Information on Quartzite

There are all sorts of reasons to Quartzite. Money was mentioned, people that have problems with park atmosphere situations such as pets, no camp fires, no charcoal grills etc. They can fly their drones, quad, rock hound etc. That is why chocolate and vanilla ice cream has been around for years!

RE_Todd wrote:
Many go for the extra large swap meet disguised as the RV show. I need to head there for my flat tow setup and solar addition!!

We've stopped in to do just that. We didn't stay out in the middle of nowhere for weeks or months however! A night or two was plenty!

pjsky wrote:
Before I would go to Quartsite, I would stay home and shovel snow. That would be more fun.

LOL Only point I can see is its a place for campers to socialize. I prefer the opposite.

horton333 wrote:
Funny in that my wrong spelling still returned 3 pages of results!

Yeah..:)

Hopefully this gets through, my posts have been bouncing since I started the thread :-(

2oldman Thanks for noting the spelling, that search has some good links like the brochure. Funny in that my wrong spelling still returned 3 pages of results!

Vermilye I'll check out the blog.

I see in the tread a lot about 'why', and I can only speak for myself. I've been to The Grand Canyon and Las Vegas a couple of times, in planes, rental car and hotels, and that's about it for that whole large area. I live a long ways away, to me that area is very different and attractive. I can easily see spending a fair bit of time just absorbing something other people may take for granted. The number of people it attracts I figure indicates it must have something more than surrounding spots. I would be traveling around some too, and it is quasi central to several places I'm interested in.

Before I would go to Quartsite, I would stay home and shovel snow. That would be more fun.

Many go for the extra large swap meet disguised as the RV show. I need to head there for my flat tow setup and solar addition!!

The reason many go there is to connect with friends or specialty groups such as their RV manufacturer, ham radio operators, there's a group of RVers and every one has disabilities and they hash out problems and RVing help, perhaps doing minor repairs for others, there are single women groups that get together and just any interest group you can think of will be there.

We've attended Newmar's rally and they sent technicians there for servicing and talks.

We belong to Escapees and there is a big 'Boomer' rally with 100-200 attendees for a 2-week period. Most are full-timers who come year after year just for this rally and see each other inbetween times as they travel throughout the year. They are friends. Some don't even go into town for shopping anymore - been there, done that.

They have activities at the campsite - morning pancake breakfasts, potlucks, chili cook-offs, happy hours, a big campfire with music and singing, someone will show a movie on a big screen outside, women do their thing with crafts and talk as will the men. The men go on a donut run for breakfast and also organize a garbage run collecting with pickups and taking to the landfill. There's a morning hike daily, 4-wheeling trips, ATVing, an outing to the Desert Bar, a day of geocaching, canoeing/kayaking on the river, group talks on many subjects, pizza in a homemade brick oven, etc., etc. All this is done by posting a suggestion on a white board and it just happens.

Quartzsite is picked as the gathering place because there aren't many large, easily accessible places where groups can meet up. It's a 'happening' year after year. What great fun!!!

We stayed one night in the Q going out to the Rose Parade.Stay another in a CG there on the way home.I just don't see the why either.Maybe a few days looking at the campers at the show,but not months at a time in the desert. We enjoy site seeing a lot,but not too many sites to see there,other than people watching.

2oldman wrote:

mileshuff wrote:
Always wondered why many RV'ers spend extended periods out in the middle of nowhere.

$ - the most common reason there is.

I suppose if you need a home and your RV is it you gotta do whatever it takes. But the rigs I see at these places lead me to believe many aren't hurting for money!

I'd like to believe there is BLM land etc. thats free or other areas that are cheap not far from things to see and do.

That said, I did stay in Wellton, AZ very cheap while traveling. Nothing there to do but the people were a lot of fun. Met some great RV'ers who were there for several months.