Quartzsite

We have been here in Quartzsite now for a week and we are surviving off the grid. There are several places to park your rig out here. We are in LaPosa South. We paid $40.00 to park here for 14 days. You can also purchase a long term permit for $180 that lets you stay here from September until April. There are a lot of people who do this and they set there rigs with extra rooms made from tarps. Many have a lot of solar panels on their rigs and a few have windmills. They provide a place to dump your holding tanks and take on extra water. We have done this one time since we have been here and hope we can now make it until we leave on Saturday.

Quartzsite grows in the month of January every year. Vendors from all over come to set up in tents to sell their products. We have been through many of them. Although some of the things are unique, several are all selling the same things. There are a few businesses that are here all year round. There is a very good bakery in town, and also a very unique used bookstore. The bookstore is owned by a man everyone calls 'three socks' because that is all he wears. Well he does also wear a hat.
Here is a picture of his store sign.

We did get a picture of him also but I can't post it here.

Last night we had our graduation. Jeri had made up diplomas for us all. The diploma is from the 'Escapees College of Liberal Arts & Fulltime Lifestyles' and our degree is a 'Bachelor of RV Wanderin Lifestyle'. We had a great potluck dinner with visitors from other classes. Norah, from the class of 2007, made us a graduation cake! We have a lot of food left over, so we have decided to have a repeat tonight.

This whole week has been so much fun. We have made great friends and we will cross paths again in the future I'm sure.



This picture is from Tuesday night when we went to The Grubsteak for dinner. Yes - we were outside eating dinner.

Lots of memories!!