Harris had a great sleep last night. It was surprisingly quiet and the wind died down after awhile. He was on the road around 9 AM and figured that he had enough diesel to cross over into Arizona where it was 35 cents cheaper per gallon. After fueling up, it was only 15 miles to Quartzsite, home of the mega swap meet. In January the population grows by many thousands as snowbirds come to enjoy the weather as well as the wares vendors bring. Harris spent an hour looking at the tent stores in Quartzsite and found a nice sun hat for Judy. He had downloaded 20+ caches to check out while in the area.
Camel Cache
Carl, a caching buddy, told Harris of a cache that was at a site memorializing a camel expert imported by the US government to conduct experiments using camels to transport supplies in the SW desert. He was nick-named Hi Jolly by the troops. Check out the sign.
About the site
Harris was able to combine his caching today with his walk into the atv trails. After parking Howie near the Q mountain/hill, he traipsed to a cache .3 miles away. Then there was another just a quarter mile farther and another… He stopped after 3 and on the way back decided to hike up Q Mountain (sounds so much better than Q Hill). The view from up there was wonderful.
On top of Q Mt...Can you spot Howie?
The walk warmed him up enough to take off the long sleeve shirt he was wearing and regretting that he hadn’t worn shorts. So upon returning to Howie, he did put on his shorts which were worn for about 40 minutes.
Q Mt. looks smaller from here
Harris then registered for a permit with a BLM volunteer so he could camp on the BLM land for free. The volunteer is a part time gold miner who told of his claim at the 5000 foot level which has snow until late April. He hasn’t sold any yet, but he says it keeps him out of trouble. Harris was in a spot just as the sun set. Dinner was the rest of Chef’s salad purchased at Winco yesterday and a chicken poor-boy sandwich. As Harris was finishing up the blog entry he checked the night sky; It was cloudless with many stars out, but not that inky black with jillions of stars out. Maybe tomorrow night!
BLM land about 2 miles from Quartzsite
High temp today 64 degrees
Temp at 9PM was 53 degrees
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