It never rains in southern California

but girl don't they warn ya, it pours, man it pours.

Man is this a true statement!!

Wouldn't you know we decided to take a little road trip in our
motorhome over to California this week for a visit
 with my in laws.

 They spend the winters in their RV and love the southern
California weather.

Who wouldn't?  Well not so much this week.

Here we are all settled in next to the winter visitors / snowbirds.

We actually moved to a more roomy space the next day.

( Not so clear photo's taken with the cell phone. )

On Thursday a storm came through with lots of

rain and caused a bit of flooding.  

Here we are the next day on the main street of town.

A small tornado hit the west side of town

knocking down power lines and trees.  It

flipped over some trucks on the freeway and

caused damage to houses and businesses.

Fortunately we were on the east side of town and

only a few small tree limbs hit our RV.

It was a little nerve racking at times, even my little

doggies scurried under furniture from the loud noise.

There was a widespread power outage overnight, good

 thing we have a generator.  We stayed toasty warm

with heat and lights for the night.

Today the skies are sunny and blue again.

On the way here we pass the tiny town of Quartzsite, Arizona,

population a whopping 2,000 in the summer months.

This small town is the gathering spot where over a million RV' ers

 come every year to park in the desert during the winter months.

Really it's okay, because the snakes and scorpions

 are hibernating this time of year.

One of the many tents houses vendors.  

You can buy anything under the sun here,

food, crafts, beads, jewelry, gems, stones,

 RV supplies, etc.

RV'ers above dry camp in the desert for miles and miles.

There are companies who provide water delivery

and sewer pumping.

The RV parks fill up quickly here.

One of the main attractions in Quartzsite is the annual

Gem and Mineral show going on this weekend.

  

All of these rocks from around the world are for sale.

There are plenty of rock polishers in the park here.

Look at the custom paint job on this RV.

Very patriotic colors!!

Look at the bright colors of this GMC RV.

Can you guess what year it is??

Sometimes our greatest trials evolve into

our greatest treasures.   Author unknown

Thanks for stopping by and have a creative day.