We did laundry, shopping and things like that. I went riding on Carrie's in-laws quads a couple days ago. We rode about 25 miles, got to see alot of the desert you can't see in a car. Quartzsite has filled up and driving around town is slow due to traffic. You have to remember most drivers here have bad vision, can't hear, have the shakes, trouble walking and the attention span of a nat. Most do not check for traffic when they pull out or change lanes. Thank goodness I have a lot of patients and don't let things like that bother me. We had a chili cookoff here last night. As you can see it looks similar to the Christmas Party. I even think some sat in the same place again last night. As for the chili, there were about 11 entries and they tried. A couple were fairly good, none great, most were just ok. The best part of the cookoff is we didn't have to cook dinner. Weather is perfect!!!! Shorts and tee shirts. We went to the beer belly stand Saturday and had a couple beers and people watched. They had a one man band playing, doing country music and he was very good. Heck, I think I am going to post this and go get a beer.
Went back up the hill and took pictures again of the area. The last 2 pictures are the same spot 1 month apart. You can see how many vendors have came in. We can walk to that area. The good news is a bbq cart is opening there Wednesday. Pepper and I will be walking alot more. Not much new to report, we go and look around every few days. New vendors are still coming in so there is always something new to see. Carrie's in-laws have been here for a few days, they are staying only a few hundred feet from us. We get together and have dinner and cocktails. FYI Pepper is doing great. She is now 12 yrs old and has fun running around the desert Just like me she has drugs to take after a long walk but no scotch and I am not sharing mine.
I can only put 5 pictures on per post so there are 2 postings today. There are still a few food carts coming in but most are in place. The big start is Jan. 7th when most vendors will be here. Some of the carts are not opened yet. Think after the 1st most will be up and running. We had some rain and lots of wind the past few days but this morning it is calm but cold, still wearing my shorts but it is a little cool some days. Have a fun and safe New Years.
There will be a test in this posting. Which stand do you think I like the best? It will be difficult to figure it out but good luck trying. No prizes for the winner.
I was wondering why Jackie had bought 10 books, one at a time. So I went with her this time and I yelled look out Ethel but it was to late, she had already been....well you know the old Roger Miller song. He is a local folk oddity named Paul Winer and he owns the book store. On Jan 12 he is having a concert, a boogie-woogie & blues cabaret with is original songs. (yes he will have on clothes). We laughed our tails off. Ya just never know.
