I normally shop at Albertson's in Blythe, but last week a new Smart and Final store opened across the street. For Blythe, this is a really nice supermarket, quite impressive. And I found satsumas there. I spend my winters chasing these things down, and success is not to be expected every year. So I'm happy. People at Q this year will like the S&F.
Overnight it went from the 70's during the day to the 60's, and looks like it will stay that way for a little while. Most days it's sunny, though. I have managed to get parts and fix a few minor things here in Q, which is easy to do when there are so few people around. One of the larger transient vendor markets opened this weekend, and the rock vendors are starting to arrive. In a few days I'll go back to Yuma, mainly to change out the scenery,...
Seattle is undertaking an effort to license and inspect medical marijuana "stores", with an eye towards regulating their businesses when the State does not. Most of the existing establishments won't survive. Tacoma came up with a simpler plan to get control of their 56 MMJ places: Show a state license or close down. Washington does not issue state licenses to MMJ "dispensaries", so it's impossible for these places to comply. And just the other...
Steve and Sandy are passing through on their way to the Phoenix area, so I moved up to the Hi Jolly area at Quartzsite where they stopped. They're on their way tomorrow, but I'll meet them again in a month or so. Things are still quiet around here, but the population increases every day. I'll be here for a few days then move back to Yuma.
It has been raining here lately. Not much, just enough drops to turn the dust to mud on my windows. Maybe something like a Seattle drizzle. But it was cloudy enough that I went pretty low on batteries and am fighting now to get them charged up again. No biggie, it just reminds me I have to mind my ways with electrical use for the next 6 weeks. I found a tamale factory in Blythe. Discount Solar had some connectors I've been looking for for 6...
Some rain might be seen here in the next couple of days, something I watch carefully while in the desert. I'm on a good high spot with good roads, but am unfortunately on the wrong side of a big wash. I'll have to wait for the wash to dry before moving. If it rains. Just in case I get trapped, I went to Blythe to buy eggs and produce to keep me for a while. Quartzsite groceries aren't known for their quality. I was happy to see the first of the...