Miscellaneous experiences along the way

We manage to find some fun and interesting experiences wherever we park Colectiva along the way. We learned that even if you are living in a double wide trailer in a mobile home park, you can still get into the holiday spirit big time!

We also learned that the human need to get into that holiday spirit isn’t reserved for only terrestrial settings. We learned that even those living on the water find the need to decorate and get into the swing of things.

When we were in Quartzsite Arizona, we were staying in an age restricted RV park – most of the RV parks in that area are restricted to the 55+ crowd. It’s good to see that as we get into our more senior years, we will either still have a good sense of imagination, a sense of adventure, a sense of humor, or still have the need to show off – not sure which is going on here!

We are always on the search for sunsets. Coupling a sunset with a campfire is just a bonus if it can be pulled off. The Woman says she saw a green flash during one of our sunsets, but I wasn’t looking at the moment so I can’t confirm. This sunset was one of our better ones.

We are also always on the look for rock windows and arches when we are on our hikes. We managed to find this nice arch while we were hiking in Joshua Tree National Park. It is not mentioned in any of the Park literature or trail maps, and we only found out about it because we bought a non-NPS trail map in town. The map was a few bucks, but when we found the arch, it was worth it!

We like our critters when we are on our hikes. Many of our hikes we don’t see any wildlife at all except for birds. The birds are nice, but we like to occasionally see some of the four legged variety of critters.

On this particular hike, we not only got to see one of the quite small furry kinds of four legged critter, but we also got to see a few of the larger furry critters as well. This one actually hung out with us for a while – didn’t seem to have any fear of us at all.

Family and brewery tours – what could be better? How about family and brewery tours while bringing along a pint of beer – yup, that would be better!
 

At the end of any good day comes a good campfire. I always thought that only two legged mammals were partial to campfires – I guess I was wrong. Four legged furry types also like their campfires at the end of the day.

Talk to you soon!