Quartzsite - Favorite BLM Area and Why?

2oldman wrote:

amandasgramma wrote:
I like LaPosa west.... Maybe we'll try camping on the west side next year.(dust) :)

X2. I do try to be careful to not be too near a road, and especially the dusty side! The Q can get real dirty.

I too don't like noise, and would not be in Scadden.

Go North Oldman ..

Plomosa is way less dusty, and only Plomosa Rd. noise. Zero from 95 once you move away from the corner

Plomosa is nice but farther from town.

5.2 to the turn. I thought it was longer
Always better in the Burbs.. :)

Been to Plomosa 2x time now. Much less dust, much less dirt, much less sand, much less crowds, and much less noise. Campers very considerate, no quads or razors or ATV's out that ways, noise from 95 non existent, noise of people in diesel pushers going to and from Bouse is manageable, usually starts up around 8 to 8:30 am -10:15, people running in to town, or tents for breakfast or shopping.

Only noise I ever hear is the faint sound of a Honda Generator or two, perhaps running until 10 or 11pm at night, 150 to 200 yds away, while some folks watch TV on their sat dish. That, and sometimes, a sh*tload of yodel dogs go sounding off in the middle of the night with their serenade.

Not for everyone, more for social lites, as in light socializing.

But then, I am old, cranky, and set in my ways. Great place to play with your newly bought laser at night, also, or rig up and test out those super value laden ON SALE price solar panels you bought in Q with your whole monthly IRA withdrawal check. Q < Value < $ per watt.

Regarding Plomosa, is it "farther" or "further"? After all, 5.2 miles isn't that far, even if you're walking.

Either way my choice is Plomosa, and further.

Hmmmm ... we go to Quartzite for the rocks, the bakery, and the fantastic Pow Wow cafeteria meals. The Pow-Wow's drycamp parking lot is clean and dust-free, only $5/night, isn't crowded at all, and has a free shuttle that runs all day long to transport you a few feet from your camping spot right to a few feet from the Pow Wow main area. Generators are allowed and we hear almost none - except for the low humming of ours occasionally. It couldn't be better.

I wonder why folks camp out in the desert around town so they have to drive in to everything? When we boondock out in the desert it isn't near anything social, including small towns - if we can help it.

"Dust Free" camping.... In Quartzsite?
Say it ain't so.... :)

In looking on Google Maps, I see how far Plamosa Rd is from town. Do you take the road to the west and do you go beyond onto Boyer Gap rd?
I still like LA Posa West because it's walking distance to the tent and vendors. We can live with the highway noise. If we had a toad, it would be different.

DAS26miles wrote:
In looking on Google Maps, I see how far Plamosa Rd is from town. Do you take the road to the west and do you go beyond onto Boyer Gap rd?
I still like LA Posa West because it's walking distance to the tent and vendors. We can live with the highway noise. If we had a toad, it would be different.

95N, Plomosa East, towards Bouse. It's a little more "rural" out there.

never been to Quartzite, what time of year does it start to get busy. Have a friend who was there several years ago and they stayed at an RV park Hog wash something or other. for a first time visitor what would your recommend? Do not mind 'boon docking', but only for month or maybe two. do not have a toad, unless we took the 5th wheel and not the TC. was thinking of Dec and Jan.