NEW CAMERA TRIALS; The Camel Stop Gas Station & Old Post Office in Quartzsite-AZ

This afternoon, we decided to try out my new camera 👌

Holland is planning some adventurous explorations when we get to Kingman-AZ, next month - and I want to be proficient in the use of my new toy 😉

I had thrown a load of laundry into the washing machine before Holland suggested a new camera trial drive; so, we had to wait for the timer to wind down. During that waiting period, we discussed tentative future plans - and watched traffic in and out of The Pit Stop parking lot - one of the converted school buses was painted in a cosmic mural theme:

A Cosmic Bus went through The Pit Stop, this afternoon …

As soon as the washer beeped it's cycle finished notification, we were out of Independence and settled into Betsy's cab 😊

Holland mentioned he was going to look for an old gas station that was supposed to be located along Main Street - and I said, "Oh - I know where that is! I showed it to you earlier this week, but your mind was otherwise occupied and you didn't notice. I know exactly where it is."

So, that's where we went.

I'm going to try out my pretty, new, toy; today ;-)

Good weather for new camera experimentation.

I wasn't sure exactly how this new camera worked, but it is kinda similar to my older digital camera, so I figured it out pretty well.

The first couple of pictures were sketchy … but, by the time we were shown inside the gas station, I knew the working mechanisms & managed to get some keepable shots off 👊

I was lining a frame up for the gas station, when a fella came out of another building and said he'd tell me the background story of the old building; and show me the founding paver, too.

Of course, I was interested.

So, he talked, and I walked alongside listening.

The 1st Gas Station in Quartzsite~this is a copy of my previous picture, that did not turn out well.

1931 Ford; not sitting on the original frame~this is a copy of my previous picture, that did not turn out well.

Original Gas Station Owner, WG Scott, Sept. 7th, 1932~this is a copy of my previous picture, that did not turn out well.

There isn't much paperwork background info on this gas station - other than what this fella relayed to me, this afternoon. Internet searches report that The Camel Stop Gas Station in Quartzsite, Arizona was built in 1940 and is now abandoned - this is not true. As you can clearly see by the picture I took today, of the original marker, the Historical Notation clearly reads the Original Owner's Name, & Dates the business at 1932.

Internet sources also report that the building is abandoned - also, not true. The building is privately owned, and houses a miniscule collection of vintage style cars and trucks:

1st audio recording on my new camera - inside The Camel Stop Gas Station: it now has a temperature moderated interior; Quartzsite-AZ

This vintage car was undercut to fit a newer S10 chassis; it also hosts a V8 motor. It is a hot-rod vintage model. It's road savvy.

This car is a 1981 Kit-Car Replica: a special request of Ford, and designed to vintage scale.

We were told as we left the gas station, that the little white building directly across the alley driveway - is the original Quartzsite Post Office building - built in 1910.

The fella showed me around it's 2 small rooms: it is basically a trinket shop, now. Internet searches report that it, like the gas station, "is an abandoned building", but that is not true, either.

Quartzsite's 1st P.O. Building.

Quirky coolness: I like it, it's kinda 'steampunky' 😊

After this short, but informative drive along Main Street, we headed back home to see how our trial snaps and vid's turned out: except for the first three, they turned out beautifully 😁

Uploading them took some time. There was some frustration 🤔; but tempers were not tripped 🙏 - and as neither of us are stupid people, I eventually figured the process out, and Holland proudly praised me … while I praised The Lord and thanked Elohim, for their help 👍❤️

I don't do well with frustrating situations: so, an ensuing migraine followed the jubilation, and I laid down for a relaxing hour. But, I was very thankful and grateful for the devine help in getting me from A to B in regards to figuring out where the pics and vids had been uploaded & stored, in my Laptop. And Holland was thankful and grateful, too, that tempers were not lit, there was no scorched earth to deal with, and the roof stayed securely over our heads (his little firecracker - yours truly -  did not go off, as anticipated by both of us) 😉

When I got back up, we ate lightly … and because I have hands that need to be busy, I worked some on a new pattern:

Scrap Bag design ;-)

Life is good.

☝️

Elohei is faithful.

And, all is well in our small corner of the world 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👨