Drive to Indio, California -Day 23

Today we drove about 250 miles from Phoenix to Indio, California, which is in the Palm Springs area. So, we drove through quite a lot of desert today. We pulled off the road at Quartzite, Arizona, which is a very weird place. A town of just a few thousand, it attracts 1,000,000 visitors in January and February to rock and mineral shows. The main street of the "town" is lined with rock shops, trinkets, bead stores.... And, there are many, many RV parks. We couldn't imagine staying there for any length of time as there really is nothing in the town other than the trinket sellers. Mark and I bought some beads in a shop with a huge collection. And, mind-bogglingly, it was one of many such shops. It was easy to imagine the women who were shopping, going back to their RV's and beading.
Anyhow, we arrived at the timeshare in Indio where we will be for two weeks. It is nice to be settled for a bit. We shopped at Trader Joe's and had our first home-cooked meal in a while. We did a load of laundry and sat in the jacuzzi.....a bit too cold for the pool as it is only 70 degrees and a bit windy. Certainly can't complain!