Weather For Quartzsite

fe2_o3 · January 21, 2010, 11:09:41 AM

Quote from: bobsw on January 20, 2010, 09:57:09 PM
The rain has started again

Hey Bobsw, are you guys in Q again? Hows the old beast runin? I meant the bus. Did you bring scrubbies for the bus and a knee board for behind the Jeep?...Cable

bobsw · January 21, 2010, 01:35:12 PM

We have been here since late oct. We are out at laposa south. Are you in the area? The bus has been running great. Life is good.

fe2_o3 · January 21, 2010, 02:31:13 PM

Hey Bobsw glad you are enjoying it down there. We aren't gonna make it this year. Judy still has to get shots in her eye every few weeks so we're stuck for now. Hopefully that'll be over next year and we can head that way..You guys take care and enjoy the weather. We been in the 50's and 60's for weeks now, alittle wind, alittle rain, nuthin new....Cables

Chopper Scott · January 21, 2010, 04:29:17 PM

Looks like some nasty wind gusts at the moment according to the weather maps. Hope it gets better soon for you all.

luvrbus · January 21, 2010, 04:52:20 PM

We got Van out of Lake Mohave so he is on his way.

good luck

John316 · January 21, 2010, 05:41:52 PM

Quote from: luvrbus on January 21, 2010, 04:52:20 PM
We got Van out of Lake Mohave so he is on his way.

good luck

Good for you, Clifford. Now you have to follow him

God bless,

John

luvrbus · January 21, 2010, 06:42:49 PM

We will go Friday I was born at night but not last night no way am I going across the low water crossing at night time not worth it to me.

good luck

John316 · January 21, 2010, 07:08:17 PM

Quote from: luvrbus on January 21, 2010, 06:42:49 PM
We will go Friday I was born at night but not last night no way am I going across the low water crossing at night time not worth it to me.

good luck

Good for you, Clifford. Wise man!

God bless,

John

Dreamscape · January 21, 2010, 07:28:55 PM

Wise choice Clifford! I've seen it rain in AZ and the washes turn into rivers. When I lived in Lake Havasu in 92 I didn't see it rain once in 9 months.

Be Safe!

Paul

Christyhicks · January 21, 2010, 10:08:15 PM

Well, I guess the rain wasn't just BOUNCING off of our new coach. . . from what I hear it was LAPPING AT THE WHEELS

.

We're on our way back from Phoenix, because, after most of the day spent doing business paperwork, listening to it rain on the roof, Larry and I decided to make a quick run to Phoenix late this afternoon.

Ahem, it seems that while we were gone, the ditch in front of where we are parked ran a little higher than expected

and as per our next door neighbor, it was lapping at the wheels of the new Prevost

. I remarked to Larry, "Wouldn't you know! I haven't even had time to get the appraisal forms filled out and sent it and the damn water'll wash it away for sure!

" ha ha.

After a few frantic phone calls between various friends on site,

we've come to the understanding that although it did wash our tires, the water has now receded and we should have no problems getting back home and having a place to sleep tonight. Whew!

I think I'm kind of glad I wasn't there to see the threat to my jalopy, and I'm also glad I wasn't standing next to Sonny watching the culvert between him and us get washed away

. Oh well, guess they plan on putting it back tomorrow. Yippee. . . fun in the desert in Quartzsite!

Christy Hicks

Dreamscape · January 22, 2010, 04:28:26 AM

Christy, Are you going to do the Q writeup for the BCM? Someone with your verbal talent should be a snap!

Made any brownies lately?

Stat dry!

Paul

Christyhicks · January 22, 2010, 07:21:15 AM

HAHAHHA, well, Paul, I was INSPIRED by the circumstances! It was quite, errrr, "exciting" when the AT&T tower went down and anyone with AT&T phones couldn't get them to work, which means, anyone calling them couldn't get through, and if you're in Phoenix, 1 1/2 hrs away from here, and you lose Bob and you lose Sonny, and you lose Larry G. . . well, THAT even makes it MORE, ahem, interesting.

I was able to connect with both Sonny and Bob when we left Phoenix, and understood that the water was starting to recede and our hoopy was fine. With a bit of trepidation, we turned off the highway and down the road to Kuehn, hoping we'd be able to get through, but crapola, about 1/2 way to the campground the road is barricaded and we can see a patrol car's flashing red and blue lights. So, we turn around and decide to try to go around and come in from the other side. Larry keeps asking me what we're going to do if they won' tlet us back to our bus and I'm thinking, "man, I KNEW I should have brought clean underwear with us when we left!"

We came down 95 and turned onto Kuehn, sure enough, barricades there too. Hmmmm, no flashing lights, no police, I turned to Larry and whispered, "Sneak in there past those barricades!" (I whispered so that no one would hear us, sneaking in

. )

We pulled up to the drive, eyed the river running across it, eyed our big beautiful coach with the nice, comfortable Termpurpedic mattress just WAITING for us on the OTHER side of that river, and that's all she wrote. We crawled through that water, dashed over to the coach, jumped in the shower and slithered into bed, stretched out and said, "Yep, it's GOOOOOOD to be home!"

luvrbus · January 22, 2010, 07:53:58 AM

You guys may not be out of the woods yet we had a nasty one come through here about 8 am

good luck

bobsw · January 22, 2010, 09:05:37 AM

Dose anyone know what the wind got up to yesterday? It sure looked like a hurricane just south of town.

bevans6 · January 22, 2010, 09:30:49 AM

On the Wanderlodge forum they were talking about 75 mph gusts, and some tornadoes. Sure glad to keep hearing from you guys. I have to ask, seriously, what is the whole point of Quartzsite anyway? It just looks like a big desert with a lot of RV's on it. Is there a big show, or something? Or is it as simple as a cool place to meet a bunch of friends? I've just never heard of it before, is all.

Brian