Quartzsite, Arizona
I headed back out on the open road to Quartzite, Arizona! My sister, Carol, Jo Jo, and I only planned on spending a couple of days, but we stayed for four. Our main mission, other than "getting away," was to rock hound. We have some books, and have done some internet searches, and we have decided, looking ahead, that joining a rock hounding club is probably the best way to go. We are learning novices at this point in time. The directions, even with GPS tracking, was vague at best. In any event, we still found some banded barite, quartz crystals, red jasper, and agate. We are always on the lookout for gold nuggets as well. We found jasper and agate near the town of Brenda, and stopped for dinner to-go. The Buckaroo Country Store gave us the largest portion of french fries, (along with a chicken wrap), that I have ever seen in my life. Good thing Carol and I split meals, but we still had fries for two more days! (I know...thats bad!) We went through the small towns of Bouse (p