Day 10, 11, 12, 13: Wednesday
to Sunday, February 1 to 5, Debi and Larry Jensen’s, Quartzsite, AZ
Jim took some more sunrise pictures, while Linda, as usual,
slept a while longer. We went for a 10
mile bike ride near Lake Cahuilla, nice and flat around that La Quinta area,
with good bike lanes. Then we headed to
Quartzsite on I10, to Debi and Larry’s place at Rainbow Acres. They always have other friends here as well;
this year it is Belva and Brad. After
dinner we played cards, a game called 31, with 12 other people from the
neighborhood.
Thursday morning Jim played desert golf with 3 other fellows,
while Linda rode her bike up to the end of Dome Rock Road, slightly uphill on
the way out and blessedly downhill on the way back! Riding around the neighborhood a bit at the
end brought the total mileage up to 20.
We went to town for lunch at the Quartzsite Yacht Club, then to the
grocery store and got steaks for dinner as well as some other groceries. We got together with the other folks here and
brought cole slaw and blueberry cake as our contribution to the meal.
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| View of Dome Rock while biking Dome Rock Road |
Friday Linda went to the Quartzsite Quilt Show with 6 other
ladies, saw beautiful quilts and tried to vote on the best quilt in each
category – Large, Medium, Small, Home Décor, Art, Wall Art, Wearable. The colors and designs were amazing! We had lunch at the Stagecoach. Jim worked on the crank openers for the 3
windows in the motorhome, replacing one and switching the others around so they
worked. When we got back Linda did 3
loads of laundry in Debi’s machine, hanging the clothes in the sunshine to
dry. We had Debi and Larry in the
Bounder for dinner, roast chicken and dressing, gravy, broccoli red pepper stir
fry, the rest of the cole slaw, and the rest of the blueberry cake!
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| Pattern I could use for photo quilt I want to make |
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| This pattern of quilt is called Stack and Whack! |
Saturday Linda rose up to the end of Dome Rock Road again,
then back and around the neighborhood for 20 miles. Jim rode up the dirt Pipeline road, then
connected to the paved Dome Rock Road for the ride down. We tried to get in touch with each other, but
Jim left too late to make it up to the far end in time, and Linda did not hear
her phone ring. In the afternoon Linda
worked on this trip journal. Easier to
go out and have fun then wade through photos!
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| Linda and Sarah relaxing |
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| Larry Jensen giving his friend a treat |
Sunday morning Linda walked to the top of Flag Hill and got a
couple of good pictures. Jim’s heel is
still bothering him a lot, making it impossible to do any hiking. We had lunch, then headed to Cave Creek State
Park.
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| Rainbow Acres from the top of Flag Hill |
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| Dome Rock from the top of Flag Hill |
