Quartzsite

After the bluegrass festival was over, we decided to head on down to Quartzsite for the week. When we got here we found that Pat had a dead battery on her jeep...and she and Cecile were supposed to go up to Las Vegas this morning. She called up the road service to get a jump and quickly got a call back from the towing company letting her know that they were unable (maybe spell that unwilling?!!) to come off the pavement to help her. Pat started getting frantic, and Gary had gone out to the main road to direct the tow company. Cecile came to the rescue and suggested that she hook the car back up to the motorhome and try and take it to a repair shop to get it fixed. So, after picking Gary up along the way, we all headed in to town to try and find a repair shop...at 4:30 in the afternoon! Our first attempt was closed but someone closeby gave us the recommendation of Best Auto, north of town on 95. Gary directed Pat there and we pulled into the repair shop yard, hoping that they could help her. These people were great! They found out that the battery was deader than a doornail. After spending an hour working the problem and trying to find a replacement, they finally replaced the battery and had us heading back to our boondock location...all for $15 plus $70 for a new Interstate battery. I would highly recommend these folks!!

So today the ladies headed out for Las Vegas so that Pat could catch a plane for Florida. She is off to a get together with her sisters in Leesburg, Florida. Cecile will be back with Pat's jeep sometime tomorrow. We will be making a couple of trips to Algodones so that Cecile can get some dental work done at our favorite dentist there.

In the meantime, Gary is just hanging out in the desert working on pegs & jokers boards and doing a little relaxing.