The Desert Bar 2013

Anne-Marie and I have been ill the past week + with the same respiratory thing that has a whole bunch of folks being out of sorts.  We are staying in the desert near Quartzite, AZ which is the 3 month winter home of a bunch of RV people.  The group we are assembled with is called, The Boomers.  About 80 folks who tend to come and go about 2 per day.  We have 4:00 attitude adjustment and 9:00 am hikes in the desert {these I am not in favor of as The Indians were known to leave their old folks to wander in the desert.} .  These folks are waiting for the 8:00 pancake fest.  You may note they are warmly dressed, it was an unseasonable 40° last week.

We gather around a campfire and share snacks along with adult beverages at 4:00 pm.  This group last week was small due to the cold, this week we have about 60 folks as it is much warmer.

On Saturday we made a visit to The Desert Bar in Parker, AZ.  This is a solar powered bar about 4 miles into the desert.  It is only open Friday thru Sunday, during daylight hours in the temperate seasons {Think Winter}.  They have live music, cold beer in killer pastrami sandwiches as this fellow Boomer will attest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As usual, the photos in the link above will give much better views than my efforts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My major grief this week besides the great plague we are co-suffering is that my DISH TV equipment has gone belly up and no amount of phone technical help has solved it.  This is frustrating as we pay about $80 month for this service which along with I-net is one our major enjoyments.

Please comment as you like on this blog and communicate via e-mail.  DO NOT send files as our service here in the desert and more so in Mexico is very slow & expen$ive.