Hanging out near Quartzite, AZ

Sunday, November 2

The accumulator issue remains only temporarily resolved.

As I mentioned previously, zip ties are presently holding the accumulator in place:

I'm debating whether to reinforce the zip ties with metal strapping onto which the accumulator mounting holes would be secured.  I'd leave the zip ties securing the tubing and associated outlets.

Monday, November 3

Sunrise in Quartzite:

I drove into nearby town of Quartzite for wider wall anchors and sundry items.  When I returned, I spent the rest of the morning affixing the accumulator back onto the back wall of the RV. I wasn't satisfied with the tightness of the anchors, they were the largest or rather the widest ones in the hardware store, so I added a metal strap to further support the accumulator went on rough roads.

I am debating whether to a fix some zip ties to the metal strip to help support the actual tubing connectors as well. 

It was quite warm this morning, no breeze, and I worked up a bit of a sweat doing this chore. I went into recovery mode the rest of the day. 

It got quite warm today, low 90s.  It was bearable in the shade outside the VRRV, inside not so much until the late afternoon.

Monday's sunset:

Now Boondocking near Quartzite, AZ

After leaving the Pierce Ferry area and it's the light fully solitary camping conditions: I spend a couple of days in midview hanging out with Chris and Lori of Blazeourway.

We just visited, no riding and some binging of a show on Prime video.

Photo courtesy of Lori Z.

While repositioning the RV on their front yard in order to level it, water started pouring out of the rear end of the RV. Damn it. 

Turned out to be a rather small issue, the tubing going from the accumulator to the tubing that feeds the water heater had come off! 

Chris Z. got the tubing back in place and we thought we were good to go. 

Meadview Sunset

Saturday, November 1

I left midview in the late morning, and headed towards Kingman to get propane and to fill up with gas on the way to Quartzite, Arizona.

As I got out of the RV while waiting for the propane guy, I saw water once again pouring out the back of the RV!  Dammit.  Again, the tubing had come off the connector that fed the water heater.  This time though it was because the accumulator itself had come off its wall anchors and had dragged it loose! 

Doing some light cussing, I shut off the water pump and got back on the road intending to fix the connections later while camping in Quartzite.

Once I got camp set up and things at cool down a little bit from a high of 91°; I found that I didn't have the right anchors to properly mount the accumulator back on the back wall of the cabinet. So I used to set up zip ties to hold it in place after I reconnected the tubing and verified all was a well again in terms of water flow with the pump on. 

I'll be going into the town of Quartzite tomorrow, to find the correct mounting hardware for a more permanent solution.  Luckily, it's hot and dry so hopefully there will be no long-term or permanent damage to the floor of the RV.

Boondocking at Pearce Ferry near Meadview, AZ

 It's been a pretty relaxing few days here at the Pearce Ferry dispersed camping area   it used to be a primitive campground back in the day but the water levels of Lake Mead have receeded over the decades, leaving it high and dry.

I pretty much had the place to myself except for another camper or two that didn't stay long and stayed away from my site so all good.

Here's some pictures around the nearby boat ramp used to take boats out of the river after they have traverse what I assume is the Grand Canyon or something near it.

Can you spot Uma?

A short drive to South Cove area of the Lake Mead Recreation Area to check out water levels.  Not much there except fisherman and day use facilities.

Some Golden Hour views around my campsite.

Views from the block house window opening:

Sunset lighting is quite important for this area, the mountains are quite plain in the daylight hours with the flat sunlight. 

Now in Arizona, near Meadview

Left the hideously expensive state of California ( not that Colorado is much better ) just before 7:00 a.m. and had crossed the border into Nevada less than 10 minutes later. I used Nevada Highway 160 to get to and past Las Vegas, and then it was about another 2 hours to the vicinity of Meadview.

Tanked up in Pahrump, NV for half the price per gallon that I paid for in the Death Valley National Park's Furnace Creek station.  Also stocked up on some groceries while in that town.

The plan is to pick up some Amazon packages at the post office there while doing a short visit with Lori and Chris Z. Of Blazeourway this week 

By 1430 camp was set up, I lost some time trying out other sites nearby and ending up just camping at the same site I used last time I was here. 

Camping at 1309 ft altitude.

Hot and sunny.  Lost some time checking out other sites nearby before ending up in the same site I used last time I was here. 

Cool down with a quick shower, then sat in the shade of the RV the rest of the afternoon.

Tuesday, October 28

The two camping rigs, van and car, that showed up late yesterday afternoon left this morning, leaving the place all to myself. Darn. 

I rode Yagi, my TW200, to check out the two blockhouses that remain in the area. 

This is the main one I think.  Someone has cut through one of the barrier slats since the last time I was here.

View of the campsite from the block house

Blockhouse interior

The other blockhouse, that housed a generator I think

A view showing both block houses:

I rode down the hill to the lower/main campground area.

Storage for blasting caps

Note the crosses someone has left here

 

Tuesday, October 28

Spent the morning rigging up some plastic sheets to act as a dust shield for the drawers under the sink. Not exactly sure where the dust is coming from, but it settles on the utensils which then must be washed.

In the afternoon I picked up packages delivered by Amazon at the post office in Meadview. Took me the rest of the afternoon to reposition the replacement inverter from the battery compartment on the outside to the inside cabinet under the stove. It should now be much more protected from dust and dirt. 

Now to get some expanding foam sealant to close off the access hole from the bottom to keep bugs and such out.

Sunset was rather plain with no clouds in the sky.  However, it gave some nice lighting for the West wall mountains that border the Grand Canyon to the east.