Wow! Some weather we had on Wednesday the 21st! High winds, rain, and even a tornado watch! It seemed more like weather you would find in Iowa in the spring, that you would find in the Arizona desert in winter. People who have been here for years say this is the worst storm they have ever seen. One of the members in our group measured the wind speed at a high of 61 mph. Someone in the city of Quartzsite measured a gust at 78 mph. We havent heard of too much damage other than a few damaged awnings, a few tripod mounted satellite dishes tipped over, and a few of the vendor tents damaged. Also, there was some deep water in a few areas, but overall not as bad as it could have been, and certainly nothing like the damage we have been reading about and hearing about in Iowa.
Today is bright and sunny but cool, only about 57 degrees here at Noon. We are having a group potluck at 2:00PM and things look good for that. Probably get up to about 62 later today. Certainly livable!
Our boondocking is going well. We had to dump the gray and black tank on Tuesday, and refill with water, but all in all it is about what I expected, and Ann now feels more comfortable that she can work without problems while we boondock, so we may do more boondocking than we had originally planned.
More later,
Paul
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