I guess I better recommend routes. Quartzsite is at the intersection of AZ-95 and I-10, about twenty miles east of the California border and US-95. It is about an hour and a half north of Yuma, AZ, two hours east of the Palm Springs, CA area and about two hours west of Phoenix metro.

A friend who ran a shop in Quartzsite every winter tried about every route from Washington State, which is north of Oregon for the geographically challenged. He settled on taking I-84 to Twin Falls, Idaho and then taking US93 to the Las Vegas area where he switched to US95 south to CA-62 east, then AZ-95 into Quartzsite. He normally took the trip in December and came back in April. Nevada can get cold at night in winter, but it is normally dry.

In February in Oregon I personally would watch the weather and when it was good take US97 south to I-5 from eastern Oregon, I-5 south from the Willamette Valley or US101 down the coast to CA-20 east over to I-5 (CA-20 is much better than CA-299 and don't think about taking CA-36 from US101 to I-5). At Stockton I would cut over to CA-99, then CA-58 east at Bakersfield, US395 south to Victorville, CA-18 to Lucerne Valley, then CA-247 to CA-62 in Yucca Valley. At that point you could go east to AZ-95 and then the 30 miles south to Q, or drop down to I-10 to resupply in the Palm Springs area, then I-10 east to Q. This route will mostly avoid city driving and once to Redding, California you should be out of snow danger on the inland routes and US101 is normally safe from snow all year.

I know these sound like a lot of road changes, but if you get out a map it won't seem that strange. There are no major cities close to Q, so try to come with reasonable supplies.

We have family in the Victorville area so the US93 route is one we have not taken.

BTW: We will be in Mesa, Arizona during the rally.