This is what the town looks like from the air. At times there have been around 75,000 RVs here. I haven't heard a number for this year. Look for the overpass in about the middle of the picture. Follow the road to the left. Do you see what looks like a dirt road taking off to the right? We are just to the right of that road.
Here are a couple camp pictures. Everyone just drives out onto the desert, finds a little bush and clear spot they like and sets up camp. There are a few "roads" that are used for getting in and out of the area. They are nothing more than well traveled dirt.
This is looking out the door of our motorhome to where we park our car. You can see one of the "roads" in front of the rigs across from us.
This is one of the vendor tents. It sells kitchen gadgets. Ron found an oyster knife that he liked.
However, when we went to pay we noticed that the handle had a crack in it. The vendor told us to get another and that he would give us the broken one for FREE. Turned out they were all cracked, but we still got one for free. It was Ron's lucky day!
This is what the main road looked like as we were heading into town today. It is bumper to bumper for miles and this is all day long. Fortunately everyone is patient and courteous. If you need to turn onto the street or make a turn to get of you don't have to wait long for someone to let you in.
We went to the auction this afternoon. It is held twice a day at 12 and 6. You get your number when you come in the door and then take a seat. I was number 79. The auctioneer is sitting in the chair up front. As he is getting bids he keeps telling you "cheap, cheap, cheap" and he is right. Norm bought 800 toothpicks for $1.00. They also had microwaves, generators and everything in between, even fur coats. There were lamps, glassware, licorice, M&Ms, heaters, and just about anything you can think of. Ah, I bet you are wondering what we bought. We got a couple lids that go on 2 liter pop bottles, a couple candle lighters, and some lawn size trash bags. Nothing very exciting really, but they were "cheap, cheap, cheap!
Remember I said this was the land of sunshine. Well, I was wrong on that. We have seen very little of it since arriving in Quartzsite. Today started out beautiful and sunny, but that was short lived. The wind started to blow, the clouds moved in and we are having a real storm right now. It has been raining for hours and the desert is now one big mud puddle. YUK! I thought we drove this far to get away from the rain.
