Quartzsite.....

Well we left Stanton on Sat. and came down to Quartzsite for the winter! A very long and tiring day, especially since we had to make 2 trips at 90 miles each way!! The new truck did a fantastic job...yeah for Optimus Prime lolol!! So we are back to boondocking again which means limited resources and no tv channels out here and I was just getting hooked back on it again....so withdrawals again, but the stupidass commercials and certain tv shows sure won't be missed!!

Where we are camped is out in the La Pas long term camp on BLM (Bureau of Land Management) just outside the hustle & bustle of the small town of Quartzsite. Now normally this town only has about 3,500 permanent residents, but during the months of all the shows & activities, it explodes to over 300,000!!!!! I am just excited that I don't have to drive over 25 miles to the store every week or go down that gawd awful county road to go get gas or the mail. It truely is the small, simple things in life, huh?!?!

The stillness, the quiet is even more than at Stanton! It is soooo dark out here with no lighting from the city...yet one could see the city lights way out on the horizon! Very kewl indeed!!! This whole area is like in a "bowl" with the mountain ranges surrounding it! Tons and tons of black rock everywhere. The water is even better, as I believe it comes from a well. The water at Stanton seemed to have gotten worse over time and I would have a film in my pans...not good!

We sit out at night and enjoy the night skies as there are no buggies, gnats, mosquitoes or nuttin!!! We are sitting right beneath the milky way and have seen UFO's already! May not be actual extra terrestrials, but they ain't stars or planes neither.....hehehe "wink wink"!!

Had to drive a whole 3 miles or so to the laundromat this morning, wow prices certainly have gone up...so when I got back, I asked the guys if they would string me up a clothesline! I got so used to hanging up my clothes to dry, I don't wanna use dryers....go figure! 

Thing is, me & Charlies have got tons of walking places now! One can make your campsite your own and move stuff around to suit you...we like that!! We are already talking about staying down here! They cater to the rv'ers and there are more than 60 rv parks just within the city limits!!! From Oct-April they have a huge assortment of activities, shows, etc. We thought Stanton was kewl....well Quartzsite has it beat all to hell, something truely magickal about this area!!