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When we last spoke, we had just arrived in our winter location of Quartzsite, AZ, and were looking forward to fun times in the warmth of the sun.   While we have been blessed with fun times, the temps have been quite cooler than usual here.   In fact, Mom, who is like a polar bear and usually keeps our home temperatures on par with a meat locker, has had the heat on in our rig at some point EVERY day since we arrived.   Many RVers have migrated further south to combat the cold, and I’ve seen far less skin than usual on the folks in the “Magic Circle” (A.K.A. clothing optional section) at the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) LaPosa South Long-Term Visitor Area (LTVA) when we are out hiking or off-roading on the trails that intersect that area.   We also experienced some torrential rain in our early days here in Quartzsite, more rain that we had seen in the prior four seasons combined!   But rain didn’t damper our spirits as we attended the 14 th Annu...

It continued to be unseasonably cool and wet in Quartzsite throughout February, and it was quite unusual to wake up a day or two to a light blanket of snow on the caps of KOFA Mountain!   But I’m not complaining—our weather sure beat what other folks encountered throughout most of the U.S.A.   Anyway, we never let temperature or precipitation get in the way of fun. Snow on KOFA Mountain! Rat Patrol, our side by side buggy, has fulfilled our needs nicely here in Quartzsite.   We spend a couple hours most days combining geocaching, off-roading, and hiking in new areas.   In one location,  Dad was persistent in locating a cache within a tree.  Me, I was more interested in seeing the hare who resided in a nearby rabbit hole.   It left its calling card—poop pellets scattered along the desert floor—but it failed to show its face.   One day our travels with Rat Patrol brought us on trails within Tyson Wash Long Term Visitor Area...