The time are going by fast. April will be here before we know it.
One of the days we took a tour into town
to visit the old Quartzsite Mine, only
to find out that the place had been closed to the public since 2011.
People had constantly crossed "no trespassing" signs and went into unstable
mine shafts and dilapidated mine buildings in search of gold.
Now everything is securely capped up.
I got only a few photos through my tele-lens
An awkward overview over town because I have not
invested in a photoshop program.
So, we return to town and walked around a little while.
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| Part of the event area |
Most of the booth are close already. Only a few were still open.
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| Everything for your RV can be bought here |
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| Rocks and flea market items |
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| Gems and rocks one can find in the mountains around Quartzsite |
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| Part of the flea market |
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| Scrap metal sculptures |
Finally we went back to the friendly older gentlemen who sells his
Desert Wildflower Honey
some place along West Main Event Way
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| The Wildflower Honey Man" |
We had bought his homey already last year and it was very good stuff!
Another day we drove out to Cibola Nature Preserve and Oxbow Camping
to visit their super friendly hosts Attila and Tee.
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| Oxbow Camping Area |
We had stayed there last March for a couple of days and had loved it.
Unfortunately they were off duty that day but we had a good chat we another
friend from Holtville who was staying there for a two weeks period.
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| Crossing the Colorado River near Blythe, CA |
Upon return we were treated with a big slice of Pizza which one
of our neighbours had brought as a "thank-you" for helping him
finding and fixing his brake problem that had occurred on his trailer.
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Pizza Party for all "Holtville expats"
Theresa, Bea, Peter, Gerald, Yves and Louise |
But the party did not last long. Soon dark clouds were rolling in
and we had to run for shelter
as rain and strong
wind gusts rocked our trailer for about 2 hours.
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Translation for my German Readers
Vor ein paar Tagen wollten wir uns die alte Goldmine ansehen doch fanden schnell
heraus daß sie seit 2011 geschlossen ist. Die Besucher durchbrachen Sperrzäune
und stiegen in die verlassenen Minentunnel um nach Gold zu suchen.
Jetzt sind alle Zugänge für immer verschloßen und abgesichert.
So fuhren wir zurück in die Stadt und bummelt ein bißchen herum.
Die meisten Buden sind schon für den Sommer geschlossen, nur ein paar
sind noch geöffnet. Wir besuchten den freundlichen alten Mann der
Honig von seinen eigenen Bienen verkauft. Der
Wüstenwildblumenhonig schmeckte uns so gut daß wir uns auch
in diesem Jahr wieder ein Glas davon gekauft haben.
An einem anderen Tag fuhren wir hinaus nach Oxbow Camping.
Dort haben wir im vorigen März einige Tage verbracht.
Der Platzwart und seine Frau waren sehr nette Leute
die wir gerne besucht hätten, aber sie waren and dem Tag
leider nicht anwesend.
Am Nachmittag hatte einer unserer Freunde eine Riesen Pizza gekauft
und uns alle zum Essen eingeladen.
Doch bald mußten wir uns schnell in Sicherheit bringen.
Eine Kaltfront brachte Regen und starke Windböen, die
unseren Camper zwei Stunden lang durchschüttelten.
