We took a different route than we did coming in to the area, as we wanted to have a look at Ocotillo Wells as a future camp spot. I don’t think so! It’s likely an economical place to stay for the winter, but really no appeal to us. It’s a very dry sandy area with lots of camping for ATVers. It's likely really busy on winter weekends.
Around there we watched 4 military jets doing some amazing acrobatics off in the distance.
Down near the Salton Sea we stopped in Westmoreland and each got a "date shake". Just a good vanilla shake really, with dates blended in, and really yummy (doesn't sound that appetizing
does it?). That was about 10:30 and we haven't eaten since (almost 5:30 pm now).
Lots of huge green fields along the Colorado River valley, really here and there all over this area. The irrigation ditches were all running full, thanks (I guess) to the recent rainfall, some of which kept us camper-bound last Saturday. There were miles and miles of crops growing in the area.
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| Large rectangular hay bales stacked in the background |
Crop dusters were working:
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| He didn't spray us though |
While browsing "uptown" Quartzsite (there's mostly just a main street with all the businesses, flea markets etc) we stopped in to a solar supply store, and came away with a portable solar panel set. It's 120 watts total, packaged as two Zamp 60 watt panels hinged together, with a controller and a case. We're finding our electrical usage has been going up, especially charging electronic devices, and this will help out our coach battery. There was no AZ sales tax on solar panels.
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| Our BLM boondock site (free) |
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| Our first solar panel deployment |
We'll be heading south through Yuma tomorrow, on our way back to the Ajo AZ area.
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