Quartzsite - Day 6

Its Saturday and hard to believe that we are on

our 6th day here in Montanaville.

Before I go into the doin's let me first say that I am pleased as punch

in the performance of our solar panels and other electrical upgrades

that I made this past summer and fall.

We have been producing all the power that we need by the sun and

I have not had to run the generator even once!

We have all the comforts of home...

TV, Satellite Dish, Coffee Maker, office equipment, Computers,

Routers, phones, refrigeration, etc etc....   All powered by the sun.

We use our 4 deep cycle batteries (a total of 480 Amp Hrs at 12v)

to power our DC loads, and also have an inverter that produces

pure sine wave AC power at 120 volts to power our AC loads.

The solar panels recharge the batteries completing the circle.

If I've said this all before...  sorry but I'm going senile.

Todays main event was the potluck dinner.
This event was held at 1pm making it more like a brunch.

With so many rigs in attendance from all over the US & Canada

not only was the food plentiful, but the variety was amazing.

There were 4 serving lines on two rows of tables.

What a delicious day to spend the afternoon!

Did I mention that Kate was one of the first thru the line?

After lunch a group photo was taken.

Can you find Me & Kate?

After the photo op - we had a comprehensive demonstration of fire fighting techniques

for RV's.   RV's present some unique firefighting challenges.

The emphasis was not only on fire prevention and fire fighting,

but also in preparedness and evacuation in emergencies.

When the time came to demonstrate the fire fighting techniques,

several volunteers were called from the crowd, and Kate was one of them. 

A number of different scenarios were created including a grease kitchen fire,

and general wall fire, and the ladies were to respond with the proper extinguishing

agents to put out the fire.

Here Kate attacks a stove top fire.

A number of different agents were used.

Here Maixine fights the fire with dry chemical

Here Kate attacks the fire with foam. 

In addition to teaching us the pros and cons of the different agents,

it was also good experience for the participants who have never had to put out

a fire with an extinguisher before.

I was glad that Kate was one of the "fire babes"

Also....

The view of the circle from the air is a topic that was mentioned by faithful blog

follower Amber...   Well Amber - that picture is on the way as well.

One of our friends from Ft Montana was fortunate enough to be asked to fly

along in the Ultralight Aircraft and take pictures of the Circling of the Wagons.

Here they come!

You go girl!

Snap those photos...

Just be sure to get me some shots!

I can share the sentiments of this flag

Soon the day was coming to an end an another evening campfire 

warmed the cool night.

Another beautiful sunset put a final bookend on another great day!

Tomorrow....

The Desert Bar.