Quartzsite Experience

Beautiful, sunny 70's were not expected this morning! This was a nice park and I'm sure it will be different than what we are going to at Quartzsite. We spent some time talking with new friends Marcie & Glenn from Ohio. They will be at the rally also.

Eventually we left our site and rolled down I10 W to Quartzsite. We are excited as this is our very 1st RV Rally. We travel through the Harquahala Plains with the Big Horn Mountains on the right we passed a sign "Australia Outback Plantation" (I think they are lost....) This is all wilderness area and it truly is. There are lots of RV's on the road heading to Quartzsite too. As we crossed the RangeGras Plains, the New Water Mountains Black Mesa rose to our left. It had a mesa on the top of the mountain with a hole in it. It looked like a building made of rock. The plains floor has much more vegetation and small trees. The ground is strewn with black rock that looks like it could be lava rock.

We entered Quartzsite city limits and drove over a rise. The sight below us in the valley was unbelievable.... RV's in front of us, to our left & right as far as the eye can see! They are parked on public land and in some RV parks. There are over 250,000 RV's here during this time of year. We found our way to the Rally parking which is a huge parking lot in the middle of the desert. We are next to very big class A's and our neighbors are from North Dakota. We introduced ourselves and talked for a while. Then it was time to check out the area. We walked through the rally lot looking at all the rigs and license plates from all over the US and Canada.

Later we drove down the road to see what the "show" area was all about. Holy Smokes! you wouldn't believe this... at the junction of 4 corners the Gem & Mineral Show, Sella Rama, and the RV Show are all here. Over 4000 vendors and tents! We covered 4 aisles of tents this afternoon before the wind and rain caught up with us.

Back at camp we had dinner and watched TV. Most of the folks will arrive tomorrow for the rally.