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Hdrider · RV-Dreams Family Member

Quartzsite 2014

el Rojo and Pam · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will be there. Got to see what all the Hub Hub is about.

Red

-- Edited by el Rojo and Pam on Friday 1st of August 2014 11:13:29 AM

Fergizmo · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will be there Dave. Looking forward to it!

bigboomer · RV-Dreams Family Member

We plan on being there right after the holidays this year....looking forward to it!

Lets get moving · RV-Dreams Family Member

Ok....um, from the pictures I've seen of Quartzsite, I'm not getting what the attraction is.
Is it all about the commeraderie, the social side of 90% of the rv'rs in the country all parked in the desert? Or am I seeing bad pictures? Is it more, or something else altogether that I am missing?
It's just not the most beautiful place to hang out for the winter as far as I've seen!

Hdrider · RV-Dreams Family Member

For us it's 2 things. We enjoyed our time in Q BEFORE the huge crowd came in and we were pretty much alone. Closest camper could be seen but not heard. And of course we enjoyed meeting with a couple groups and then the camaraderie kicked in.
And I didn't mind the views of the mountains, rides in the jeep on the trails and walks in the desert. Everyplace has it's own beauty.
It's certainly not something I could do for and entire season like some. But for a couple weeks or so we enjoy it. Me more than Diane however.

Lets get moving · RV-Dreams Family Member

And then there's the naked guy. LOL.

I grew up too near the desert to appreciate it, however the sunsets are great! And I guess the party atmosphere could kick in and I wouldn't even notice I was in the desert anymore.

-- Edited by Lets get moving on Saturday 2nd of August 2014 08:29:45 AM

Bill and Jodee · RV-Dreams Family Member

I'm thinking we may go in January even though we won't have a rig until April. My dad retired to a S&B in Quartzsite so I've been there at all times of year. The crowds are nuts but if you go with the right attitude it's as fun as you make it. It's a ghost town in the summer, and downtown Manhattan in the winter.....

Jodee

The Junkman · RV-Dreams Family Member

If someone was going to go there fo 1 month.. Which Month would it be?

Hdrider · RV-Dreams Family Member

The Junkman wrote:
If someone was going to go there fo 1 month.. Which Month would it be?

I guess it depends on what you are looking for. We sent the end of Nov. and a chunk of Dec. there and had a nice quiet time. We left for a couple weeks and went back in mid January and the big RV Tent Event was under way and the place was pretty darn busy. We spent a week and then left for a month and went back for a couple weeks in Feb. and it was pretty quiet again.

I personally prefer the quiet times but the Big Tent Event was on our RV bucket list so just had to do it. No real need to do it again but I would.

soos · RV-Dreams Family Member

Lets get moving wrote:
Ok....um, from the pictures I've seen of Quartzsite, I'm not getting what the attraction is.
Is it all about the commeraderie, the social side of 90% of the rv'rs in the country all parked in the desert?

Yes. :)

You go to meet up with friends and hang out in the desert. And if you don't have friends that go, no worries- just mention on a forum or two that you don't know anyone and you will get multiple invitations to meet up. We add new people to our group every year.

And Junkman, if you want to be there when everyone else is, you'll want to be there for the Big Tent RV show, roughly the last two weeks in January.

Sue

mpierce · RV-Dreams Family Member

Most only go for a few weeks. Jan is the big month. LOTS going on.

Boondocking,.....with friends!

Cheap camping. Most get together with friends, old ones, and ones they have not met yet.

We are planning on being there for a good portion of Jan, 2015.

Maybe Howard would set up a dedicated thread, for those going to plan on getting together?

becg · RV-Dreams Community Member

We plan to be there Dec and Jan. Our first winter as fulltimers. It would be great to be able to get together with other Dreamers.

MarkS · RV-Dreams Family Member

I'd like the social part but I don't think I could tolerate the desert.

NWescapee · RV-Dreams Family Member

We will be there. Plans aren't final yet, but maybe for a week or two in Nov, coming back for Christmas - mid Jan, will leave as the big RV show ramps up due to data bandwidth being horrible during the show and needing to work. Then we might come back for part of March, main reason we're coming back in March is that we're planning a cruise in Feb and we figure we'll spend enough on vacation that we'll appreciate really cheap camping for part of March to try to replenish our savings account.