We have been hanging out in the desert sand near the town of Quartzsite. We have been here many times and every time I ask myself WHY? There is lots of dirt, retired people, dirt, sunshine, dirt, junk to look at, dirt, RV stuff to buy and dirt! Quartzsite, Arizona,where you can spend days just looking at the stuff others have brought to sell here. It is a garage sale on steroids which is not my favorite thing to do, besides I live in a space that does not allow a lot of extra things. We come here to catch up with people we have met along the way because Quartzsite in January is where lots of RV clubs and groups converge.
We spent our first week here at a Rally, that is what they call these get togethers in the desert where we found several couples that we have met in our travels. It was very nice, good music and food for 2 days. We also went to Blythe, California for the Blythe Bluegrass Festival. It was a beautiful day and one that was good for catching a little Vitamin D while listening to groups playing their music.
fiddle,banjo, base fiddle, acoustic guitar and mandolin
We listened to about 5 bands while enjoying to fresh air and a bit of people watching! This festival was definitely a relaxed day!
Multi-tasking!
We moved in the desert to a different section of dirt, this one we pay $40 for 2 weeks for the priviledge of having somewhere to dump our trash and get fresh water if you are willing to wait in line. Here we have 4 rigs of friends from San Jose and we hang out, read books, play cards, watch a little TV, walk, and sometimes we go into town and check out some of the junk! I even took some time and built a puzzle.
1000 pieces, actually 998! I lost two pieces from moving it about in the RV!
Thrifty ice cream is the treat of Quartzsite. There are several spots to get a scoop and it is so good. I am not a big fan of the desert but I always look for the bright spot and this 2 weeks in the desert and seeing friends, making new connections and that scoop of ice cream is it for me!