Quincy CA. August 2014

Well here it is the end of August and we are still in Quincy. Normally we would be getting ready to leave and go to our winter hide out but we told the park's owners we would stay until the end of October. This month has been a little slow for us but we have done a few things. Lassen Volcanic National Park had  a night program and it was fun.

We were able to look through some telescopes at the moon when we first arrived and they had a program about the Earth by a researcher from NASA, it was very interesting. Then after it got dark they had a telescope hooked up to a large TV and they showed us different star formations.

The county fair was in town and since we are right next to the fair grounds we did visit a couple of times. They had a medicine show with the peddler and his snake oil.  Why anyone would want to oil a snake I'll never know (sorry, just had to).

They also had pig races. There were four heats and then the main feature race. The first day we went we were in the cheering section for Bob for the big race. At the starting bell Bob was out of the gate like a rocket, in the lead around turns one and two and pulled up five feet from the finish line and came in last. I think he was paid off.

Meet Bob, day two. Yep in Bob's cheering section again.  Out of the gate like a rocket in the lead around turns one and two and across the finish line two pig lengths ahead of everyone else. When I found out we were in his cheering section again I went and had a little talk with him... something about a ham dinner later may have helped.

They also had a rodeo on Saturday evening. There were bull riders, bareback and saddle bronc riders, barrel races and a clown. The bull riders are crazy. the bronc riders with and without saddles are just nuts and the clown needs to look for another occupation. Just not as funny as he thought he was.

This one here looks like some of the old ladies we see going over the speed bumps at Wal-mart.

This one just need new shocks.

We took a couple of days and stayed in Reno. We did a little shopping went to a couple of buffets, of course they were in casinos so we did play a little and just relaxed from our hard jobs. That's it for now. I guess I'll just shove all of my chips in and wait for the flop and see what next month brings, See ya.

Quincy CA. July 2014

Last month I said I would tell you about the High Sierra Music Festival but first I need to tell you about where we are in Quincy consisting of about 5,500 people.  You can add an additional 10,000 when the festival is in full swing. The campground is about 300 yards from the county fairgrounds where the festival is held. We have county land on three sides of us and as you can see in the first two pictures, it is an open area with trees. The festival started the afternoon of July 3rd. Starting in the morning the festival goers are allowed to camp in the area around the fairgrounds which turns into tent city in about three hours. The county has gone thru and marked off walking lanes prior to this  because once they start setting up tents, it's wall to wall as
you can see in the next two pictures. Some of these
people just come and set up a little pop-up shelter to sleep
in for four days and others set up a home that

consist of a large tent, patio, furniture and a wet bar. Of course their bars would put any home bar to shame. There's no lack of alcohol here. There is no electric or water so they have to bring everything in with them.

It was amazing that with this many people in this small area that there weren't any real problem or noise. They bring in portable fencing and provide security and everyone just has a good time. There are also many porta-potties brought in. I hate to think what those were like after four days.

At the fairgrounds they have three stages set up and the music starts at 11 AM and goes until late at night. The first night it was after 2 AM. They have bands from all over but none we have heard of. The music ranged from blue grass to rock and head banger stuff. The people attending were dressed in everything from tie-dye to feather boas to wedding dresses (saw two guys with these). Even saw a girl wearing two large band aids for a top. No I didn't stare (Holly was with me) but I do know that they weren't Sponge Bob Square Pants band aids!

There were a lot of food venders and merchandise for sale.  The owners of the park bought all of the volunteers a one-day pass so we could go and enjoy the festival. Holly and I went on Saturday and had lunch and walked around for a little while but it was so hot we decided to head back home and go back later when it cooled off.  After all was said and done, everyone had a good time, the town of Quincy returned to normal, and we enjoyed the experience.

We took a day trip to Lassen Volcanic National Park which is about two hours north of us. It has one of the largest domed volcanoes around. There are some areas that have boiling mud pits and you do smell the sulfur.  It takes about an hour to just drive thru the park and the road is extremely curvy with switch backs and you get up over 8000 feet.  

We took the dogs along and Holly packed a lunch. We took our time and enjoyed the scenery and had a nice lunch by one of the many lakes in the area.

There were waterfalls and streams throughout the park. The lakes were just beautiful. We had a very nice day trip and the dogs always love it when we take them along.

Holly has her bird bath, bird feeder and humming

bird feeder set up out back of the motor home. Here are a couple of our regular visitors. So interesting to sit out side and watch these little birds feed.

Well, that's all for now. Guess I'll hum a little tune and fly out of here. See you next month.