Quartzsite Trip 2014

It had been 3 years since I've been to Quartzsite and 4 for Fran; it took some serious begging but my girl gave in and went along for the trip.  We departed home on 4 Jan 14, driving madly to beat an approaching winter snow storm.  If we had delayed our departure by 12 hours we would most likely had to cancel our entire trip.  So we headed pretty much due south to beat the storm.  We travelled 2 days until it was warm enough to go without the heavy jackets.  Our first memorable stop was Amistad near Del Rio, TX close to the Mexican border.  At the visitor's center we check on the local sites and it was also suggested we visit Big Bend National Park on the Rio Grande at the Mexican border.  Passports on board we were off to the Big Bend National Park.  US 90 in west Texas is a great road for the views west Texas countryside and the peaks of the mountains across the border.  Here is a shot of Fran in a hot springs of a former health resort on the banks of the Rio Grand. We spent 2 night in the park, went to Mexico via a roll boat for lunch one day and off again making our way to El Paso, TX then on to Tucson & Quartzsite.