Everything is For Sale Here!

Leaving Ehrenberg, AZ, Friday morning, we stopped at exit 5 on I10 for fuel at $1.92 a gallon. That's high for some parts of the country, but very reasonable compared to California where in places, diesel fuel approaches $3.50 a gallon! The ride to Quartzsite was short, only about 20 miles, and we found a nice place in the desert that is easily accessible by large rv's. We're about 6 miles south of Q on hwy 95, and it's nice and quiet out here. Donna and I love the desert and this is perfect, not unlike our favorite place in the Mojave Desert in SoCal.

The sunset was awesome! What a greeting to the desert!

You get a feeling of how many other people are camping in the area. Thousands, I expect.

Friday afternoon after setting up camp, we ventured into town to see the "Big RV Show". There is a huge tent in the middle of the exposition area with numerous vendors inside selling everything from mops to engine parts. Outside, surrounding the tent, were hundreds of additional vendors with even more goodies!

Saturday, our second day in Q was also devoted to the rv show. One of the vendors in the tent was the manufacturer of our tow-bar, the one that required service. Well, wonder of wonders, they offered to service the unit free of charge, replacing the worn parts, cleaning and lubricating as appropriate, and returned it to us as good as new. Way to go, Roadmaster! We managed to find a few other things that we couldn't live without, and so paid the rent for the "free" BLM land we're camped on!

Our second sunset was even more gorgeous than the first:

Sunday afternoon we returned to the rv show for the required junk food, in this case corn dogs smothered with mustard and jalapeños!

The rest of the week we'll relax, because the rv show is over.  The rock and gem show will begin, so we'll probably visit a time or two, and we'll take a couple of short drives around and about. For awhile, it's coffee on the "patio" in the am, followed by a full day of nuthin…I probably won't post much this week due to a very poor cell connection, and there won't be anything to say! Stay with us, 'cause it's going to be fun at our next stop!