Quartzsite, AZ - Quartzsite

Next to the ‘Q’ hill is a hill with an old abandoned mine, the Chocolate Mt. Gold Mine and Stamp Mill. We could see this from our RV and kept hearing it call our names. As we climbed the hill we saw others having fun in the desert.

We had hiked over early in the day to get the best sun.

In Quartzsite you can see the most amazing things. Cool car - from the rear.

And, from the front. Sure has taken some tender loving care and work to make this.

We heard a strange buzzing sound one morning and found this swooping around our ‘campground.’

A cute little camping combination.

We’re here for 6 days but some stay for much longer. We see loads of solar panels on lots of RV’s out here and we also see a few wind turbines. This guy has both. I also see some back-ups propane containers on the ground and I’m sure there’s a blue boy somewhere in the back. Don’t know what a ‘blue boy’ is? Hmmm. Well, it’s blue, it has a hose that connects to your waste tanks and - well, you can get the picture now.

Sometimes it seems as if everyone else has big toys.

And, classic RV’s.

The RV show itself was pretty busy over the weekend but , though it tapered off a bit during the week, it was had crowds.

We walked everywhere but others got caught in the traffic.

There was a ‘grocery’ tent and we strolled through. Or, rather I strolled through and Gary stood out side reading his iPhone. Everything jumbled in boxes but there were cake mixes, canned goods, toothpaste, protein bars, cereal, Q-tips - everything that a real grocery store has - except current dates. Most of the stuff here was dated.

Not only is the RV show going on but some of the rock and gem show vendors are still here. But, they have more than rocks and gems.

We love looking at the cloud patterns in the desert skies.

Quartzsite is surrounded by mountains. Here’s THE BIG TENT with a backdrop of the nearby peaks.

One day a dust storm blew up and I happened to catch a bit of it as it blew by. You can see the brown sand swirling off to the left.

Here’s a miscellaneous picture. We keep track of a lot of things. Here’s a map of North America showing all the places where we have bought fuel for the RV for the last 3 years. We have an iPhone app on which we keep track of all the fuel we buy for both our RV and our Jeep. It also keeps track of mileage, cost, and bunches of other things. But, one thing it gives us is a map.